The scholars are unanimous that He rose over the Throne and knows everything in the lowest part of the seventh earth, in the depths of the seas, on the hilltops, in the valley floors, and everywhere, just as He knows all that is in the seven heavens and above the Throne. His knowledge encompasses everything. No leaf falls without His knowing it, nor is there a grain in the darkness of land or sea, nor anything moist or dry, without His knowing it all and accounting for it. Knowing one thing does not prevent Him from knowing another.”

This is an example of what has been transmitted from the imams, as has been explained at length elsewhere. They made clear that the limit they affirmed for Him is known to none but Him, just as Mālik, Rabīa, and others said:

“The rising over the Throne is known, but how it occurs is unknown.”

This makes clear that the manner of His rising over the Throne is unknown to His servants. They did not deny that it has an actual reality; rather, they denied that created beings know it. Similar statements occur in the words of Abd al-Azīz ibn Abd Allāh ibn al-Mājishūn and others among the early generations. The imams deny that created beings know His measure and the manner of His being.

[The Statement of Abd al-Azīz al-Mājishūn]

Abd al-Azīz ibn Abd Allāh ibn Abī Salama al-Mājishūn expressed much the same in his well-known statement, which Ibn Batta cited in al-Ibāna and Abū Umar al-Talamankī in his book on fundamental principles. Abū Bakr al-Athram also narrated it. He said: