Among them are Mujarrad Maqâlât al-Ash`arî and Kitab Mushkil al-hadith wa-bayanihi (with many variants of the title), in which he refuted both the anthropomorphist tendencies of Hanbali literalists and the over-interpretation of the Mu'tazila. Parmi eux se trouvent Mujarrad Maqâlât al-Ash`arî et Kitab Mushkil al-hadith wa-bayanihi dans lesquels il réfutent à la fois les tendances anthropomorphiste du courant littéraliste Hanbalite et la surinterprétation des Mutazila.
