"When a person commits adultery, Faith goes out of him and remains above his head like a canopy; but when he passes out of this (state of sinful) act, Faith returns to him." 40 As a result of this painstaking and heart-searching Hadith activity amidst an atmosphere of interminable conflict, the Muslim orthodoxy - the Ahl al-Sunnah (i.e. the majority of the Community) finally formulated - at the hands of al-Ash'ari and alMaturidi and their successors - a catholic definition of Islam which silenced Kharijism and Mu'tazilism and saved the Community from suicide.
SIRI YA VITA NA KUVITANGAZA Aya 83: MAANA Ikiwajia habari ya amani au ya hofu huitangaza. Walikuwepo katika Masahaba wa Mtume - kama ilivyo katika kikundi au kikosi chochote - wakweli na wanafiki, mashujaa na waoga, wenye nguvu na wadhaifu katika imani, na wenye akili wanaoangalia mambo kulingana na matukio, na wajinga wasiozingatia mambo wala kupima mwisho wake. Qur'an imewaelezea hawa wote, mara nyingine kwa uwazi na mara nyingine kwa ishara.