What is the validity of the claim that the Asha'irah are among the people of the Sunnah and the community, and that their figurative interpretations of the attributes do not exclude them?

The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, we have a teacher who says that the Asha'irah are among the people of the Sunnah and the community, and that their figurative interpretations of the attributes do not exclude them from the circle of the people of the Sunnah. Is his statement correct?

The Shaykh:
This is a lie. This is a lie. They are not from the people of the Sunnah and the community. How can they be from the people of the Sunnah and the community when their source is the science of theology (kalam) and the science of logic, while the source of the people of the Sunnah and the community is the Book and the Sunnah? They are not from the people of the Sunnah and the community. The one who says this is either a liar or an ignorant person who does not know. Yes.

The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.

The Shaykh:
They deny the attributes except for seven of them, and even in those seven there is a shortcoming in their understanding. How can they be from the people of the Sunnah and the community, who affirm everything that has come from Allah and is established for Him in terms of names and attributes? These people limit them to seven or fourteen only, and say that these are from the people of the Sunnah and the community. This is a lie. Yes.