Ibn Waddāḥ said, “I asked Yūsuf ibn ʿAdiyy about the descent (nuzūl). He replied, ‘Yes, I believe in it and I draw no limits concerning it.’ I then asked Ibn Maʿīn about the same matter, and he said, ‘I affirm it and set no definition for it.’

[He next cites several evidences for divine transcendence.]

Muḥammad added, “This ḥadith shows that Allah is upon His Throne in the heaven, not upon the earth. The same meaning is plainly stated in the Book of Allah and in more than one report from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Most High says, ‘He directs the affair from the heaven to the earth…’ (Q 32:5).”