What does Ahl al-Ahwa' mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Ahl al-Ahwa' (أهل الأهواء) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Ahl al-Ahwa'

Ahl al-Ahwa' according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

The people of the qibla whose creed is not the creed of the people of the Sounna: the jabrites, the qadarites, the Rafidites, the kharijites, the mou’attila, the mouchabbiha; each of these being twelve sects, making seventy-two in all.

Ahl al-Ahwa' according to Mu'jam al-Mustalahat al-Fiqhiyya

Lexically: the passions, singular hawa: man’s love of a thing and its predominance over his heart.

Ahl al-Ahwa' according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

The people of the qibla whose creed differs from the people of the Sounna’s: the jabrites, qadarites, Rafidites, kharijites, mou’attila and mouchabbiha; each being twelve sects, making seventy-two in all.

Ahl al-Ahwa' according to At-Ta'rifat al-Fiqhiyya (Al-Barkati)

They are the people of the qibla whose creed is not the people of the Sounna’s, as the Rafidites and the kharijites.

Ahl al-Ahwa' according to Al-Qamus al-Fiqhi

Among the Hanafis: the people of the qibla whose creed is not the people of the Sounna’s: the jabrites, qadarites, Rafidites, kharijites, mou’attila and mouchabbiha; each twelve sects, seventy-two in all.

Related terms: Ahl al-Ahwa'