Are the Asha'irah among the people of the Sunnah?
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The questioner:
The questioner says: Are the Asha'irah among the people of the Sunnah? And is the one who holds this view an innovator?
The Shaykh:
One is not among the people of the Sunnah unless he is upon the methodology of the people of the Sunnah, deriving evidence from the Book and the Sunnah. As for the one who derives evidence from other than the Book and the Sunnah, such as the science of logic and the science of kalam, and they are the Asha'irah and others, this does not fall within the people of the Sunnah; because his methodology is not their methodology. Yes.
The questioner:
And in his question he says: Is the one who holds this view an innovator?
The Shaykh:
The one who says he is among the people of the Sunnah, but the people of the Sunnah do not know him, is mistaken.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and benefit Islam and the Muslims through you.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner says: Are the Asha'irah among the people of the Sunnah? And is the one who holds this view an innovator?
The Shaykh:
One is not among the people of the Sunnah unless he is upon the methodology of the people of the Sunnah, deriving evidence from the Book and the Sunnah. As for the one who derives evidence from other than the Book and the Sunnah, such as the science of logic and the science of kalam, and they are the Asha'irah and others, this does not fall within the people of the Sunnah; because his methodology is not their methodology. Yes.
The questioner:
And in his question he says: Is the one who holds this view an innovator?
The Shaykh:
The one who says he is among the people of the Sunnah, but the people of the Sunnah do not know him, is mistaken.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and benefit Islam and the Muslims through you.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Source
شرح أحاديث في الفتن والحوادث، باب التغرب في الفتنة — islamhouse.com (1:17:43)
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