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Wasil ibn Ata (700–748) was a Muslim
Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
 theologian, and by some accounts is considered the founder of the Mutazilite school of Islamic thought.

Born around the year 700 in the Arabian Peninsula
Arabian Peninsula

The Arabian Peninsula , Arabia, Arabistan, and the Arabian subcontinent is a peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa and Asia. The area is an important part of the Middle East and plays a critically important geopolitics role because of its vast reserves of petroleum and natural gas....
, he initially studied under Abu Hashim Abd Allah b. Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, the son of the famous 4th Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib. Later he would travel to Basra
Basra

Al-Ba?rah is the capital of Basra Province, and had an estimated population of 1,052,200 as of 2003. Basra is also Iraq's main port. The city is the historic location of Sumer, the home of Sinbad the Sailor, and a proposed location of the Garden of Eden....
 in Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
 to study under Hasan al-Basri
Hasan al-Basri

al-Hasan al-Basri , , also known as Imam Hasan al Basri, was a well-known Muslim theologian and scholar of Islam who was born at Medina from Persian people parents....
 (a Tabi‘in
Tabi‘in

The Tabi?in are the generation of Muslims who were born after the death of Muhammad but who were contemporary of the Sahaba "Companions". As such they played an important part in the development of Islamic thought and philosophy, and in the political development of the early Caliphate....
). In Basra he began to develop the ideologies that would lead to the Mutazilite school.






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Wasil ibn Ata (700–748) was a Muslim
Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
 theologian, and by some accounts is considered the founder of the Mutazilite school of Islamic thought.

Born around the year 700 in the Arabian Peninsula
Arabian Peninsula

The Arabian Peninsula , Arabia, Arabistan, and the Arabian subcontinent is a peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa and Asia. The area is an important part of the Middle East and plays a critically important geopolitics role because of its vast reserves of petroleum and natural gas....
, he initially studied under Abu Hashim Abd Allah b. Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, the son of the famous 4th Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib. Later he would travel to Basra
Basra

Al-Ba?rah is the capital of Basra Province, and had an estimated population of 1,052,200 as of 2003. Basra is also Iraq's main port. The city is the historic location of Sumer, the home of Sinbad the Sailor, and a proposed location of the Garden of Eden....
 in Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
 to study under Hasan al-Basri
Hasan al-Basri

al-Hasan al-Basri , , also known as Imam Hasan al Basri, was a well-known Muslim theologian and scholar of Islam who was born at Medina from Persian people parents....
 (a Tabi‘in
Tabi‘in

The Tabi?in are the generation of Muslims who were born after the death of Muhammad but who were contemporary of the Sahaba "Companions". As such they played an important part in the development of Islamic thought and philosophy, and in the political development of the early Caliphate....
). In Basra he began to develop the ideologies that would lead to the Mutazilite school. These stemmed from conflicts that many scholars had in resolving theology and politics. His main contribution to the Mutazilite school was in planting the seeds for the formation of its doctrine.

Wasil ibn Ata died in 748 in the Arabian Peninsula.

He married the sister of Amr Ibn Ubayd
Amr ibn Ubayd

Amr Ibn Ubayd ibn Bab was one of the earliest leaders in the "rationalist" theological movement of the Mu'tazilis, literally 'those who withdraw themselves' - which was founded by Wasil ibn Ata ....
.

See also

  • Islamic scholars
  • Hasan al-Basri
    Hasan al-Basri

    al-Hasan al-Basri , , also known as Imam Hasan al Basri, was a well-known Muslim theologian and scholar of Islam who was born at Medina from Persian people parents....


External links

  • an article by encyclopedia Britannica online.