The Ash'ariyyah's deviation from the people of the Sunnah and the community in the chapters of names and attributes, faith, and divine decree
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Question : Our Shaykh (may Allah preserve him), the Ash'ariyyah may be the most dangerous of the sects because they are confused with the Sunnah and are the most widespread sects in the world. Yes, and they differ from the early Ash'ariyyah, O Shaykh, even in matters of belief, so they do not mean that the people of the Sunnah are excluded in this regard.
Answer : Their claim to be the people of the Sunnah is fundamentally wrong. If the Ash'ariyyah and the Maturidiyyah are called the people of the Sunnah, that is in contrast to the Shi'ah, and that is correct. But as for them being the people of the Sunnah who follow it in the chapter of names and attributes, the chapter of faith, and the chapter of divine decree, they are in opposition. How can they be of the people of the Sunnah when they are the opponents of the people of the Sunnah?
Answer : Their claim to be the people of the Sunnah is fundamentally wrong. If the Ash'ariyyah and the Maturidiyyah are called the people of the Sunnah, that is in contrast to the Shi'ah, and that is correct. But as for them being the people of the Sunnah who follow it in the chapter of names and attributes, the chapter of faith, and the chapter of divine decree, they are in opposition. How can they be of the people of the Sunnah when they are the opponents of the people of the Sunnah?
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [818] مخالفة الأشاعرة لأهل السنة في باب الأسماء والإيمان والقدر - الشيخ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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