المعنى الاصطلاحي

A Mu‘tazilite sect ascribed to ‘Amr ibn ‘Ubayd.

الشرح المختصر

"Al-‘Amrawiyyah" is a Mu‘tazilite sect ascribed to ‘Amr ibn Ubayd, who died 144 H. He was a follower of Wāsil ibn ‘Atā, the founder of the Mu‘tazilah. Wāsil admired him and married him to his sister, and he became the leader of Mu‘tazilah after Wāsil died. ‘Amr agreed with Wāsil in his views, including the belief in the five principles: justice (with which they negate Allah's power and will); monotheism (with which they negate Allah's attributes); the promise and threat; the intermediate station between belief and disbelief, meaning that the one who commits a major sin is in a station between Islam and "kufr" (disbelief); and enjoining good and forbidding evil. However, ‘Amr opposed Wāsil in some matters, including: 1. Rejection of Prophetic Hadith. 2. Accusing both warring parties in the battles of the Camel and Siffeen of "fisq" (impiety), and that they will dwell eternally in the fire of Hell. Wāsil, on the other hand, accused one of the two parties of "fisq" without specifying which one.

التعريف اللغوي المختصر

"‘Amrawiyyah": a name ascribed to ‘Amr. It is the name of a sect named after ‘Amr ibn ‘Ubayd, whose ideology and beliefs were followed by the members of this sect.