statement. Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said:

‘Allah—there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all existence.’ [al-Baqarah 255]

‘He is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, the Sovereign, the Most Holy, the Source of Peace, the Granter of Security, the Overseer, the Almighty, the Compeller, the Supreme.’ [al-Hashr 23]

These are the attributes and names of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, Blessed and Exalted.”

‘Alī ibn ‘Īsā related this additional statement from Hanbal: “I heard Abū ‘Abd Allāh say, ‘No one was more forceful against the people of innovation and dissent than Hammād ibn Salama, nor did anyone narrate more hadiths concerning seeing Allah and refuting the Qadariyya and the Mu‘tazila than he did.’”

He said: “I heard Abū ‘Abd Allāh say, ‘These people’s entire discourse ultimately amounts to negation. They reject the transmitted reports. I did not think this of them until I heard their statements.’”

Likewise, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz ibn ‘Abd Allāh ibn Abī Salama al-Mājishūn, one of Medina’s renowned imams in the time of Mālik ibn