الدليل النقلي و مكانتها عند الأشاعرة: دراسة تحليلية نقدية

Abstract

The paper investigates the issue of dalil Naqli (Religious/textual proofs) and its status within the Ash’ari school of thought Ash’aries by examining the statements of this school's major proponents and representatives and their usage of these proofs in the issues of creed and Aqeeda.. The issue of status and use of religious or textual proofs in the domain of Aqeeda has been upon the issues of contention between different Muslim theological schools of thought in particular and among the Muslim legal school of thought in general. Many scholars who identify and align themselves with that school of Muslim thought which is opposed to kalam and theological reasoning often argue and claim that the theologian's heresy lies in their undermining attitude towards the religious textual text whether its Quran or the Prophetic Sunnah and because this text is the basis of religious teaching so undermining it in the issues of Aqeeda will lead to heresy.