1. My father that Sa`d ibn `Abd Allah al-Ash`ari said: Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of one he mentioned, said Abu Ja`far al-Baqir was asked:

“Is it permissible to say that Allah, the Might and High, is a Thing?” He replied: “Yes, to the extent that it removes Him from both extremes: annulment [ta`til], and anthropomorphism [tashbih].”