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Mihna

The Mihna (Arabic: محنة خلق القرآن, romanized: miḥna khalq al-qurʾān, lit. 'ordeal of Quranic createdness') was a period of religious persecution instituted by the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun in 833 in which Sunni scholars were punished, imprisoned, or even killed unless they conformed to Mu'tazilite doctrine. The policy lasted for eighteen years (833–851)…

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Aftermath

JuristsSchools of jurisprudenceQur’anSunnah
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ArabicRomanizedLit.Quranic creatednessReligious persecution
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Under al-Mu'tasim

Ahmad ibn HanbalBaghdadSamarra
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Under al-Ma'mun

Shia IslamUlama
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related to Sources · 38
Mihna → Al-Ma'mun, American Oriental Society, An Empirical Study, Cooperson, Culture, England, Ess, Harvard University Press, Hurvitz, International Journal, ISBN, Islamic Law, Jackson, Jihad, Journal, JSTOR, Ma'mun's Introduction, Makers, Michael, Middle East Studies
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Mihna → Abi Du’ad, Ahmed, Al-Ma’mun, Among, Chief Qadi, Due, Explanation, However, Ibn Abi Du’ad, Ibn Abi Du’ad's, Kalam, Ma'mun’s Mu'tazilite, Ma’mun, Ma’mun's, Mu’tazilism Scholars, Mu’tazilite, Mu’tazilites
related to Under al-Ma'mun · 16
Mihna → Al-Ma’mun's, European Inquisitions, In, Ma’mun, Mu'tazilite, Mutawakkil, Muʿtazilites, Mu’tasim, Prophet's, Quranic, Shia Islam, The, The Mihna, This, Traditional, Wathiq
related to Aftermath · 13
Mihna → From, Generally, In, Islam, Islamic, Islamically, It, Jackson, Sunnah, That, The, The Mihna, This
related to Under al-Mu'tasim · 12
Mihna → Ahmad, Al-Mu'tasim, Baghdad, Hanbal, Hanbal's, However, In, Ma'mun, Mu'tasim, Mu'tassim, Qu'ran, Samarra
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Mihna → position taken up by most modern scholars

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religious scholars al-ma’mun al-ma’mun's doctrine 833 al-mu'tasim al-ma'mun mu'tazilite authority ibn caliph matters knowledge islam createdness explanation mu’tazilism however qur'an

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Mihnais aposition taken up by most modern scholars0.90text
Ahmed ibn Hanbal whose authority to interpret the religion was rooted in their expertise in the Prophet's traditionsinstance ofnotably from traditionalists0.80text
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Mihnarelated to AftermathIslam0.60section
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Mihnarelated to AftermathIslamically0.60section
Mihnarelated to AftermathThe Mihna0.60section
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