Ibn Taymiyyah – Syaikhul Islam – banyak sekali memuji para ulama Asy‘ari.
Di antaranya adalah perkataan beliau (rahimahullah) setelah menyebut beberapa tokoh Asy‘ari seperti Abu Bakr al-Baqillani, Imam al-Juwayni, dan murid-murid mereka:
“Tidak ada satu pun dari mereka kecuali telah memberikan kontribusi besar dalam Islam. Mereka melakukan banyak amal shalih, membantah kaum ateis dan ahli bid‘ah, serta membela Ahlus Sunnah dan agama ini. Hal itu tidak samar bagi siapa pun yang mengenal perjalanan hidup mereka dan berbicara tentang mereka dengan ilmu, kejujuran, keadilan, dan sikap yang proporsional.
Namun ketika mereka mengambil satu prinsip pemikiran yang asalnya dari Mu‘tazilah—yang sebenarnya kelompok cerdas dan memiliki kapasitas—mereka akhirnya terjebak dalam kekeliruan. Mereka merasa harus mempertahankan prinsip itu dan menanggung semua konsekuensinya. Akibatnya, mereka terpaksa mengatakan hal-hal yang ditolak oleh para ulama Islam.
Dari sinilah muncullah dua kelompok manusia:
• Ada yang menghormati mereka karena jasa dan kebaikan mereka.
• Ada pula yang mengkritik mereka karena adanya bid‘ah atau kesalahan dalam sebagian pendapat mereka.
Sedangkan yang terbaik adalah jalan tengah. Dan ini bukan hanya terjadi pada mereka saja; kelompok-kelompok ulama dan ahli agama lainnya pun ada yang mengalami hal yang sama. Allah menerima amal-amal baik dari semua hamba-Nya yang beriman dan memaafkan kekeliruan mereka.
‘Ya Tuhan kami, ampunilah kami dan saudara-saudara kami yang telah mendahului kami dalam iman. Dan jangan jadikan dalam hati kami kebencian terhadap orang-orang yang beriman. Wahai Tuhan kami, Engkau Mahapengasih lagi Mahapenyayang.’ (Al-Hasyr: 10)
Tidak diragukan, siapa pun yang bersungguh-sungguh mencari kebenaran dan ingin mengikuti ajaran Rasul ﷺ, lalu ia keliru dalam sebagian masalah, maka Allah akan memaafkan kesalahannya. Ini adalah pengabulan Allah terhadap doa Nabi dan kaum mukminin:
‘Ya Tuhan kami, janganlah Engkau menghukum kami jika kami lupa atau kami salah.’ (Al-Baqarah: 286).”
(Selesai kutipan dari Dar’u Ta‘āruḍh al-‘Aql wa an-Naql, 2/102)
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Ibn Taymiyyah Shaykh Al Islam's praise of Shuyukh who were Asharia is abundant
Among these is what he said, may God have mercy on him, after mentioning a group of Ash’aris, such as Abu Bakr al-Baqillani, Abu al-Ma’ali al-Juwayni, and those who followed them:
“There is none of these people who have not made commendable efforts in Islam, and have done righteous good deeds, and he has responded to many of the people of atheism and innovation and defended many of the people of the Sunnah and religion, which is not hidden from anyone who knows their circumstances and speaks about them with knowledge, truth, justice, and fairness.
But when this principle, originally taken from the Mu'tazila, who were virtuous and intelligent, became confused, they needed to reject it and adhere to its implications. As a result, they were forced to adopt statements that were rejected by Muslim scholars and religious scholars. As a result, people became:
Some of them respect them because of their good qualities and virtues.
Some of them criticize them because of the innovations and falsehoods that are found in their speech.
The best of all matters is the middle way. This is not limited to these people, but something similar has happened to groups of people of knowledge and religion. Allah Almighty accepts the good deeds of all His believing servants and overlooks their bad deeds. “Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith and put not in our hearts [any] resentment toward those who have believed. Our Lord, indeed You are Kind and Merciful.” (Al-Hashr: 10)
There is no doubt that whoever strives to seek the truth and religion from the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, and makes mistakes in some of that, God will forgive him for his mistakes, in fulfillment of the supplication that God answered for His Prophet and the believers when they said: “ Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we forget or make a mistake ” (Al-Baqarah: 286). End quote from “Dar’ Ta’arud al-‘Aql wa al-Naql” (2/102).
