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and the Christians. The Jews, the Christians, and the adherents of every religion, together with the Muslims, are agreed that Allah is upon the Throne, whereas they—the Jahmiyyah—claim: “There is nothing on it.” [Sound].
[The Statement of Imām Ibn Khuzaymah]:
Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq ibn Khuzaymah—known as the Imām of the imāms—said: “Whoever does not profess that Allah is above His heavens, upon His Throne, distinct from His creation, must be called to repent; if he repents, well and good, but if he refuses, his neck is to be struck and his corpse cast onto a rubbish heap, so that neither the people of the qiblah nor the non-Muslim citizens suffer from the stench of his body.” This was reported from him by al-Ḥākim with an isnād
والنصارى، وقد اجتمع اليهود والنصارى وأهل الأديان مع المسلمين على أن الله على العرش. وقالوا هم: ليس عليه شيء» .
[قول الإمام ابن خزيمة] :
وقال محمد بن إسحاق بن خزيمة ـ إمام الأئمة: «من لم يقل: إن الله فوق سماواته على عرشه بائن من خلقه، وجب أن يُستتاب، فإن تاب وإلا ضُربت عنقه ثم أُلقي على مزبلة، لئلا يتأذى بنتن ريحه أهل القبلة، ولا أهل الذمة» ، [ذكره عنه الحاكم بإسناد