It is also reported that Abū ‘Īsā al-Tirmidhī said:

“He is above the Throne, as He has described in His Book, and His knowledge, power, and authority are everywhere.”

It is reported that when Abū Zur‘ah al-Rāzī was asked about the interpretation of His words:

“The Most Merciful rose over the Throne,”

he replied: “Its interpretation is just as it is recited: He is above the Throne, and His knowledge is everywhere. Whoever says otherwise, may Allah’s curse be upon him.”

Abū al-Qāsim al-Lālakā’ī al-Tabarī, the hadith master and companion of Abū Hāmid al-Isfarāyīnī, reported in his well-known book on the Fundamentals of the Sunnah, through his chain of narration, that Muhammad ibn al-Hasan, the companion of Abū Hanīfah, said:

“All the jurists, from east to west, have agreed upon believing in the Quran and the hadith concerning the attributes of the Lord, Mighty and Majestic, transmitted by trustworthy narrators from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace—without interpretation, description, or likening Him to creation. Whoever today interprets any of these has departed from what the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, followed and has separated from the united community. For they neither described nor interpreted; rather, they issued rulings according to the Book and the Sunnah, then remained silent. Whoever adopts Jahm’s teaching has separated from the united community, for he has described Him as nothing at all.”

Muhammad ibn al-Hasan studied under Abū Hanīfah, Mālik, and scholars of their generation. He reported this consensus and stated that the Jahmīs describe Him mostly—or always—in negative terms.

By his words “without interpretation,” he meant the interpretation of the Jahmīs who deny the divine attributes: those who introduced an interpretation of the attributes contrary to the affirmation upheld by the Companions and their successors.