Rereading the concepts of faith and disbelief in Matridiye's theological system With a look at the theological views of the contemporary Matridians of Afghanistan

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10.22034/ijf.2023.100350.1021

Abstract

The theological school of Matridiyyah attributed to Abu Mansour Muhammad bin Muhammad Matridi was born in the fourth century in Central Asia and over time found its way to different regions. By reviewing the history and views of the theological school of Matridiyeh, one can understand the stability of this flow during the successive centuries, as well as the efforts of the Matridiyehs in rereading theological concepts and explaining them. Belief and disbelief are among the issues that have been considered in detail in the Matridian theological system. Matridians have examined faith with issues such as definition, pillars, the relationship between faith and action, the relationship between faith and Islam, deficiency and excess of faith, and degrees of faith. The result of their reading of faith in a way shows the maximalist approach of matridia to the position of the Muslim man, and with the maximalist interpretation of the issue of faith, the Muslim man has opposed the belief that the people of the Qibla are infidels. Paying attention to this matter and reading the theological foundations of the Matridians, which forms the basis of the interaction between the Muslim theological sects, plays an important role in confronting fundamentalist and radical currents. The necessity of this is to pay attention to the theological opinions of the contemporary thinkers of Matridi in the Islamic world. In this article, relying on the original sources of the Matridiyya movement, with a review of the opinions of some contemporary figures of the Matridiyya of Afghanistan, their views in this field have been considered.