[The words of ʿĀṣim ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿĀṣim]
ʿĀṣim ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿĀṣim—teacher of Aḥmad, al-Bukhārī, and their contemporaries—said: “I debated a Jahmite, and from his statements it became clear that he does not believe there is a Lord in the heaven.”

[The words of Imām Mālik]
Imām Aḥmad narrated: Suraij ibn al-Nuʿmān said, “I heard…"