What is your opinion of the book by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, *Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal* (The Deliverer from Error)?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is your opinion of the book by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, who died in the year [missing], titled *Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal* (The Deliverer from Error) and *Al-Muwasil ila Dhil 'Izzah wa al-Jalal* (The Guide to the One of Majesty and Glory)?

Answer:
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali was a Shafi'i jurist and an excellent scholar of the principles of jurisprudence in both fiqh and usul. However, he engaged with philosophy, studying it, and it entered into his work, affecting him and he was influenced by it. As for the book, it is well-known, and I have not read it, nor do I know—nor do I know—what its subject is. It appears from its title that it is a refutation of the materialists, but their refutations are based on the science of logic and the science of kalam. Generally, they do not contain verses or hadiths, because he follows the path of the scholars of kalam and the scholars of philosophy, alongside his knowledge of fiqh and his knowledge of usul. One can benefit from his fiqh and usul, but from the perspective of 'aqidah (creed), he is not to be relied upon. Yes.