of scholars of hadith and jurisprudence. This is also the apparent meaning of certain works by Judge Abū Bakr and Abū al-Hasan—meaning al-Ash‘arī. He—I mean Judge ‘Abd al-Wahhāb—explicitly reported this from him: “He, glorified be He, is established over the Throne in His Essence.” In some passages, they used the unqualified expression “above His Throne.” Abū ‘Abd Allāh al-Qurtubī said in his book Sharh al-Asmā’ al-Husnā (Commentary on the Most Beautiful Names):