of the people of Iraq, who narrated that during the generation of the Successors the universally acknowledged creed was to believe that Allah is above the Throne and to affirm all of His attributes that are established solely by revelation.

[The report of Makḥūl and al-Zuhrī]

Abu Bakr al-Khallāl relates in Kitāb al-Sunnah, on the authority of al-Awzāʿī, that he said: “Makḥūl was asked…"