—al-Rāzī—to strike a relative [of his], who held Jahm’s views, on the head with a sandal, saying: ‘No—not until you say: “The Most Merciful rose over the Throne, distinct from His creation.”’”

Imam “Abū Ja‘far Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Salāmah al-Tahāwī” said in his well-known creed, at the beginning of which he stated:

“An exposition of [the creed of the people of] the Sunnah and the community, according to the school of the jurists of the Muslim faith: Abū Hanīfah ... Abū Yūsuf ... and Muhammad ibn al-Hasan, may Allah be pleased with them ...

We say concerning Allah’s oneness, affirming our belief ... that Allah