Modernists And Hadith Rejecters by Sajid A. Kayum

Hammad ibn Abi Haneefa related, "My father (i.e., Imam Abu Hanifa
rahimahullah) entered upon me one day and accompanying me
was a group of Ashab al-Kalaam; and we were arguing at a door.
So when I heard him approaching the house, I went out to him.
He asked me, 'O Hammad, who is with you?’
I replied, 'So and so,' and I named those who were with me.
He then advised me, 'O Hammad, abandon Kalaam.'
He (Hammad) says, 'My father was neither a man who confused
matters, nor was he from those who command something and
then prohibit it.' So I asked him, 'O father did you not used to
command me with it?’
He said, 'Yes, my son and today I prohibit you from it.'
Hammad said, 'Why is that?'
He said, 'Verily, these are people of Kalaam - you will see they were
upon one statement and one religion until Shaytan came
between them and sow discord and differing…'
Despite Imam Abu Hanifa's condemnation of Kalaam; many of those
who claim to follow his madhhab like the Maturidis and Deobandis
continue their indulgence in Kalaam.
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