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Imam al-Ash'ari was the founder and leading figure of the Asha'irah sect of the Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah.His approach is often used as a main reference by Muslims since the time of its appearance until now concerning questions of faith.Some other schools of thought try to claim that the holding of Imam al-Ash'ari doctrine coincides with their beliefs.Imam al-Ash'ari is said to go through three stages of thought before he returned to the Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah at the end of his life to follow Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal the leadership of Salaf.Therefore, anyone who does not abide by the final stand of Imam al-Ash'ari, they are not considered as Asha'irah followers for conflicting Imam al-Ash'ari and Salaf scholars as recognized the best of generations.To assure the issues, this article is put forward to reexamine of the truth of the allegations either Imam al-Ash'ari has gone through three stages of thought or otherwise.Through document analysis method based on the works of Imam al-Ash'ari and his followers, the study found that Imam al-Ash'ari only used two stages of thought; Mu'tazilah initially and Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah in the end.Imam al-Ash'ari also used the tafwid Salaf and Khalaf interpretation methods especially in interacting with mutashabihat texts throughout his stay with the Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah.The study also identified that the disagreements among Asha'irah when determining the thoughts of Imam al-Ash'ari is due to their uncertainty about the exact date of his works written. Keywords: Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah, al-Ash'ari, Asha'irah, khalaf, salafImam al-Ash'ari merupakan pengasas aliran pemikiran akidah Asha'irah yang menjadi salah satu tunjang utama bagi mazhab Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah (Al-Zabidi 1989: 2/8).Kajian The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (2010: 17) menunjukkan bahawa Asha'irah dan Maturidiyyah merupakan aliran majoriti umat Islam dengan 90 peratus daripada keseluruhan umat Islam adalah pengikut aliran Ahl al-Kalam ini.Hasil kajian ini turut dipersetujui oleh al-Qaradawi iaitu ketika mempertahankan Universiti al-Azhar yang berpegang dengan akidah Asha'irah daripada tohmahan Salafiyyah Wahabiyyah, beliau menjelaskan bahawa Asha'irah merupakan pegangan majoriti umat Islam di seluruh dunia semenjak dahulu sehingga kini (www.qaradawi.net).Begitu juga di Malaysia dan rantau Nusantara, tidak keterlaluan jika dikatakan bahawa majoriti masyarakat Islam khususnya masyarakat awam dalam aspek akidah dan kepercayaan berfahaman aliran Asha'irah (Abdul Shukor 1998: 13).Memandangkan Imam al-Ash'ari adalah tokoh terpenting dalam kelangsungan Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah, maka sebarang pendekatan yang dikemukakan oleh beliau dalam sesuatu persoalan akidah sentiasa mendapat perhatian serius daripada umat Islam.Maka pelbagai individu mewakili aliran pemikiran masing
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