Is Ibn Hajar al-Haytami one of the imams of Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah, or one of the imams of the Ash'aris and Sufis, or is he one of the imams of Ahl al-Sunnah who was slightly influenced by the Ash'ari and Sufi sects?
Al-Haytami was Ash'ari and Sufi, and this led him to disparage Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and accuse him of every fault. The truth of the matter can be found in Ibn al-Alusi's book, "Jala' al-'Aynayn fi Muhakamat al-Ahmadayn" (The Illumination of the Two Eyes in the Trial of the Two Ahmads), in which he arbitrated between them, mentioned the issues Al-Haytami criticized Ibn Taymiyyah for, and then answered them with scholarly responses.
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