Ithbāt Ṣifat al-ʿUlū - Ibn Qudama - (184)

anything like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.’ (1)

95- Abu al-Qasim al-Tabari said: I found in the writings (2) of Abu Hatim Muhammad ibn Idris ibn al-Mundhir al-Hanzali—among the material recorded from him—that he would say:
“Our doctrine and our chosen path are to follow the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, his Companions, and the Successors after them; to adhere to the positions of the ahl al-athar (people of transmitted reports) (3) such as Abu ʿAbd Allah Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ishaq ibn Ibrahim, Abu ʿUbayd al-Qasim ibn Sallam, and al-Shafiʿi—may Allah, Exalted is He, have mercy on them (4); to hold fast to the Book and the Sunnah; and to believe that Allah is above His Throne, distinct from His creation: ‘There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.’ (5)

(1) Cited by al-Lalakā’ī in his Sharḥ Uṣūl I‘tiqād Ahl al-Sunnah, no. 321, vol. 1, p. 176, where the remainder of the creed is given—see there. (2) In other manuscripts: “Kitāb”; in al-Lalakā’ī: “fī baʿḍ kutub” (literally “in some books”). (3) In the original: “al-ahl.” (4) From (m). (5) Al-Lalakā’ī’s version is longer than the present one, since it includes his position on many theological principles; here the author cites only a fragment of what appears in al-Lalakā’ī. See Sharḥ I‘tiqād Ahl al-Sunnah, no. 323, vol. 1, pp. 180–182.

كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ﴾ (١) . ٩٥- قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ الطَّبَرِيُّ: وَجَدْتُ فِي (كُتُبِ) (٢) أَبِي حَاتِمٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ الْحَنْظَلِيِّ، مِمَّا سُمِعَ مِنْهُ يَقُولُ: مَذْهَبُنَا وَاخْتِيَارُنَا اتِّبَاعُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابِهِ، وَالتَّابِعِينَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ، وَالتَّمَسُّكُ بِمَذَاهِبِ أَهْلِ (٣) الأَثَرِ مِثْلِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ، وَإِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَأَبِي عُبَيْدٍ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ سَلَّامٍ، وَالشَّافِعِيِّ ﵏ (تَعَالَى) (٤) ، وَلُزُومُ الْكِتَابِ وَالسُّنَّةِ، وَنَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ ﷿ عَلَى عَرْشِهِ، بَائِنٌ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ، ﴿لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ﴾ (٥) .

(١) أورده اللالكائي في شرح أصول اعتقاد أهل السنة، برقم: (٣٢١) ، ١/١٧٦، وفيه تتمة المعتقد فليراجع. (٢) في النسخ الأخرى: "كتاب" وفي اللالكائي: "في بعض كتب". (٣) في الأصل: "الأهل". (٤) من (م) . (٥) ذكره اللالكائي اطول مما هنا، إذا اشتمل على مذهبه في كثير من أصول العقيدة، ولم يذكر المصنف هنا إلا طرفا مما ورد عند اللالكائي. فليراجع. انظر: شرح اعتقاد أهل السنة، رقم: (٣٢٣) ، ١/١٨٠-١٨٢.