’—and Hanbal said elsewhere, ‘and a foot like my foot’—has likened Allah to His creation. This sets limits to Him. Such speech is evil, and what it describes is limited. I do not like speaking about this.”

Abū ‘Abd Allāh said: “Keep the Quran free of additions. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘He will place His foot.’ We believe in this without setting limits, and we do not reject what Allah’s Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, has said. Rather, we believe in it. Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said:

‘Whatever the Messenger gives you, take it, and whatever he forbids you, refrain from it.’ [al-Hashr 7]

“Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has thus commanded us to accept what the Messenger brought and refrain from what he forbade. His names and attributes are uncreated. We seek refuge in Allah from error, misgivings and doubt. Indeed, He has power over all things.”

He said: “Abū al-Qāsim al-Jabalī also related additional material to me from Hanbal concerning this