and oaths sworn by His names are binding; He is appealed to, and the appeal is accepted; He is described and thereby known.

Then they said, “The Messenger himself is not a proof.” They also said, “After his death, he no longer conveys the message, so no binding proof is established through him.” Their assertions thus amounted to three things: there is no Lord in heaven, no Messenger in the Rawdah, and no Book on earth—as I heard Yahyā ibn Ammār, may Allah have mercy on him, declare against them—even if they disguise these claims and speak evasively about them, or