Why do we say: This is the Ash'ari school, even though Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari renounced his school?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for us to say regarding a matter that this is from the creed of the Ash'ariyyah, knowing that Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari returned to the creed of the pious predecessors before his death?
Answer:
The Ash'ariyyah are not al-Ash'ari. If you say this is the creed of the Ash'ariyyah who claim affiliation to Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari in his school before he renounced it, that is one thing. But if you say this is the statement of al-Ash'ari, that is not permissible, because he renounced it. So there is a difference between saying this is the school of the Ash'ariyyah or this is the school of al-Ash'ari. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for us to say regarding a matter that this is from the creed of the Ash'ariyyah, knowing that Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari returned to the creed of the pious predecessors before his death?
Answer:
The Ash'ariyyah are not al-Ash'ari. If you say this is the creed of the Ash'ariyyah who claim affiliation to Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari in his school before he renounced it, that is one thing. But if you say this is the statement of al-Ash'ari, that is not permissible, because he renounced it. So there is a difference between saying this is the school of the Ash'ariyyah or this is the school of al-Ash'ari. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [911 -1024] لماذا نقول: هذا مذهب الأشعرية مع أن أبا الحسن الأشعري قد رجع عن مذهبه؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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