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the scriptural meaning (1) in expressions that convey it, such as Harb al-Kirmānī (2), who transmitted it from the leading imams; Uthmān ibn Sa'īd al-Dārimī (3), who transmitted it from Ahl al-Sunnah; al-Bukhārī, compiler of the Sahīh; [Abū Bakr] ibn Khuzayma (4), known as the Imam of the Imams; Abū Abd Allāh ibn Hāmid (5); Abū Ismā'īl al-Ansārī (6), known as Shaykh al-Islām; and others too numerous for anyone but Allah to count.
The Mu'tazila denied that any attribute or act could subsist in the Essence of Allah (7), expressing this by saying that neither accidents nor temporal events subsist in Him. [Abū Muhammad Abd Allāh ibn Sa'īd] ibn Kullāb (8) agreed with them in [denying] (9) whatever relates to His will and power, but differed with them concerning
(1) N and M read: “in the scriptural meaning,” which is a corruption.
(2) Harb ibn Ismā'īl ibn Khalaf al-Hanzalī al-Kirmānī was an associate of Imam Ahmad and one of the leading Hanbalis. He died in 280 AH. See *Shadharāt al-Dhahab*, 2/176; *Tabaqāt al-Hanābila*, 1/145–146.
(3) Abū Sa'īd Uthmān ibn Sa'īd al-Dārimī al-Sijzī was a hadith scholar who authored works refuting religious innovators. He died in 280 AH. See *Shadharāt al-Dhahab*, 2/176; *Tadhkirat al-Huffāz*, 3/621–622; *al-A'lām*, 4/366; Brockelmann, *Tārīkh al-Adab al-'Arabī*, 4/31; Sezgin, m [0–9], j [0–9], s [0–9], 1–32.
(4) N and M read: “and Ibn Khuzayma.”
(5) He was Abū Abd Allāh al-Hasan ibn Hāmid ibn Alī ibn Marwān al-Baghdādī, the leading Hanbali scholar of his time. His works include *al-Jāmi'* on the Hanbali school and *Sharh al-Khiraqī*. He died in 403 AH. See *Tabaqāt al-Hanābila*, 2/171–177; *Tadhkirat al-Huffāz*, 3/1078; Brockelmann, *Tārīkh al-Adab al-'Arabī*, 3/315.
(6) He was Abū Ismā'īl Abd Allāh ibn Muhammad ibn Alī al-Harawī al-Ansārī. He was known as *Shaykh al-Islām*, was the imam of Ahl al-Sunnah in Herat, and was called *Khatīb al-'Ajam* (Orator of the Persians) because of his profound learning, eloquence, and nobility. He died in 481 AH. See *Tabaqāt al-Hanābila*, 2/247–248; Ibn Rajab, *al-Dhayl*, 1–68; *al-A'lām*, 4/267.
(7) N and M read: “that an attribute or act subsist in Allah.”
(8) N and M read: “Ibn Kullāb then agreed with them.”
(9) “Denying” is omitted in N alone.
عَنِ الْمَعْنَى الشَّرْعِيِّ
(١)
بِالْعِبَارَاتِ الدَّالَّةِ عَلَيْهِ، مِثْلِ حَرْبٍ الْكِرْمَانِيِّ
(٢)
، وَنَقَلَهُ عَنِ الْأَئِمَّةِ، وَمِثْلُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيِّ
(٣)
، وَنَقَلَهُ عَنْ أَهْلِ السُّنَّةِ، وَمِثْلُ الْبُخَارِيِّ صَاحِبِ الصَّحِيحِ،
[وَأَبِي بَكْرِ]
بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ
(٤)
الْمُلَقَّبِ إِمَامَ الْأَئِمَّةِ، وَمِثْلُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَامِدٍ
(٥)
، وَأَبِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ
(٦)
الْمُلَقَّبِ بِشَيْخِ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَمَنْ لَا يُحْصِي عَدَدَهُ إِلَّا اللَّهُ.
