the Shaykh and Imam Abū Muhammad ‘Abd Allāh ibn Sa‘īd ibn Kullāb. He notes that Ibn Kullāb and Abū al-Hasan al-Ash‘arī agree, differing only on subtle matters of no consequence. He sets out Ibn Kullāb’s views on a number of fundamental principles, eventually saying:

“Section: An Exposition of His Views on the Attributes

“This discussion has two parts. The first concerns those views of his that are so well known that their very familiarity makes it unnecessary to substantiate them in detail by citing his own words in the works he devoted to this subject. The second concerns views that are obscure and variously reported from him.”

He then says, “As for his well-known views on the attributes”—and mentions