Abū Bakr al-Bayhaqī also narrated in his book The Names and Attributes, through an authentic chain of transmission, that al-Awzā‘ī said:

“When the Successors were still numerous, we would affirm that Allah Most High is above His Throne and believe in His attributes as reported in the Sunnah.”

Al-Khallāl said in his book The Sunnah: “Al-Maymūnī informed me that he