Ibn Kullāb, al-Ashʿarī, and the leading scholars among his followers say much the same. For if that objection applies to everyone who says that He is above the Throne while denying that He is a body, or affirms for Him the attributes mentioned in the revealed texts, such as the face and hand, while likewise denying that He is a body, then his position entails that He can be pointed to in a sensory manner and that He is One, not divisible in the manner alleged.

This is why we find members of these groups disputing with one another over this matter, as occurs among the followers of Abū Hanīfa, Mālik, al-Shāfiʿī, and Ahmad. Likewise, followers of al-Ashʿarī also dispute over it: those among them who deny direction say that their proofs and their imams—who maintain that Allah Most High is above the Throne and is not a body—are inconsistent. Likewise,