283 - Abu Bakr al-Marrudhi (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated to us, saying: I asked Abu Abd Allah [Ahmad ibn Hanbal] about the hadiths which the Jahmiyyah reject regarding the Divine Attributes, the vision [of Allah in the Hereafter], the Isra', and the account of the Throne. Abu Abd Allah authenticated them and said: "The scholars have received them with acceptance; we submit to the reports just as they have come." He said: I said to him: A man objected to some of these reports just as they came, so he said: "He should be shunned." And he said: "What is his objection in this matter? He should submit to the reports just as they came."