al-Ashʿarī as the position of the adherents of the Sunnah and hadith.

Al-Fudayl ibn ʿIyād said: “If a Jahmī says to you, ‘I disbelieve in a Lord who moves from His place,’ say, ‘I believe in a Lord who does whatever He wills.’”

Abū ʿAbd Allāh Ahmad ibn Saʿīd al-Ribātī said: “I attended the gathering of the emir ʿAbd Allāh ibn Tāhir, which Ishāq ibn Rāhawayh also attended. He was asked about the hadith of descent: ‘Is it authentic?’ He replied, ‘Yes.’ Then one of ʿAbd Allāh’s commanders said to him, ‘O Abū