_Bishrites._--Mu`tazilites, followers of Bishr ibn Mu`tamir, one of
the most learned men of his party. His teaching was philosophical and
was distinguished by his doctrine of "origination" (_tawallud_).
_Bunanites._--Kaisanites, followers of Bunan ibn Sim`an un-Nahdi, who
claimed that the imamate passed from Abu Hashim to himself and that he
had also acquired the divine element of `Ali.
_Butrites._--Zaidites, followers of Kathir un-Nawa ul-Abtar, who
agreed with the Suleimanites (Sulaimanites) except that he suspended
judgment as to whether Othman was a believer or not.
_Dirarites._--Jabarites who empty God of his attributes, and assert
that man has a sixth sense by which he will see God on the day of
resurrection. The actions of man are "created" and acquired by him. A
caliph need not be chosen from the Koreish.
_Ghaliites_ (Ghula) are the extreme Shi`ites (q.v.) in ascribing deity
to the imams. Their heresies are said to be four in number: (1) Making
God resemble man, (2) ascribing change of mind to God, (3) looking for
the return of the imam, (4) metempsychosis. They are divided by
Shahrastani into ten classes.
_Ghassanites._--Murjiites, followers of Ghassan ibn ul-Kufi, who say
that faith consists of knowledge of God, his apostle, and the Koran in
general not in detail, and that faith increases but is not diminished.
_Habities_ = Hayitites (below).
_Hadathites_ (Hudabites) are Mu`tazilites, followers of Fadl ibn
ul-Hadathi, who agreed with the Hayitites (below).
_Hafsites._--Ibadites, followers of Hafs ibn abi-l-Miqdam, who
distinguished between idolatry (_shirk_) and unbelief (_kufr_).
_Hamzites._--`Ajarida, followers of Hamza ibn Adrak in Sijistan. They
agree with the Maimunites, but condemn the children of unbelievers to
hell.
_Harithites._--Ibadites who differ from others in holding the
Mu`tazilite doctrine of free-will.
_Harurites._--A name given to the first Kharijites, who rebelled
against `Ali, and met in Harura near Kufa.
_Hashimites._--Shi`ites who supported Abu Hashim, son of Mahommed ibn
ul-Hanafiyya, although they held that his father had gone astray.
_Hashwiites._--A party who asserted the eternity even of the letters
of the Koran. They are not mentioned as a separate sect by
Shahrastani; cf. van Vloten, "_Les Hachwia et Nabita_," in the _Acts
of the 11th Oriental Congress_ (Paris, 1899), pt. iii., pp. 99 sqq.
_Hayitites._--Mu`tazilites who agreed with the Nazzamites, but added
three heresies of their own: (1) the divinity of the Messiah, (2)
metempsychosis, (3) the interpretation of all references to the vision
of God as referring to the "first Reason" or "creative Reason."
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