Then, Al­Sabuny (may Allah guide him) repeated, in his third article, his claim that the Salaf have two Madh­ habs, one of which is that of the people of Tafwid (leaving the issue of the Attributes to Allah's care) and the other is that of the people of Ta'weel and went on in his claim adding that some prefer the Madh­hab of the Salaf and say that it is more secure, while others prefer the Madh­hab of the Khalaf and claim that it is more exact.

This is the more secure and more informed Madh­hab. The other Madh­hab, however, is that of the discreditable Khalaf, namely, the Madh­hab of the people of Ta'wil, Tahrif (distortion of the meaning) and charlatanism. However, disproving and warning against the Madh­hab of the Khalaf does not necessarily entail declaring them to be disbelievers, since such declaration (Takfir) implies another ruling that is based on cognizance of the (denounced) person's saying, what he assumes of falsehood and the extent of his opposition to what is right. Hence, it is impermissible to claim that condemnation of the Madh­hab of the Khalaf or repudiation of Al­Asha`irah's mistake of allegorical interpretation of the Attributes or their distortion of their meanings (with the exception of few Attributes, which they excluded), necessarily entail declaring them to be disbelievers. Rather, the purpose is to expose their disagreement with Ahl­ul­Sunnah in this regard and the invalidity of the allegorical interpretation of the Khalaf, and to explain that the right approach is the Madh­hab of the righteous Salaf, namely Ahl­ul­Sunnah wal­Jama`ah, which acknowledges the verses and Hadith on Attributes just as they are mentioned and affirms their contents of the Names and Attributes in the way that befits Allah (Exalted be He) without distortion, denial, allegorical interpretation, questioning or comparison, as is frequently mentioned above. After all, Allah (Alone) Whose help can be sought. Then, he quoted the words of Al­Bayhaqy in this regard (already referred to), and said that he (Al­Bayhaqy, may Allah be merciful with him) was deceived by some of the jargon of the innovators (in religion), deeming it to be true, and in turn he introduced them in his book. He also claimed that Al­Bayhaqy was among those who engaged in Al­Kalam (a discipline that searches for answers to creedal issues using logic), and commented that he believes in some of its evil conclusions (may Allah forgive and pardon him). Here, Shaykh­ul­Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be merciful with him) pointed out to the denotations of such claims in Al­Fatawa (vol. 6, p. 53).