A critical analysis of the Modernists and the Hadeeth ... - Islam House

astray concerning the Attributes of Allah; Jahmiyah, Mu'tazilah and
Asha'irah who either denied or misinterpreted the Names and
Attributes of Allah instead of accepting them without reservations.
Ibn Hajr (rahimahullah) writes in Sharh al-Bukharee,
"…The Salaf intensified their rejection of these trends, such
as Abu Haneefah, Abu Yusuf and ash-Shafa'ee and their
refutation of the Ahlul-Kalaam is well known. The reason behind
such severe censure is that the Ahlul-Kalaam discussed issues
concerning which Allah's Messenger �and his Sahabah �had
acquired silence.
Those who came after the three generations, magnified upon
the issues… They did not contend themselves until they confused
the fundamental issues of Deen with philosophy, which they
considered to be the Asl (the foundation) (instead of the texts of
the Deen), to which everything had to be referred to and they
made Ta'weel (interpretations) of all narrations that
contradicted their philosophy. They did not stop at that. They
further claimed that their compilations were the noblest
knowledge and most deserving to be studied and whosoever did
not make use of their interpretation was an ignorant layman.
Thus, fortunate is he who holds on to the way of the Salaf and
refrains from the innovations of the Khalaf (the
late-comers) and if he is unable to do so, he
should only take what is needed and make
the way of the Salaf his basic goal."
[Fath al-Baree (13/253)]
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