Harb ibn Ismā‘īl also stated at the end of his book dealing with all these questions:

“This is the doctrine of the leading scholars, the adherents of transmitted reports, and the people of the Sunnah who are known for it and followed as exemplars in it. All the scholars I met from Iraq, Syria, the Hijaz, and elsewhere adhered to it. Whoever opposes any of these doctrines, attacks them, or disparages those who uphold them is an innovator who has departed from the community, the way of the Sunnah, and the path of truth. This is the doctrine of Ahmad, Ishāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Makhlad, ‘Abd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr al-Humaydī, and Sa‘īd ibn