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663 – Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad informed us. He said: Abd al-Samad ibn Ali related to us. He said: Muhammad ibn Umar ibn Kubayshah, Abu Yahya al-Nahdi, related to me in Kufa, at Jabbanat Salim. He said: Abu Kinanah Muhammad ibn Ashrath al-Ansari related to us. He said: Abu Umayr al-Hanafi related to us, from Qurrah ibn Khalid, from al-Hasan, from his mother, from Umm Salamah, concerning His saying:
“The Most Merciful rose over the Throne.” [Ta Ha 20:5]
⦗441⦘ She said: “The how is inconceivable, while the rising over is not unknown; affirming it is faith, and denying it is disbelief.”
٦٦٣ - أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ، قَالَ: ثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ كُبَيْشَةَ أَبُو يَحْيَى النَّهْدِيُّ، بِالْكُوفَةِ فِي جَبَّانَةِ سَالِمٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كِنَانَةَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَشْرَسَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ: ثَنَا أَبُو عُمَيْرٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ , عَنْ قُرَّةَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ , عَنِ الْحَسَنِ , عَنْ أُمِّهِ , عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فِي قَوْلِهِ ﴿الرَّحْمَنُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوَى﴾ [طه: ٥]
⦗٤٤١⦘ قَالَتْ: «الْكَيْفُ غَيْرُ مَعْقُولٍ وَالِاسْتِوَاءُ غَيْرُ مَجْهُوَلٍ وَالْإِقْرَارُ بِهِ إِيمَانٌ وِالْجُحُودُ بِهِ كُفْرٌ»