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and equate Him with it, since the position of the early generations and the imams is to describe Allah as He has described Himself and as His Messenger has described Him, without distortion or denial, and without specifying the manner of His attributes or likening Him to His creation.
In the words of Nu‘aym ibn Hammād
الممثلة، إذ مذهب السلف والأئمة؛ أن يوصف الله بما وصف به نفسه، وبما وصفه به رسوله من غير تحريف ولا تعطيل، ومن غير تكييف ولا تمثيل. قال نعيم بن حماد