Imaam Ibnul Qayyim (rahimahullaah) stated in As-Sawaa-iq Al-Mursala  3/1038 about Bishr Al-Marreesee a head of the Mutazilah that he said to his companions: ”If they (i.e. Ahlus Sunnah) bring evidence against you by way of the Qur’an, then seek to prove them wrong by way of erroneous interpretation.  And if they bring evidence against you by way of the narrations (of the Messenger), then repel those narrations through disconfirmation.”