that He is a body like other bodies, even though the view of those who liken Him to created beings, saying, “A hand like my hand, a foot like my foot, and sight like my sight,” is well known. Leading scholars such as Yazīd ibn Hārūn, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ishāq ibn Rāhawayh, and others mentioned this view, rejected and condemned it, and attributed it to the likes of Dāwūd al-Jawāribī al-Basrī and others like him.

Nevertheless, someone holding this view does not liken Him to every body, but only to some. They must also affirm likeness in one respect and difference in another. Yet if the likeness they affirm involves characteristics peculiar to created beings, they are wrong in any case.

In short, discussing the likening and assimilation of Allah to created beings, and denying these of Him, is one matter; discussing the attribution of corporeality to Him, and denying it, is another.

The Quran, the Sunnah, and the consensus of the early generations and leading scholars establish the negation of the former. Their denunciations of those who say, “A hand like my hand, sight like my sight, and a foot like my foot,” have been widely transmitted.

Allah Most High says:

“There is nothing like Him.”
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