Then the opponent set about interpreting the attributes he had compiled and enumerated in his book—the Face, hearing, sight, and others—passing judgment concerning Allah and His Messenger, point by point and matter by matter, according to the judgment of Bishr ibn Ghiyāth al-Marīsī. In this, he relied on no imam earlier than al-Marīsī, nor on anyone whom he considered more rightly guided. We therefore seized upon all this, since he explicitly named him and submitted to his judgment concerning these attributes. For the general body of jurists had concurred regarding his disbelief, the stripping away of his veil, and his exposure in his own city and all other cities that had heard of him.”

He then discussed the refutation of the Jahmiyyah’s interpretations of the attributes mentioned in the Quran and Sunnah.

[Al-Dārimī’s words in refutation of the Jahmiyyah]

‘Uthmān ibn Sa‘īd said in his book Refutation of the Jahmiyyah:

(Chapter on Belief in the Speech of Allah Most High)

Abū Sa‘īd said:

Allah is the One who speaks, first and last. He has always possessed speech, when there was no speaker other than Him, and He will always possess speech, when no speaker other than Him remains. He will say:

“To whom belongs sovereignty today?”

(Ghāfir: 16)

“I am