Harb, who said: Bishr ibn al-Sarī asked Hammād ibn Zayd, ‘Abū Ismāʿīl, concerning the hadith which says, “Allah descends to the heaven”—does He move from place to place?’ Hammād remained silent, then said, ‘He is in a place and draws near to His creation however He wills.’”

This will be discussed in its proper place. As for the hadith concerning His drawing him near to Himself and placing His kanaf over him, it is clearer than this. None of the earlier scholars who affirmed the divine attributes disputed this at all, just as they did not dispute