and Khālid ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Qasrī slaughtered him as a sacrifice on Eid al-Adha. He addressed the people, saying in his sermon:
“Offer your sacrifices, O people; may Allah accept your sacrifices. I shall offer al-Ja‘d ibn Dirham as a sacrifice, for he claimed that Allah did not take Abraham as a close friend and did not speak to Moses directly. Exalted is Allah far above what al-Ja‘d says!”
Then he stepped down and slaughtered him. This occurred during the time of the Successors, who commended the act. Jahm ibn Safwān adopted this doctrine from him, and Salamah ibn Ahwaz killed Jahm in Khurasan. This doctrine was named after Jahm and is called “the doctrine of the Jahmiyyah.” It consists in denying the attributes of Allah Most High. They say that Allah will not be seen in the Hereafter, that He does not speak to His servants, and that He has no knowledge, life, power, or other such attributes. They also say, “The Quran is created.”
The Mu‘tazilah, the followers of ‘Amr ibn ‘Ubayd, agreed with Jahm on this and added other innovations concerning divine decree and other matters. However, the Mu‘tazilah say that Allah truly spoke to Moses and truly uttered speech. Yet, according to them, this means that He created speech in something other than Himself—whether in a tree, in the air, or in something else—without speech, knowledge, power, mercy, will, life, or any other attribute subsisting in Allah Himself.
The Jahmiyyah sometimes openly declare the true substance of their doctrine, saying, “Allah did not speak to Moses directly, nor does He speak.” At other times, they do not openly use this wording because it is so abhorrent and contrary to Islam and the religions of the Jews and Christians, so they affirm the wording