a status in between (الْمَنْزِلَةُ بَيْنَ الْمَنْزِلَتَيْن)
العقيدة
التعريف :
One of the five essential principles of the MuꜤtazilah. It is based on the premise that a transgressor cannot be called a believer in any way. Nor may he be considered an unbeliever. Therefore, they place him in a position in between the two. They consider him a transgressor in this present life condemned to be in hell forever.