What is your guidance to one who studies philosophy, a subject that contains disbelief (kufr), and Islamic studies, a subject that includes innovations (bid‘ah) and fabricated truths (such as the disappearance of Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama‘ah, the claim that the Ash‘aris are the Saved Sect, and that Al-Hasan al-Basri founded the Mu‘tazilah), knowing that he resides in Tunisia and desires this certificate for university study at the Islamic University of Madinah? And is he sinful for writing down these statements of disbelief and innovation as if they are true, despite his rejection of them?

It is not permissible to study philosophy related to the fundamentals of religion and matters of the unseen based purely on intellect, and prioritizing intellect over revealed texts, except for someone who is well-versed in Sharia knowledge and whose intention is to refute falsehood and repel doubts. Similarly, regarding the Ash'aris, it is not permissible to study their methodologies unless one possesses sufficient Sharia knowledge to distinguish between truth and falsehood; otherwise, one should abstain from it. It is well-known that the founder of the Mu'tazila is Wasil ibn Ata and not Al-Hasan al-Basri. It is permissible to write about what is false in these sciences and schools of thought as being the doctrine of their adherents, without attributing it to correctness.