what is weak. Rather, they present the position of the early generations according to their own beliefs, not according to the early generations’ statements and what they explained and said on this subject.

The statements of the early generations are numerous and well known in the works of the scholars of hadith and transmitted reports, who relate them through well-known chains of transmission, and likewise in works of Quranic commentary. They have compiled numerous works on this subject: some call their work “The Sunnah,” others “Refutation of the Jahmiyyah,” others “The Sharia,” and others “An Exposition of the Law of