Murjite

[ mur-jahyt ]
/ ˈmɜr dʒaɪt /

noun Islam.

a member of a sect asserting that a man cannot be judged by his present or past actions and that such judgment must be left to God.

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Origin of Murjite

< Arabic murjiʾah body of believers in the doctrines of the sect; see -ite1
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