Hafidh Ibn Kathir was a Salafi Athari upon the Path of the Salaf.
Spread this as there are mubtadiaah actively searching for any shaytani deceptions for their own innovations to make you follow them to the fire,
May Allah break the back of any slanderer of the ulema.
"And then He ascended over the throne"
The people had several conflicting opinions over its
meaning. However, we follow the way that our righteous predecessors took in this regard, such as Malik, Al-Awza`i, Ath-Thawri, Al-Layth bin Sa`d,
of Islam, in past and present times. Surely, we accept the apparent meaning of, Al-Istawa, without discussing its true essence, equating it (with the attributes of the creation),
There is nothing like Him, and He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer. (42:11)
"The Most Merciful Ascended over the Throne",
A discussion concerning this has already preceded in Surah Al-A`raf, so there is no need to repeat it here. The safest path to take in understanding this, is the way
of the
that which has been reported concerning this from the
Book and the Sunnah without describing it,
reinterpreting it, resembling it to creation, rejecting it, or
comparing it to attributes of the creatures.
For ashari's do not follow the salaf nor do they take the Qur'an and the Sunnah as proofs over their intellects,
He doesn't do takyif, tashbih, tahrif, ta'teel, ta'weel etc All of which are from the foundations of the ashari's,
Shaykh salih fawzan praises tafsir ibn kathir as a tafsir of the salaf:
Their aim is for you to doubt the truthfulness of the Salafi Manhaj and to leave it
It never was about those imams themselves it was about you...