anyone.”
(al-Ikhlās)

No description, then, is more eloquent than that with which Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has described Himself. As for all this descending and laughing, this boasting and looking on: He descends as He wills, boasts as He wills, looks on as He wills, and laughs as He wills. We must not imagine that He does so in this manner or that. If a Jahmī says to you, “I disbelieve in a Lord who moves from His place,” then say, “I believe in a Lord who does whatever He wills.”’”

Al-Bukhārī cited these last words of al-Fudayl ibn ʿIyād in his book The Creation of Actions. He and other leading scholars of the Sunnah received them with acceptance.

Al-Bukhārī said:

“Al-Fudayl ibn ʿIyād said: ‘If a Jahmī says to you, “I do not believe in a Lord who moves from His place,” then say, “I believe in a Lord who does whatever He wills.”’”

Al-Bukhārī said:

“Yazīd ibn Hārūn spoke about the Jahmiyyah, saying: ‘Whoever claims that the Most Merciful rose over the Throne in a sense contrary to what is established in the hearts of ordinary people is a Jahmī.’”

[Al-Khallāl’s Words in His Book al-Sunnah]

Al-Khallāl said in his book al-Sunnah:

“Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad al-Firyābī informed me: Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Muqaddamī narrated to us: Sulaymān ibn Harb narrated to us,