The fourteenth point is that, if a veil can pertain to something other than a body, their argument is invalid. If, however, a veil cannot pertain to a body, it has already been established that neither reason nor revelation rules out corporeality, and that the unqualified assertion that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is neither a body nor a substance is an innovation, by agreement of the early generations of this nation and its leading scholars. Indeed, it is an even greater innovation than saying that He is a body and a substance. Since this negation is a false innovation, it cannot stand against what is established by the Quran and Sunnah.

This assertion is the doctrine of the Jahmiyyah, who negate what the Quran and Sunnah convey, as well as what is known through rational necessity and reasoning. In reality, they negate the Lord who is worshipped, knowledge of Him, and worship of Him. This assertion is the foundation of evil, apostasy, and hypocrisy, although it has gained currency among groups of believers who did not understand the intentions underlying its use by those who