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The Dajjal And The Return of Jesus_ Yusuf Ibn Abdullah Ibn Yusuf Al Wabil

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INDEX OF SECTS<br />

AHLU'L-KALAM: Adherents to speculative theology, people<br />

seeking to explain the articles and premises <strong>of</strong> belief and to<br />

give evidences for them based on philosophy and logic.<br />

BATINIYYAH: A sect <strong>of</strong> the ShI'a, the followers <strong>of</strong> Isma'Il ibn<br />

Ja'far. <strong>The</strong>y were <strong>of</strong> the belief that the legal texts were merely<br />

superficial expressions carrying inner meanings that oppose<br />

what is outwardly understood <strong>of</strong> them, examples lie with<br />

their explanations <strong>of</strong> Paradise, Hell and the Last Day.<br />

I:IASHWIYYAH: A term frequently used by the innovators to<br />

refer to Ahlu'l-Sunnah, the Ahl'l-I:Iadith, those who affirmed<br />

the Attributes <strong>of</strong> <strong>Al</strong>lah. <strong>The</strong> first to use this term was 'Amr<br />

ibn 'Ubaid al-Mu'tazili who said that '<strong>Abdullah</strong> ibn 'Umar ibn<br />

al-Khanab was a I:lashwI.<br />

JABARIYYAH: Followers <strong>of</strong> the school <strong>of</strong> Jahm ibn Safwan in<br />

his belief that all actions are decreed by <strong>Al</strong>lah and man has<br />

no control over them at all, instead he is forced to do what<br />

he does.<br />

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