The Concept of Fitrah among Muslim Theologians and Philosophers

In this critical study, Dr. Kamal Abdel-Aal Tammam Saqr explores a foundational doctrine in Islamic intellectual history: the concept of Fitrah (human's innate, dispositional nature) and its divergent interpretations among Islamic theologians (Mutakallimun) and Muslim philosophers (Falasifa).
The author investigates how theological schools (Ash'arites, Maturidites, and Mu'tazilites) framed Fitrah as a cognitive capacity for faith and rational deduction, contrasted with philosophical perspectives (such as those of Al-Farabi, Avicenna, and Averroes) that approached it as a potentiality toward intellectual and existential perfection. Through systematic textual analysis, Dr. Saqr offers a comprehensive evaluation of how Fitrah connects to Islamic epistemology, ethics, and human agency.

Read it to gain a well-documented, objective understanding of how the innate human disposition (Fitrah) was conceptualized across classical Islamic theology and philosophy.

Essential for researchers and students of Islamic theology (Kalam), philosophy, epistemology, and readers interested in classical intellectual history.