Editing Sunni Islam (section)

====Ash'ari====
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Founded by [[Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari]] (873–935). This [[theological school]] of Aqeedah was embraced by many [[Muslim scholars]] and developed in parts of the Islamic world throughout history; [[al-Ghazali]] wrote on the creed discussing it and agreeing upon some of its principles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fethullahgulenforum.org/articles/13/fethullah-gulen-al-ghazzali-on-tolerance |title=Fethullah Gülen and Al-Ghazzali on Tolerance |author=J. B. Schlubach |access-date=2010-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304153120/http://fethullahgulenforum.org/articles/13/fethullah-gulen-al-ghazzali-on-tolerance |archive-date=2010-03-04 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Ash'ari theology stresses [[divine revelation]] over human reason. Contrary to the Mu'tazilites, they say that [[ethics]] cannot be derived from human reason, but that God's commands, as revealed in the ''Quran'' and the ''Sunnah'' (the practices of Muhammad and his companions as recorded in the traditions, or [[hadith]]), are the sole source of all morality and ethics.

Regarding the [[nature of God]] and the divine attributes, the Ash'ari rejected the [[Mu'tazili]] position that all Quranic references to God as having real attributes were metaphorical. The Ash'aris insisted that these attributes were as they "best befit His Majesty". The Arabic language is a wide language in which one word can have 15 different meanings, so the Ash'aris endeavor to find the meaning that best befits God and is not contradicted by the Quran. Therefore, when God states in the Quran, "He who does not resemble any of His creation", this clearly means that God cannot be attributed with body parts because He created body parts. Ash'aris tend to stress divine [[omnipotence]] over human free will and they believe that the Quran is eternal and uncreated.