is not upon the Throne. In my opinion they should be summoned to repent; if they do so, all well and good, but if they refuse they are to be put to death.”

[The words of al-Aṣmaʿī]:
Al-Aṣmaʿī related: “The wife of Jahm once came to town and lodged in the quarter of the tanners. A man in her presence said, ‘Allah is upon His Throne.’ She retorted, ‘The limited upon the limited?’ Al-Aṣmaʿī commented, ‘She is a disbeliever for uttering such a statement.’