Summary of Sunni concepts
Poems
They attribute themselves to Abu Al-Hasan Al-Ash'ari
He died in the year three hundred and twenty-four AH
He was a Mu'tazila
Then he first returned from isolation to the doctrine of Ibn Kilab
Then he returned from that to the Sunnis and the doctrine of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
As he explained in his book
Explaining the origins of religion
In its early inception, the Ash'aris differed from the Sunnis in the matter of names and attributes only
Then their beliefs developed until they disagreed on many aspects of the faith
Below are their most important violations
Firstly
They interpret the attributes of God except seven of them, which they prove with reason
They have two paths in all other attributes
Interpretation or authorization
Secondly
Despite their proof that God Almighty’s speech attribute is among the seven attributes
However, by it they mean psychological speech without a sound or letter
Third
They tend to the doctrine of postponement in the chapters of faith
Fourth
Secondly
They disagreed with regard to predestination and were influenced by some of the belief in fatalism
They invented the saying that work is God’s creation and the servant’s earning power
Fifth
They put reason before transmission in the method of inference
Sixth
They mention the hadiths of the hadiths in the chapters on belief
Seventh
They deny the wisdom, reasoning, and causality in the actions and rulings of God Almighty
They consider those who attribute causes to causes or causes to be infidels
Eighth
Many of them follow some Sufi orders in worship
Sheikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah responded to them in his great book
Preventing the conflict of reason and transmission
The foremost Ash'ari imam is Abu Bakr al-Baqi al-Lani
The middle one is Fakhr al-Din al-Razi and the late one is Ibrahim al-Laqani
Author of the book Jawharat al-Tawhid, accredited by Al-Azhar University
Thus, the Ash'aris differ from the Sunnis in matters of belief
They are not Sunnis
Except for those who do not take all or most of their assets
But he disagreed in one or two chapters
Such a person is said to be among the Sunnis in general
Although he separated from them in what he disagreed with them about
Despite all this, the Ash'aris are closer to the Sunnis
From the philosophers, the mystics, the Jahmites, the Mu'tazilites, and the Shiites
There is contradiction and confusion in their doctrine
Unlike the Sunni doctrine, which is strict, consistent, and balanced
This is because he followed the infallible revelation
It can be said that the Ash'aris are Sunnis as opposed to the Shiites
That is, they are not Shiite Shiites