واصل بن عطاء أبو حذيفة

Wasil ibn Ata al-Ghazzal, Abu Hudhayfa, shaykh of the Mu'tazila. al-Mas'udi reports that he was the author of the view of the intermediate position between the two positions, and that the Mu'tazila were named after this doctrine ².

al-Mas'udi reports that he died in the year 131 AH. The supplement to the Fihrist says that he was born in the year 80 AH in Medina and died in 131 ^{2 3}.

The Fihrist reports that he had a long neck, and Amr ibn Ubayd criticised him for it. Wasil replied that whoever criticises a craft criticises the craftsman. Amr sought forgiveness and said that he would not return to the like of it ³.

Among the titles of his works in the Fihrist are: the kinds of the Murji'a, repentance, the intermediate position between the two positions, the meanings of the Qur'an, and sermons on divine unity and justice ³.