Clarifying the Reality of the People of the Sunnah and the Community and the Position of the Asha'irah Toward Them

Question:
The questioner asks: Are the Asha'irah and the Maturidiyyah among the people of the Sunnah and the community, or are they outside the people of the Sunnah and the community?

Answer:
The people of the Sunnah and the community, in terms of the call, their reality is what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do the Messenger and his Companions deny the attributes of Allah (Mighty and Majestic)? Do they deny the names and attributes? No. And whoever opposes what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions were upon regarding the names and attributes, or regarding tawhid (the oneness of Allah), or regarding any issue of the religion, is not among the people of the Sunnah and the community in what he opposed. He may be among them in what he agreed with the people of the Sunnah and the community upon.