Rāhawayh say: ‘Whoever describes Allah by likening His attributes to those of any of His creatures is a disbeliever in Allah, the Magnificent. For describing His attributes is nothing but submission to Allah’s command and to what the Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prescribed.’”

He said: “I also heard Ishāq say: ‘A hallmark of Jahm and his followers is their allegation against the people of the community—the lie they are so devoted to—that they liken Allah to His creation. Rather, they themselves deny His attributes. Were it permissible to call them those who liken Allah to His creation, that description could apply to them, for they say that the Lord, Blessed and Exalted, is in every place in His entirety, in the lowest earths and the highest heavens in the same sense. They have lied in this, and disbelief necessarily follows from their claim.’”

Abd al-Rahmān said: “I heard my father say: ‘A hallmark of the Jahmiyya is their calling the people of the Sunnah those who liken Allah to His creation, and a hallmark of the Qadariyya