Another group of Salafī scholars—such as Nu‘aym ibn Hammād al-Khuzā‘ī, al-Bukhārī, compiler of the Sahīh, and Abū Bakr ibn Khuzaymah, as well as others such as Abū ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-Barr and those like him—affirm the same meaning that these scholars affirm, but describe it as an act or by a similar term. Some of them refrain from using the term “movement” because it is not a transmitted expression.

Among Ahmad’s followers, some agree with this latter group, such as Abū Bakr ‘Abd al-‘Azīz, Abū ‘Abd Allāh ibn Battah, and those like them. Others agree with the first group, such as Abū ‘Abd Allāh ibn Hāmid and those like him. A third group—including the Tamīmīs, Ibn al-Zāghūnī, and others—agree with those among the followers of Ibn Kullāb and their like who advocate negation.

Since affirmation was the recognized position among the people of the Sunnah and hadith, such as al-Bukhārī