so he was brought before Hishām to be examined. Hishām said, ‘Praise be to Allah for your repentance. Do you testify that Allah Most High is above His Throne, distinct from His creation?’ He replied, ‘I testify that Allah is above His Throne, but I do not know what “distinct from His creation” means.’ Hishām said, ‘Return him to prison, for he has not repented.’”

Shaykh al-Islām said: “There is a chapter in al-Fārūq explaining the question of Allah’s being distinct from His creation, making it unnecessary to repeat it here.”

Shaykh al-Islām said: “And I asked Yahyā ibn