The School of Abu Bakr ibn al-'Arabi al-Ma'afiri
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Question:
I ask Allah for you. And I asked the Shaykh: Is Abu Bakr ibn al-'Arabi al-Ma'afiri from the people of the Sunnah in the creed, or from the Asha'irah?
Answer:
Al-Ma'afiri, and he is from the people of the Sunnah, and he leaned in his school, and he has good positions in tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis). As for if he has something of ta'wil (figurative interpretation), this is a matter that has become widespread among the later generations. He may have some of the types of ta'wil, but a light ta'wil. And he is also from the scholars of hadith, having engagement with hadith. He spoke about al-Ghazali and criticized al-Ghazali in the sense of the Shaykh; he criticized the philosophy and the science of imagination in his own context, which indicates that he has verification. So he is a famous Imam, but he may have something of ta'wil.
I ask Allah for you. And I asked the Shaykh: Is Abu Bakr ibn al-'Arabi al-Ma'afiri from the people of the Sunnah in the creed, or from the Asha'irah?
Answer:
Al-Ma'afiri, and he is from the people of the Sunnah, and he leaned in his school, and he has good positions in tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis). As for if he has something of ta'wil (figurative interpretation), this is a matter that has become widespread among the later generations. He may have some of the types of ta'wil, but a light ta'wil. And he is also from the scholars of hadith, having engagement with hadith. He spoke about al-Ghazali and criticized al-Ghazali in the sense of the Shaykh; he criticized the philosophy and the science of imagination in his own context, which indicates that he has verification. So he is a famous Imam, but he may have something of ta'wil.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 32 من 64 / شرح القصيدة النونية / واحتج يوما بالكتاب عليهم / صالح الفوزان / العقيدة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (2:59)
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