[Statement of Abū Nuʿaym al-Isfahānī]:
Abū Nuʿaym al-Isfahānī, the author of al-Ḥilya, writes at the beginning of a creed he composed: “Our path is the path of those who adhere to the Book, the Sunnah, and the consensus of the Muslim community.” He continues: “Part of their belief is that the hadiths authentically transmitted from the Prophet ﷺ regarding the Throne and Allah’s rising over it…"