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1. Mughtazila Sect

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   Historical Origins and Schism
   The genesis of the Mughtazila is traditionally linked to the dispute over the status of the Muslim sinner (murtakib al-kabira) in the mid-8th century CE. The foundational dispute involved Wasil ibn Ata, a student of the noted theologian Hasan al-Basri. According to narrative accounts, Wasil interrupted a lesson to assert that an individual who commits a grave sin is neither a true believer (mu'min) nor an unbeliever (kafir), but occupies an intermediate position, often described as "a place betwee…