as anything regarding worship that the first generation of Muslims, (known as the Companions of the Prophet or Sahabah), "did not do". Thus he taught that "whoever asserts that there is any part of Islam with which the Companions of the Prophet did not provide us has called them [the Companions of the Prophet] liars". While not opposed to reason in religion, provided it was put to good use and did not contradict doctrine such as divine attributes, he nonetheless, opposed asking "'Why?' and 'How?' Theology, polemic, disputation, and argument are an innovation which casts doubt into the heart". See also Islamic scholars Notable Hanbali Scholars References 941 deaths Year of birth unknown Hanbalis Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam People from Baghdad Hadith scholars Iraqi Sunni Muslims 10th-century people from the Abbasid Caliphate 10th-century Arabs 10th-century jurists