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take themselves to scholastic theology".
Ahmad ibn-Hanbal, said, "A scholastic theologian never succeeds.
You cannot find anyone who, having dabbled in scholastic
theology, without unsoundness in his heart." He was so strong
in its condemnation that he ostracized al Harith al Muhasibi,
in spite of the latter's asceticism and piety, because
he wrote a work on the refutation of heresy, in which he told
him, "Woe unto you. Do you not first state their heretical
beliefs and then answer them, thereby compelling men to study
these heresies and to ponder over these dubiosities, all
of which will draw them into self opinionation and research".
Ahmad - may Allah have mercy on him - also said, "The scholastic
theologians are heretics." Malik - may Allah have mercy
Ahmad ibn-Hanbal, said, "A scholastic theologian never succeeds.
You cannot find anyone who, having dabbled in scholastic
theology, without unsoundness in his heart." He was so strong
in its condemnation that he ostracized al Harith al Muhasibi,
in spite of the latter's asceticism and piety, because
he wrote a work on the refutation of heresy, in which he told
him, "Woe unto you. Do you not first state their heretical
beliefs and then answer them, thereby compelling men to study
these heresies and to ponder over these dubiosities, all
of which will draw them into self opinionation and research".
Ahmad - may Allah have mercy on him - also said, "The scholastic
theologians are heretics." Malik - may Allah have mercy