He said: So Aḥmad applied the statement of affirming Al-Ḥadd for Allah Almighty, and he denied it in the narration of Ḥanbal, saying: We believe that Allah Almighty is over the Throne however He willed, and as He willed, without Al-Ḥadd and without an attribute that a describer can reach or anyone can delimit.

So he denied Al-Ḥadd for Him according to the mentioned attribute, and it is Al-Ḥadd that His creation knows, and the place where he applied it is interpreted with two meanings:

(One of them): Upon the meaning that He Almighty is in a specific direction, and He is not extending into the six directions; rather, He is outside the world, distinct from His creation, separate from them, not entering into all directions. And this is the meaning of the statement of Aḥmad: Al-Ḥadd that none knows except Him.

(And the second): That He is upon an attribute by which He is distinct from other than Him and differentiated. And for this reason, the gatekeeper is called a ḥaddād (preventer); because he prevents others from entering. So He Almighty is uniquely One, immune from having any partner in His most specific attributes.

He said: And we have prevented the application of the statement of Al-Ḥadd in more than one place in our book, and it must be permissible upon the manner that we mentioned.

Then he said: And the difference in the statements of Aḥmad regarding the affirmation of Al-Ḥadd must be interpreted upon the difference of two situations:

1 - So the place where he said: He is over the Throne with Al-Ḥadd, its meaning is: that what is parallel to the Throne from His Essence is Al-Ḥadd for Him, and a direction for Him.

2 - And the place where he said: (He is over the Throne without Al-Ḥadd), its meaning is: