The ruling on applying the term *kalam* (theology) to the science of *aqidah* (creed)

Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Is it authentic from any of the scholars of the Salaf that they applied the term *kalam* (theology) to the science of *aqidah* (creed)?

Answer:
What is it? He applied the term *kalam* (theology) to the science of *aqidah* (creed). The Salaf did not find *kalam* (theology) in their time; it only appeared in the later eras, after the blessed centuries, and they did not know *kalam* (theology).