‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Qummī, a client of the family of Yaqtīn. They claim that the bearers carry the Creator. In arguing that the bearers are capable of carrying Him, Yūnus compared them to a crane, whose two legs support it despite their slenderness. Another sect said that the bearers carry the Throne, whereas it is impossible for the Creator to be carried.

Abū al-Hasan al-Ash‘arī said: The Rāfidah differed concerning the will of Allah Most High, forming four sects. The first, comprising the followers of Hishām ibn al-Hakam and Hishām al-Jawālīqī, claim that the will of Allah Most High is motion: a reality that is neither Allah Himself nor other than Him. They hold that it is an attribute of Allah Most High, not other than Him. For they claim that Allah