its aspects.’ They went on to say: ‘And that Allah is above His Throne, distinct from His creation, as He has described Himself in His Book and through His Messenger, without specifying how. His knowledge encompasses all things.’

This is widely reported from Imam ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn Abī Hātim through several routes of transmission. Shaykh Nasr al-Maqdisī cited it from him in his book