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I heard Allamah Anzar Shah Sahib Kashmiri (rahmatullahialayh) narrate that whilst at Deoband, his father used to advise that Zamakhshari's books not be read due to his being a Mu'tazali and that he may end up influencing the readers. Then when Dar ul Uloom Deoband's Dawra-e-Tafsir was being formed, though Hadhrat had already left for Dhabel, he asked some of the Ustadhs there as to which books had been selected for the dawra. The Ustadhs replied by mentioning some books such as Baydhawi, Jalaalayn, etc so Hadhrat asked, "And Zamakhshari?" The Ustadhs replied, "Hadhrat, you were the one that advised that his books not be read on the basis that he was a Mu'tazili and that his works were dangerous." Hadhrat replied, "Aaj kal ke Sunniyo se tho behtar tha" (He was better than the (so-called) Sunnis of today).