the creed of the elderly women of Naysābūr.”

This is why people like these say:

“Hold fast to the religion of elderly women.”

For the innate creed of those elderly women is better than these falsehoods, which are offshoots of disbelief and hypocrisy, yet which they regard as rigorous inquiry and meticulous analysis.

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Abū ‘Abd Allāh al-Rāzī:

He has pronounced Jahmī tendencies. Hence, his inclination toward the Dahrīs is greater than his inclination toward the followers of the Salaf, who say that He is above the Throne. He may even show greater allegiance to the former than to the latter, and greater enmity toward the latter than toward the former. Yet the Muslims agree that the Dahrīs are disbelievers, whereas those who affirm that Allah is above include so many of the finest Muslims that Allah Most High alone can count them. He has written books in accordance with the doctrines of the polytheistic Dahrīs and the Sabians; indeed, he has even written on magic and idol worship