the book Ithbāt Al-Ḥadd lillāh (Glorified and Exalted is He) alone! Rather, he transgressed to what is beyond that, for here he is commenting on the book Naqḍ al-Imām ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd al-Dārimī ʿalā Bishr al-Marīsī al-Jahmī after the Jahmī al-Kawtharī attacked it, with his statement: ("The author of al-Naqḍ is an anthropomorphist whose affair is exposed; he shows enmity to the imams of transcendence, and explicitly declares the affirmation of: standing, sitting, movement, weight, spatial settling, Al-Ḥadd, and the like for God, Exalted is He. Someone like him is ignorant of God, Glorified is He, and far from having his narration accepted.") The speech of the Jahmī al-Kawtharī ends here.
Al-Muʿallimī, may Allah have mercy on him, defended Imam al-Dārimī, may Allah have mercy on him, in al-Tankīl (1/348), saying: "Al-Dārimī was among the imams of the Sunna who believe God, Exalted is He, in everything He informed about Himself, and believe His Messenger in everything he informed about his Lord without asking how (takyīf), while affirming that He, Glorified is He, there is nothing like unto Him. And that is Faith, even if the deniers call it ignorance and anthropomorphism." End quote.
As for al-Albānī, he said: ("There is no doubt regarding al-Dārimī's memorization and his imamate in the Sunna; however, it appears from his book al-Radd ʿalā al-Marīsī that he goes to extremes in affirmation!! For he mentioned in it what al-Kawtharī attributed to him of: sitting, movement, weight, and the like, and that is from what no authentic (Sahih) hadith has been reported regarding, and His attributes, Exalted is He, are strictly based on textual evidence (tawqīfiyya)... etc. [Ḥāshiyat al-Tankīl (1/349)].
I say: So what extremism in affirmation is there in this book, and who preceded him in describing it as such among the imams of the Sunna?! Rather, the imams of the Sunna throughout the ages and times continue to take pride in this book, constantly look into it, and recommend it to
