was called “the Commander of the Faithful in every field” because of his eminence in so many virtues:

He was asked, “How do we know our Lord?” He replied, “By His being above His heavens, upon His Throne, distinct from His creation. We do not say, as the Jahmiyya do, that He is here on earth.” Imam Ahmad said the same.

Abd Allāh ibn Ahmad also narrated from Abd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak that a man said to him, “O Abū Abd al-Rahmān, I have come to fear Allah because of how often I invoke Him against the Jahmiyya.” He replied, “Do not fear, for they claim that your God, who is in heaven, is nothing.”

He also narrated from the imam Sulaymān ibn Harb, who said: I heard Hammād ibn Zayd mention these Jahmiyya and say, “All they are trying to do is