Are the Asha'irah among the people of the Sunnah and the community?

Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: We often hear that the Asha'irah are included in the people of the Sunnah and the community in general.

Answer:
No, they are not included in the people of the Sunnah and the community. However, they say that they are the closest of the sects to the people of the Sunnah and the community. Otherwise, they do not enter into them, and they are not equal to the people of the Sunnah and the community. This is because these people engage in figurative interpretation, while the people of the Sunnah affirm the attributes. The people of the Sunnah affirm, whereas these people are deniers who negate the divine attributes. How can they agree? The people of the Sunnah rely on the Book and the Sunnah, while these people rely on logic, the science of theology, and disputation. They are not equal. May Allah reward you. You will find in the beliefs of the Asha'irah nothing but logical and disputational concepts; you rarely find a verse or a hadith in them.