al-T奴mart called his followers by that designation, since his teaching on monotheism was that of those who deny the divine attributes: Jahm, Ibn S墨n膩, and their like.
It is said that he learned this from someone whose writings sometimes agree with the philosophers and sometimes oppose them.
Thus, in a book on monotheism by Ibn al-T奴mart that I have seen, he explicitly denies the attributes. For this reason, his Murshida (Guide) contains no affirmation of the attributes. Nor did he affirm that Allah will be seen, or state that the Quran is Allah鈥檚 uncreated speech, or address comparable matters that those who affirm the attributes customarily include in their concise statements of belief.
Consequently, the substance of his position agreed with that of Ibn Sab鈥樐玭 and others who profess absolute existence, in agreement with Ibn S墨n膩 and other proponents of heresy. As it is reported, Ibn al-T奴mart stated in his Faw膩鈥檌d al-Mashriqiyya (Eastern Insights) that existence is shared by the Creator and created beings: the Creator鈥檚 existence would thus be abstract, whereas that of created beings would be qualified.