al- hasan al-basri

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al- Hasan al-Basri

in full Ab Sad ibn Ab al-asan Yasr al-Bar born 642, Medina, Arabia died 728, Basra, Iraq Muslim ascetic and major figure in early Islam. He took part in the conquest of eastern Iran as a young soldier. He then settled at Basra, and from 684 he was a popular preacher. He emphasized the practice of religious self-examination and asserted that true Muslims must live in a state of anxiety about their destiny after death. Rejecting determinism, he held that people are entirely responsible for their actions. Political opposition forced him into hiding (705-714), but he afterward lived openly in Basra. He is considered a founder of the two major schools of early Sunnite Islam, the Mutazilah and the Ashariyyah

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al- Ha-san al-basri