Satan had first cast into the hearts of the deviant—of the very same kind he had cast into the hearts of their counterparts.

[The Imams’ condemnation of Bishr al-Mareesi and his followers]

Then, toward the close of the second century AH, this doctrine—known among the early generations as the Jahmi doctrine—spread widely because of Bishr ibn Ghayath al-Mareesi and those of his circle,