Boycotting the Person of Innovation When There Is A Benefit
Whenever he (ie: Ibn ʿĀsākir who was upon the Ashʿarī creed) passed by al-Muwwafaq Ibn Qudāmah (al-Maqdisī) and gave him salām, he (ie: Ibn Qudāmah) would not answer him. وَأَنه رُبمَا مر بالشيخ الْمُوفق بن قدامَة فَسلم فَلم يرد الْمُوفق السَّلَام He (ie: Ibn Qudāmah) was asked about it (ie: why he does not answer him). فَقيل لَهُ He replied: “He (Ie: Ibn ʿĀsākir) is on the opinion of al-kalām nafsī, so I answer him through my nafsi (kalām).” فَقَالَ إِنَّه يَقُول بالْكلَام النَّفْسِيّ وَأَنا أرد عَلَيْهِ فِي نَفسِي Tāj al-Dīn al-Subkī, Ṭabaqāt al-Shāfiʿiyyah al-Kubrá 8/184 تاج الدين السبكي، طبقات الشافعية الكبرى ٨/١٨٤ https://shamela.ws/index.php/book/6739 @ilmtest [https://t.me/ilmtest]