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Ashariyyah A sect that denies the Attributes of Allaah, ta'weel being one of its outstanding hallmarks. The Ash`aris are a doctrinal school of thought named after Imam Abul-Hasan Ash`ari. Some latter Ash`aris resorted to interpretation of some of the allegorical attributes, initially in an effort to curb the waves of anthropomorphism which were raging in their time. They based these interpretations on the Arabic language and the contexts of the verses. Anything whose interpretation was not abundantly clear to them (such as the Vision of Allah for the believers in the Hereafter), they deferred to Allah. Also, it should be noted that not all Ash`aris resorted to interpretation. It is important to make a distinction between the Ash`aris, on the one hand, and the Jahmiyyah and Mu`tazilah on the other. Many prominent scholars of Ahlus-Sunnah were Ash`aris, e.g. Qadi Abu Bakr al-Baqillani, Imam Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi, Imam Ibn Hajar al-`Asqalani. In fact, most Malikis, Shafi`is and Hanbalis have been Ash`ari in doctrine. Although both al-Ash`ari and al-Maturidi were Hanafi in jurisprudence, the latter was more affected by the doctrinal heritage of Imam Abu Hanifah. The differences between the Ash`aris and Maturidis are minor, numbering around a couple of dozen points, many of which are merely differences in terminology. The Creed of Abu Hasan al-Ash'aree Are the Ash'arees from Ahl us-Sunnah wal-Jamaa'ah? Abu Hasan al'Ash'ariyy's Final Book 'Al-Ibaanah' Help Islam by
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