“The Imam, the Hadith scholar, the preacher, and the Shaykh of Sijistan, Abu Zakariyya... He was fervent against the people of innovation and the Jahmiyya... and he possessed an awe-inspiring majesty in Herat, with many followers and supporters.” [al-Siyar (17/482)].
He rebuked Ibn Hibban and expelled him from Sijistan when the latter denied the boundary (hadd) for Allah the Exalted, as mentioned in Dhamm al-Kalam by al-Harawi (4/402). His full statement will follow (p. 56).
Abu al-Qasim Ibn Mandah (d. 470 AH), may Allah have mercy on him. [This will follow under entry no. 9].
Abu Isma‘il al-Ansari al-Harawi (d. 481 AH), may Allah have mercy on him. He stated in his book al-Arba‘in fi Dala’il al-Tawhid (p. 57): “(Chapter on Affirming the Boundary for Allah, Mighty and Exalted).” [This will follow under entry no. 23].
Abu al-Hasan al-Jazari, may Allah have mercy on him. [Kitab al-Riwayatayn wa al-Wajhayn (p. 56)]. He said: “He is over the Throne with a boundary that He knows, and which we do not know.”
Al-Qadi Abu Ya‘la (d. 458 AH). [This will follow under entries no. 11–12].
Abu al-‘Ala al-Hamadhani (d. 569 AH), may Allah have mercy on him. [This will follow under entry no. 99].
Abu al-Qasim al-Taymi (d. 535 AH), may Allah have mercy on him. [This will follow under entry no. 4].
Ibn al-Zaghuni (d. 527 AH). [This will follow under entry no. 10].
Al-Dashti (d. 665 AH), may Allah have mercy on him, as found in this book of his.
