Editing Wasil ibn Ata (section)

{{Short description|Muslim theologian}}
{{Infobox religious biography
| religion           = [[Islam]]
| image              = 
| occupation         = [[Islamic philosophy#Kalam|Muslim philosopher]]
| era                = [[Islamic Golden Age]]
| name               = '''Wāṣil ibn ʿAtāʾ'''
| birth_date         = {{circa}} 699
| birth_place        = [[Medina]], Arabia<ref>Roger ARNALDEZ, « WĀṢIL IBN ‘AṬA' (699-748) », Encyclopædia Universalis [en ligne], consulté le 7 juillet 2023. URL : https://www.universalis.fr/encyclopedie/wasil-ibn-ata/</ref>
| death_date         = {{circa}} 748
| region             = [[Arabian Peninsula]]
| main_interests     = [[Kalam|Islamic theology]]
| notable_ideas      = [[Rationalism]] in [[Kalam|Islamic theology]], Founder of [[Muʿtazila]], [[Free will in theology|Free will of humans]], [[Indeterminism]], [[Incompatibilism#Incompatibilism|Incompatibilism]], Anti-[[anthropomorphism]]
| influences         = [[Hasan al-Basri]], [[Ja'far al-Sadiq]], [[Ma'bad al-Juhani]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/hmp/13.htm|access-date=11 February 2019|title=Muʿtazilism|website=muslimphilosophy.com|first = Mir |last = Valiuddin}}</ref> [[Abd-Allah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah]], Ghailan ad-Dimashqi
| influenced         = [[Amr ibn Ubayd]], Othman ibn Khaled al-Tawil, [[Abu al-Hudhayl al-'Allaf]], [[Abd al-Jabbar ibn Ahmad]]
| denomination       = [[Mu'tazila]]
}}

'''Wāṣil ibn ʿAtāʾ''' (699–748) ({{langx|ar|واصل بن عطاء}}), also known as '''al-Ghazzal''',<ref> https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095955512</ref> was a [[Muslim]] theologian and jurist. He is considered to be the founder of the [[Mu'tazilism|Mu'tazilite]] school of [[Kalam]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-01-01 |title=Wāṣil ibn ʿAṭāʾ {{!}} Arabic Scholar, Islamic Scholar, Philosopher {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wasil-ibn-Ata |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>

Born in 699 in the [[Arabian Peninsula]], he initially studied under [[Abd-Allah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah]], [[Ali]]'s grandson. Later, Wasil would travel to [[Basra]] in [[Iraq]] to study under [[Hasan of Basra]] (one of the [[tabi'in]]). In [[Basra]], he began to develop the ideologies that would lead to the Muʿtazilite school. He married [[Amr ibn Ubayd]]'s sister.<ref>[http://www.rafed.net/books/aqaed/almelal-wa-alnahal-3/23.html Al-Melal wan-Nahal (الملل والنحل) - Ja'far as-Sabhani](Arabic) {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070910103314/http://www.rafed.net/books/aqaed/almelal-wa-alnahal-3/23.html|date=September 10, 2007}}</ref>  

Wasil's thoughts and solutions stem from the conflicts experienced by many scholars in resolving theological and political problems. His main contribution to the Muʿtazilite school was planting the seeds for the formation of its doctrine. He died in 748 in the Arabian Peninsula.<ref name=":0" />