Fanatic Ashari judge of 494 h

Fanatic ashari judge in 494 h

Ibn Kathir said

عزيز بن عبد الملك منصور أبو المعالي الجيلي القاضي

الملقب: سيدله، كان شافعيا في الفروع، أشعريا في الأصول، وكان حاكما بباب الأزج، وكان بينه وبين أهل باب الأزج من الحنابلة شنآن كبير.

سمع رجلا ينادي على حمار له ضائع فقال: يدخل الأزج ويأخذ بيد من شاء.

وقال يوما للنقيب طراد الزينبي: لو حلف إنسان أنه لا يرى إنسانا فرأى أهل باب الأزج لم يحنث.

Aziz bin Abd al Malik Munsoor Abu al M`ali al Jeeli the Judge.. He was Shafiee in furoo (fiqh) and Ashari in Usul (aqeeda)…He and the people of Baab al Azj who were Hanbalis had great enmity.

He once heard a man calling out searching for his lost donkey, so he said to him, enter Bab al Azj and take anyone you like!

One day he said to Naqeeb Turaad al Zainbi that if a Man takes an oath that he will not see a Man (Insaan) and then he sees people of Bab al Azj (i.e. who were Hanbalis) his oath is not broken.

[al Bidaya wal nihaya vol 12 under 494 h]

Meaning he would not consider hanbalis of that area insaan,rather considered them donkeys.