The Historical Background of Ash‘arism: Kullâbism

Ash‘arism displayed a different aspects of formation and development process from that of other sects. to a large extent, the historical experience of al-ash‘arî played a role in this fact. his attempt, in the period after he departed from mu‘tazila, to find a place for himself in his new milieu also continued after him and turned the sectarian formation attributed to his name into an eclectic form. kullâbism constituted the pre-formation form of ash‘arism, as well as its being a new al-ash‘arî’s new milieu after his departure from mu‘tazila. in this article, the formation process of kullâbism into ash‘arism and the main factors determining this process will be analysed.