Ibn Taymiyyah accuses the Jahmiyyah of two major errors:
The central conflict in the book is between the methodology of the Salaf (the Pious Predecessors) and the methodology of Kalam (speculative theology).
The gravest deception upon the Muslim ummah in matters of creed is not always open disbelief, but rather talbis – the dressing of falsehood in the garments of reason and piety. No group has exemplified this more systematically than the , followers of Jahm ibn Safwan (d. 128 AH).
Ibn Taymiyyah accuses the Jahmiyyah of two major errors:
The central conflict in the book is between the methodology of the Salaf (the Pious Predecessors) and the methodology of Kalam (speculative theology).
The gravest deception upon the Muslim ummah in matters of creed is not always open disbelief, but rather talbis – the dressing of falsehood in the garments of reason and piety. No group has exemplified this more systematically than the , followers of Jahm ibn Safwan (d. 128 AH).