What is your view on supporting the Ash'ari school in creed and claiming that it is the school of the Hanafis, Shafi'is and Malikis?
The Ash'ari school of thought in creed is built upon the views of Abu al- al-Ash'ari during his second phase, in which he agreed with Ibn Kullab. Al-Ash'ari later recanted many of these views. Anyone who examines the Qur'an and , and the sayings of the Companions and their successors, will find that much of what the Ash'aris adhere to today contradicts them. They differ from the Salaf in major issues such as faith (Iman), divine decree (), the speech of Allah (Kalam), Allah's transcendence (Uluw), and His attributes (Sifat). The claim that the Ash'ari school of thought is the school of the Hanafis, Shafi'is, and Malikis is incorrect, because most Hanafis follow the Maturidi school, and those among the Shafi'is and Malikis who agree with the Ash'aris are their later adherents.
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