The Shāfiʿī Imāms consistently disdain and refuse to be associated with al-Ashʿarī,
وَلَمْ يَزَلْ الْأَئِمَّةُ الشَّافِعِيَّةُ يَأْنَفُونَ وَيَسْتَنْكِفُونَ أَنْ يَنْسُبُوا إلَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ،

and they disavow what al-Ashʿarī built his doctrine upon.
وَيَتَبَرَّءُونَ مِمَّا بَنَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّ مَذْهَبَهُ عَلَيْهِ،

They forbid their companions and loved ones from coming near him.
وَيَنْهَوْنَ أَصْحَابَهُمْ وَأَحْبَابَهُمْ عَنْ الْحَوْمِ حَوَالَيْهِ،

Ibn Taymiyyah, al-Fatāwá al-Kubrá 6/600
ابن تيمية، الفتاوى الكبرى ٦/٦٠٠
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