The Main Doctrines of Ibā？īyya in the Context of An Ibā？ī Scholar Abū Ya‘qūb al-Warjalānī’s Work al-Dalīl wa’l-burhān

Ibā？īyya, which is regarded as the only living branch of the Khārijism and the official sect of the Sultanate of Oman today, is still one of the sects have a large number of followers. In contrast to the widespread opinion as being a separated branch of Khārijism, this sect does not adopt the major acts that represent the Khārijite character and refuse to be referred to as Khārijite. In this respect, Ibā？īyya is a sect waiting to be discovered. This study, with the aim of recognizing Ibā？īyya through their own sources and leading to new works, is based on one of the prominent names of the 6th century A.H., Abū Ya‘qūb Yūsuf b. Ibrāhīm al-Sadrātī al-Warjalānī (d. 570/1175) who has not been studied yet in Turkey, and his work al-Dalīl wa’l-burhān li-Ahl al-‘Uqūl. In this context, it is discussed that Warjalānī’s theological opinions on theologic issues such as faith, great sin, walāya-barā’a, divine attributes, intercession, seeing God (ru’yet Allah), wa‘d-wa‘īd, the creation of the Qur’ān and grave punishment, political opinions which included his statements about the four caliphs and the social views which he stated under the title of “disasters of the Ummah”. In this way, it is tried to put forward the basic views of Ibā？īyya and its agenda of the period by emphasizing his views