5.-11. Yüzyıl Batı Eş‘arîliğinin Bâkıllânî ve Simnânî Özelinde Mezheplerle İlişkisi (original) (raw)

It is known that al-Bāqillānī and his followers, especially in the western region, formed a different vein within Ashʿarism. Through the line of Abū Bakr al-Bāqillānī (d. 403/1013), Abū Dharr al-Harawī (d. 434/1043), Abū Ja‘far al-Simnānī (d. 444/1052), and Abū al-Walīd al-Bājī (d. 474/1081), it is determined that early western Ashʿarism exhibited a different attitude compared to the eastern Ashʿarites. Considering the fact that sects can be divided into different schools/groups within themselves, the focus is on the way and method of portraying other sects by the approach centred on al-Bāqillānī, who is distant from philosophy and has a more inclusive view of Ahl al-Sunnah. This study, which aims to portray the view of these names towards sects other than Mu‘tazila and Shī‘a, takes into account the views of these scholars on Ahl al-Sunna and, their evaluations of sects such as the Khawārij, Murji’ah, and Baqriyya. Having centred on al- Bāqillānī and al-Simnānī, it is possible to say that the study aims to reveal the perception of the 5th/11th century western Ash‘arite perception of sects such as Khawārij, Murji’ah, Jahmiyya/Jabriyya, and Baqriyya by using the method of social historiography by focusing on the effects of geography and time. Despite the difference in the intensity of the coverage of other sects between al-Bāqillānī and al-Simnānī and their different opinions on some issues, it has been concluded that there is a great deal of similarity between the two names in their determinations regarding other sects.