ibn al-Mubārak that he was asked, “By what do we know our Lord?” He replied, “By knowing that He is above His heavens, over His Throne, distinct from His creation. We do not say, as the Jahmiyyah do, that He is here.” Imam Ahmad and others said the same. And Imam Abū ‘Abd Allāh al-Bukhārī said—the compiler of al-Jāmi‘