School of Muslim theology founded by Ab 016B; al- 1E24; asan al- Ashar 012B; in the 10th century.
It supported the use of reason and speculative theology ( kal 0101; m ) to defend the faith but was not as extreme in its rationalism as the Mutazilah school. Followers attempted to demonstrate the existence and nature of God through rational argument, while affirming the eternal, uncreated nature of the Qur 0101; n . They were accused by the Mu 02BD; tazilah of believing in predestination because they claimed the human capacity for action was only acquired at the very moment of action.