concerning the hadiths on the divine attributes—that every one of them said: “Accept them as they have come.”

Abū ʿUmar added, “Whatever has reached us from the Prophet ﷺ through reliable transmitters, or from the Companions, constitutes knowledge for which one is religiously responsible; whereas whatever appeared after them with no basis in what they transmitted is an innovation and a deviation.”

He further stated in his Commentary on the Muwaṭṭaʾ, when speaking about the hadith of the Divine Descent: “This hadith is firmly established by transmission; its chain of narration is sound, the scholars of hadith are unanimous regarding its authenticity, and it is reported through multiple routes…”