Murjite

American  

[mur-jahyt] / ˈmɜr dʒaɪt /

noun

Islam.

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of Murjite

< Arabic murjiʾah body of believers in the doctrines of the sect; see -ite ¹

Example Sentences

The author, who was himself a Murjite, lived in Khurásán during the latter half of the first century a.h.

From A Literary History of the Arabs by Nicholson, Reynold