The Ruling on Dividing the People of the Sunnah and Their Schools, and the Position of the Asha'irah

The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is your view on this statement? The people of the Sunnah and the community are divided into two groups. The first group is the school of Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim.

The Shaykh:
What is the first group?

The questioner:
The school of Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim.

The Shaykh:
There is no school here, my brother. This is the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). It is not a matter of schools; it is a matter of the Sunnah, the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The book you have with you, Sharh al-Sunnah, is the Sunnah of whom? Huh? It is the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim, Imam Malik, al-Shafi'i, Ahmad, and the Imams are merely conveyors and explainers of this Sunnah. It is not called schools. Yes.

The questioner:
In the rest of his question, he mentions that the Asha'irah and the Maturidiyyah are among the people of the Sunnah.

The Shaykh:
Whoever opposes the people of the Sunnah is not one of them. The Asha'irah rely on the science of logic and the science of kalam in matters of creed. They receive their creed from the science of logic. How can they be among the people of the Sunnah? Their method of receiving knowledge is not the method of the people of the Sunnah.