Goldzehers View of the Islamic Sects in His Book Dogma and Sharia in Islam

Abstract

The Research tackles Goldzehers View of the Islamic sects in his book Dogma and Sharia in Islam. It begins with a brief account of Goldzehers life. Among his famous books is Dogma and Sharia in Islam in which he dealt with the most important dogmatic and legislative issues in Islam. from the appearance of the Prophet Mohammed (Peace and blessings upon him). He also discussed the dogmatic divisions. Hence this research aims at explaining Kharrijities view of Islamic sect, and their dogmatic opinions. Although he devoted a section to talk about these sects , he confined himself to talk about Shia and Kharrijities. The rest of the sects is discussed in the section assigned to the dogmatic difference in which he gave a sufficient account of the Islamic dogma from the perspective of alul Sunna then moved to handle heresies that came from some sects like Almurjia Aljabryia, Almushabbiha, Almujassima and Almutazila Furtherouore, he presented the opinions of Alashaira and Almaturedyia Finally, the research sheds light on the mistakes committed by Goldzeher reviewing the most valuable results obtained from his analysis of the opinion and beliefs of Islamic sects.

Keywords

Doctrine, Sharia, Islam