Including: Murji'ah (Arabic: المرجئة, English: "Those Who Postpone"), also known as Murji'as or Murji'ites (singular Murji'), were an early Islamic sect.
Consequently, Muslims should practice postponement (ʾirjāʾ) of judgment on committers of major sins and not make charges of disbelief (’takfir’) or punish accordingly anyone who has professed Islam to be their faith.
"[1] This mode of thought emerged from a concern over Muslim unity as opposed to religious laxity[2] and is often associated with Quran 9:106 ("There are others deferred until the command of God, whether He will punish them or whether He will forgive them").
[5] However, the Murji'ah (like the Sunnis in that era) still came to the belief that a legitimate ruler of the Islamic realm not only had to be Arab, but particularly, a descendant of the Quraysh tribe (from whom Muhammad originated).
[6] The Murji'ah emerged as a theological school that was opposed to the Kharijites on questions related to early controversies regarding sin and definitions of what is a true Muslim.
[16] Ibn Hazm described the Murji'ah position in the following terms:[17]A grave sinner (murtakib al-kabīrah) is a Believer with his belief intact.
The Murjite opinion on the issue of whether one committing a major sin remains a believer was adopted with modifications by the later theological schools – Maturidi, Ash'ari and Muʿtazila.
[20] In his al-Fiqh al-Akbar, he lay down the oldest surviving work regarding early Muslim creed, advocating respect for all the companions of Muhammad, withholding judgment regarding Uthman and Ali and predeterminism.
[21] A number of Abu Hanifa's followers have been associated with or called a Murji', including Nūḥ ibn Abī Maryam (d. 173/789–790) and Muhammad al-Shaybani.