وَالْمُعْتَزِلَةُ كَانُوا يُنْكِرُونَ أَنْ يَقُومَ بِذَاتِ اللَّهِ
(٧)
صِفَةٌ أَوْ فِعْلٌ، وَعَبَّرُوا عَنْ ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُ لَا تَقُومُ بِهِ الْأَعْرَاضُ وَالْحَوَادِثُ، فَوَافَقَهُمْ
[أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدِ]
بْنِ كُلَّابٍ
(٨)
عَلَى
[نَفْيِ]
(٩)
مَا يَتَعَلَّقُ بِمَشِيئَتِهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ، وَخَالَفَهُمْ فِي
(١) ن، م: بِالْمَعْنَى الشَّرْعِيِّ، وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ.
(٢) حَرْبُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ خَلَفٍ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ الْكِرْمَانِيُّ صَاحِبُ الْإِمَامِ أَحْمَدَ، وَمِنْ أَئِمَّةِ الْحَنَابِلَةِ، تُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ ٢٨٠. تَرْجَمَتُهُ فِي شَذَرَاتِ الذَّهَبِ ٢/١٧٦؛ طَبَقَاتِ الْحَنَابِلَةِ ١/١٤٥ - ١٤٦.
(٣) أَبُو سَعِيدٍ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ السَّجْزِيُّ، مُحَدِّثٌ وَلَهُ مُؤَلَّفَاتٌ فِي الرَّدِّ عَلَى الْمُبْتَدِعَةِ، تُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ ٢٨٠. تَرْجَمَتُهُ فِي شَذَرَاتِ الذَّهَبِ ٢/١٧٦؛ تَذْكِرَةِ الْحُفَّاظِ ٣/٦٢١ - ٦٢٢؛ الْأَعْلَامِ ٤/٣٦٦؛ تَارِيخِ الْأَدَبِ الْعَرَبِيِّ لِبُرُوكِلْمَانَ ٤/٣١؛ سِزْكِينْ م [٠ - ٩] ج [٠ - ٩] ص [٠ - ٩] ١ - ٣٢.
(٤) ن، م: وَابْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ.
(٥) هُوَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ حَامِدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ، إِمَامُ الْحَنَابِلَةِ فِي زَمَانِهِ لَهُ " الْجَامِعُ " فِي مَذْهَبِ الْحَنَابِلَةِ، وَلَهُ " شَرْحُ الْخِرَقِيِّ " تُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ ٤٠٣. تَرْجَمَتُهُ فِي طَبَقَاتِ الْحَنَابِلَةِ ٢/١٧١ - ١٧٧؛ تَذْكِرَةِ الْحُفَّاظِ ٣/١٠٧٨؛ تَارِيخِ الْأَدَبِ الْعَرَبِيِّ لِبُرُوكِلْمَانَ ٣/٣١٥.
(٦) هُوَ أَبُو إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْهَرَوِيُّ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ، كَانَ يُدْعَى شَيْخَ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَكَانَ إِمَامَ أَهْلِ السُّنَّةِ بِهَرَاةَ، وَيُسَمَّى خَطِيبَ الْعَجَمِ، لِتَبَحُّرِ عِلْمِهِ وَفَصَاحَتِهِ وَنُبْلِهِ، تُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ ٤٨١. تَرْجَمَتُهُ فِي طَبَقَاتِ الْحَنَابِلَةِ ٢/٢٤٧ - ٢٤٨؛ الذَّيْلِ لِابْنِ رَجَبٍ ١
- ٦٨؛ الْأَعْلَامِ ٤/٢٦٧.
(٧) ن، م: أَنْ يَقُومَ بِاللَّهِ.
(٨) ن، م: فَوَافَقَهُمُ ابْنُ كُلَّابٍ.
(٩) نَفْيِ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) فَقَطْ.