Section Seven:
The Ruling on One Who Denies "the Limit" (al-Hadd) for Allah the Almighty, and the Position of the People of the Sunnah Toward Him
The Imams of the People of the Sunnah denounced the Jahmites for their denial of the limit (hadd) for Allah the Almighty. Among them are:
(Chapter: The Limit and the Throne)
The opponent also claimed: "He has no limit (hadd), no boundary (ghayah), and no end (nihayah)."
He [al-Darimi] said: "This is the principle upon which Jahm [ibn Safwan] built all of his misguidance and from which he derived his fallacies. It is a statement that, to our knowledge, no one in the world preceded Jahm in making."
One of those debating him said to him: "I have understood your intent, O non-Arab (a‘jami); you mean that Allah the Almighty is nothing. For all of creation knows that there is no thing to which the name 'thing' (shay’) applies except that it has a limit, a boundary, and an attribute. Conversely, that which is 'nothing' has no limit, no boundary, and no attribute. Thus, a 'thing' is invariably described, and nothing is ever described without a limit or a boundary. Your statement, 'He has no limit,' means that He is nothing."
Abu Sa‘id [al-Darimi] said: "Allah the Almighty has a limit that none besides Him knows, and it is not permissible for anyone to
