Ibn Taymiyyah and the Ashaa'irah

“In the speech of the Ashaa-‘irah there is (some) correct proof and it agrees with the Sunnah, that which is not found in the (other) groups, and they are the closest group of the People of Rhetoric to the Sunnah, The Jama’ah, and the Hadeeth, and they are considered Ahl As-Sunnah wa Al-Jama’ah when observing the likes of the Mu’tazilah and Raafidhah and other than them. Rather they are Ahl As-Sunnah wa Al-Jama’ah in the countries that have Ahl Al-Bida’ah in them, and those Ahl Al-Bida’ah are the Mu’tazilah and Raafidhah and other than them.”-Naqs At-Ta’sees 2/87 Ibn Taymiyyah, Mawquf Ibn Taymiyah min al-Ashaa’irah Dr. Abd Ar-Rahman ِِAl-Hamood.