Salamah and others of their caliber].

Abu al-Qasim al-Azji related, through his chain of transmission, from Mutarrif ibn ʿAbd Allah, who said: I heard Malik ibn Anas—whenever someone who rejected the hadiths concerning the divine attributes was mentioned in his presence—say: ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAziz stated, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the rulers…"