He [Ibn Taymiyyah] also said: “He has a composition on this subject in which he mentioned what he understood of Ahmad’s creed; however, he did not mention his [Ahmad’s] actual words. Rather, he mentioned the general points of the creed using his own phrasing, repeatedly stating: ‘And Abu ‘Abdullah used to [say]...’ He is in the position of one who compiles a book on jurisprudence according to the opinion of one of the Imams, mentioning his school of thought (madhhab) according to what he understood and saw.” End quote.

[See: Majmu‘ al-Fatawa (6/53), (4/167-168), and (12/367)].

See also my book: Al-Ihtijaj bi-l-Athar al-Salafiyyah ‘ala Ithbat al-Sifat al-Ilahiyyah wa-l-Radd ‘ala al-Mufawwidah wa-l-Mushabbihah wa-l-Jahmiyyah (Invoking Salafi Narrations for the Affirmation of Divine Attributes and Refuting the Mufawwidah, Mushabbihah, and Jahmiyyah), fifteenth section: “The innovated terms used by the people of Kalam (speculative theology) through which they intend to negate the reality of Allah’s (the Exalted) attributes.”