A survey of the transmissions that have reached us from the Successors concerning the doctrine of Allah’s exaltedness above creation

97- Report from Kaʿb al-Aḥbār: “Allah—Exalted is He—said in the Torah …” ⦗128⦘

98- From Masrūq: whenever he related anything on the authority of ʿĀʾishah he would say … ⦗128⦘

99- Ḥadīth of ʿUbayd ibn ʿUmayr: “The Lord—Glorified is He—descends in the middle of the night …” ⦗128⦘

100- Ḥadīth of Shurayḥ ibn ʿUbayd: “The plaintive bleating of the tasīḥ has risen up to You …” ⦗129⦘

101- Report from Kaʿb stating that the words ‘Subḥānallāh’ and ‘al-ḥamdu lillāh’ … ⦗129⦘

102- Also from Kaʿb: “Indeed, goodly speech makes a humming sound around the Throne …” ⦗129⦘

103- Ḥadīth of Abū Qilābah: “When Allah, Exalted is He, caused Adam to descend …” ⦗120⦘

104- Ḥadīth of Ḥakīm ibn Jābir: “I have been informed that your Lord—Glorified and Exalted is He—never touched with His Hand …” ⦗129⦘

105- Ḥadīth of Abū Dharr: “O Abū Dharr, the heavens in comparison to the Footstool are nothing but …” ⦗130⦘

106- Ḥadīth of ʿĀʾishah: Ibn ʿAbbās entered upon her as she lay dying and said … ⦗130⦘

107- Ḥadīth of Qatādah: “The Children of Israel said, ‘Our Lord, You are in the heaven.’” ⦗130⦘

108- Ḥadīth of Sālim ibn Abī al-Jaʿd: “Indeed, your Lord is ever on the lookout.” ⦗131⦘

109- A ḥadīth cited in al-Ḥilyah with a sound chain of transmission ⦗131⦘

110- Ḥadīth of Mujāhid: “And We brought him near in private.” ⦗132⦘

111- From Sufyān: “I was in the presence of Rabīʿah ibn Abī ʿAbd al-Raḥmān …” ⦗132⦘

112- From Ḥammād ibn Zayd: “I heard Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī …” ⦗132⦘