Al-Qadariyya
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The Al-Qadariyya-the name is based on the Arabic word قدر - qadar (fate)-was a theological movement in early Islam which held that man was endowed by God with free will. The Al Qadariyya resisted the Umayyid Caliphs' claims to be ordained rulers of all Muslims by god himself, and for that reason its proponents supported the Abbasid revolution. The Al Qadariyya, (like many early theological movements, not all of them compatible) claimed to be ideological descendants of Hasan al-Basri.
