(1) The so-called “Hadith of the Horse’s Sweat” is a fabricated report. It falsely claims that Ibn al-Thulajjī narrated from Hubban b. Hilāl, from Ḥammad b. Salama, from Abū al-Muhazzam, from Abū Hurayra that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Indeed, Allah created the horses and set them running until they sweated, then created His own Self from that sweat.” Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Jawzaqānī states in his Kitāb al-Abāṭīl wa-al-Manākīr (vol. 1, p. 57), after quoting this hadith: “This is a fabricated (mawḍūʿ) hadith, a falsehood of unbelief with no basis among the scholars. It was never said by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, nor transmitted by Abū Hurayra. And even if Abū al-Muhazzam’s reputation is weak (matrūk), one cannot attribute such a statement to him, nor would Ḥammad b. Salama have permitted narrating it. There is no such report in the work of Hubban b. Hilāl; rather it stems from Muḥammad b. Shujaʿ al-Thulajjī.” Al-Dhahabī comments in Mīzān al-Iʿtidāl (vol. 3, pp. 578–579): “Despite its manifest falsehood, this fabrication originates with the Jahmīs to cite it as proof that nafs (the Self) is a created entity. Likewise, attributing such speech to Him is a form of ‘honorific attribution’ (tashrīf) akin to terms like Bayt Allah (‘House of God’) or Nāqat Allah (‘Camel of God’). They then argue: if nafs—Exalted is He—is treated as an honorific attribute, then attributing speech to Him is even more justified.” In any case, no one of sound standing regards this among the authentic ḥadīth concerning God’s Attributes; Exalted is He above it. Ibn Taymiyya explains in his Naqḍ al-Mantiq (p. 119) that the extreme Ghulāt who affirm God’s createdness have authored numerous fabricated traditions of this sort—e.g. the horse-sweat hadith, the report of His descent on the eve of ʿArafah on the dromedary al-Awraq so that He might shake hands with pedestrians and embrace desert-travelers, His manifestation to His Prophet on earth, His appearance on a Throne between heaven and earth, His vision during tawāf or on certain roads of Medina, and so on. He adds: “I have seen in these fabrications the gravest innovations and acts of disbelief. I have been shown by more than one person parts and full books containing inventions against Allah and His Messenger, complete with forged isnāds.” For further details on this fabricated report—erroneously ascribed to Ahl al-Sunnah in order to slander them—see: · Al-Asmā’ wa-al-Ṣifāt by al-Bayhaqī, pp. 372–373 · Al-Mawḍūʿāt by Ibn al-Jawzī, vol. 1, pp. 105–106 · Lisān al-Mīzān by Ibn Ḥajar, vol. 2, pp. 239–240 · The response of al-Imām al-Dārimī to Bishr al-Marīsī, p. 143 (2) Al-Awraq among camels refers to those whose coat ranges in color from white to black. Al-Waraqah designates a black tone on a tawny background. Others describe it as black and white spotting, akin to the smoky hue of the ramth shrub. These classifications are among the traditional categories of pack-animals; most of them …