al-Sulamī, Abū ‘Uthmān al-Naysābūrī, and others sided with him, as did Yahyā ibn ‘Ammār al-Sijistānī, Abū ‘Abd Allāh ibn Mandah, Abū Nasr al-Sijzī, Shaykh al-Islām Abū Ismā‘īl al-Ansārī, Abū al-Qāsim Sa‘d ibn ‘Alī al-Zanjānī, and others. As for Abū Dharr al-Harawī, Abū Bakr al-Bayhaqī, and another group, they sided with Ibn Kullāb.

This dispute likewise arose among groups of jurists, Sufis, Quran commentators, speculative theologians, and philosophers. The Mu‘tazilites called this the question of “the inherence of temporal events.” They would say, “Allah is free of accidents, parts, temporal events, and limits.” Their aim was to deny His attributes, deny His actions, and deny