Allah Most High places His foot, and other similar hadiths. Abū ‘Abd Allāh replied: “We believe them and affirm their truth, without a ‘how’ or a ‘meaning’. We reject none of them. We know that what the messengers brought is true, and we know that what is established from the Messenger—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—is true when transmitted through sound chains. We do not reject his words, nor do we describe Allah—blessed and exalted—with anything greater than that with which He described Himself, without limit or end.”’”

Hanbal said elsewhere: “Nothing is like Him in His essence, as He has described Himself. He—blessed and exalted—has given a general description of Himself, thus defining an attribute for Himself: nothing resembles Him.