truly affirming monotheism until you say, “Allah existed when there was nothing …” up to his words: “Rather, we say: He has never ceased to be all-knowing, all-powerful, and sovereign—with no ‘when’ and no ‘how.’¹

7 – Bayān Talbīs al-Jahmiyyah fī Ta’sīs Bidʿihim al-Kalāmiyyah (also titled Naqd Ta’sīs al-Jahmiyyah), printed by Dār al-Qāsim, revised, completed, and annotated by Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Qāsim, may Allah have mercy on him.

Shaykh al-Islam, may Allah have mercy on him, said, 1/139:

“The origin of this innovation in Islam was the debate between the Jahmites and the dahrīs, as Imam Ahmad—may Allah Most High have mercy on him—mentioned regarding Jahm’s debate with the Samaniyyah, who were among the dahrīs.²”

He, may Allah have mercy on him, also said, 1/315:

“As Imam Ahmad—may Allah have mercy on him—stated in his refutation of the Jahmites, after recounting their purely negative descriptions and their claim, ‘Everything that comes to your heart as something you recognize, He is the opposite of it …’ up to his words: ‘You are only shielding yourselves from public reproach by the façade you display.’³”

And he, may Allah have mercy on him, said, 1/318–319, 2/53–54, 2/350–351:

“Imam Ahmad—may Allah have mercy on him—cited the basis of this report when he spoke about the first appearance of the Jahmites in this community. He said: ‘Among what has reached us about Jahm, the enemy of Allah, is that he was from Khurasan, from Tirmidh, and that he was a man given to disputation …’”