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is evidence that, had she not believed that Allah is above the heaven, she would not have been a believer, and that only someone who affirms a limit for Allah—that He is above the heaven, as Allah and His Messenger have stated—qualifies as a believing slave.
He then said: Ahmad ibn Manīʿ al-Baghdādī also narrated to us, saying: We were told by
دليل على أنها لو لم تؤمن أن الله في السماء لم تكن مؤمنة وأنه لا يجوز في الرقبة المؤمنة إلا من يحد الله أنه في السماء كما قال الله ورسوله ثم قال وثنا أحمد بن منيع البغدادي حدثنا