He also said—may Allah have mercy on him:
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As for “the question of reason’s judgment of good and evil,” there is a well-known disagreement among Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamāʿah within the four schools and beyond. The Hanafīs and many Mālikīs, Shāfiʿīs, and Hanbalīs affirm that reason can judge good and evil. This is also the position of the Karrāmiyyah and the Muʿtazilah, and of most groups among Muslims, Jews, Christians, Magians, and others. Many Shāfiʿīs, Mālikīs, and Hanbalīs deny this, as do the Ashʿarīs.
Nevertheless, the adherents of the Sunnah agree in affirming divine decree: Allah has power over all things and is the Creator of everything, including His servants’ deeds and all else; whatever He wills comes to pass, and whatever He does not will does not come to pass. The Muʿtazilah and other Qadarites disagree on this.
Denying divine decree is a reprehensible innovation. Some people have supposed that anyone who affirms that reason can judge good and evil denies divine decree and joins the Muʿtazilah in questions of al-taʿdīl and al-tajwīz. This is mistaken. Rather, most Muslims do not agree with the Muʿtazilah on that. Nor do they agree with the Ashʿarīs in denying