the ḥadīth of the slave girl in which he (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) asked: "Where is Allāh?" She replied: "In the sky." He (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said: "Free her, for she is a believer." And that misguided one followed them in their imitation; al-Saqqāf! Rather, he exceeded them in arrogance and delusion, saying in "His Commentary on Dafʿ Shubah al-Tashbīh" (p. 108): "We are certain that the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) did not say: Where is Allāh!" And he said (p. 188): "That abominable expression!" This reckless person says this while knowing that the ḥadīth is unanimously agreed upon for its authenticity by Muslim scholars, accepted with approval from generation to generation, and used as evidence by major imams such as Mālik, al-Shāfiʿī, Aḥmad, and others. It was authenticated by Muslim, Abū ʿAwānah, Ibn al-Jārūd, Ibn Khuzaymah, and Ibn Ḥibbān. Then a group of ḥadīth preservers followed them in this, some of whom were from the interpreters, like al-Bayhaqī, al-Baghawī, Ibn al-Jawzī, al-Dhahabī, al-ʿAsqalānī, and others. So what does a rational Muslim say about an ignorant, obstinate denier who opposes these imams and ḥadīth preservers?! And finds the Prophet's (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) wording, which they authenticated, to be abominable!! Rather, he describes those who repeat this prophetic wording (p. 187) as "anthropomorphists," and even describes the esteemed Shaykh Ibn Bāz, because he defended in his commentary on "al-Fatḥ" (1/188) the belief in Allāh's ascension over His Throne and that it is permissible to ask "Where is Allāh?" He says, referring to the Shaykh, may Allāh preserve him: "There is no regard for the words of the commentator on 'al-Fatḥ' at all, because he does not know..