قال الإمام أحمد بن حنبل: <مَن قال: اللهُ جسمٌ لا كالأجسامِ: كَفَرَ> انتهَى ذكره بدر الدِّين الزَّركشيُّ في [تشنيف المسامع] فلا شكَّ عند أحد مِن عُلماء أهل السُّنَّة والجماعة في براءة الإمام أحمد رضي الله عنه مِن المُجسِّمة والمُشبِّهة جميعهم ولو انتسب بعضُهُم إلى مذهبه.

“All praise is due to Allah, and may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon the Messenger of Allah.”

“Furthermore, Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal said: ‘Whoever says: Allah is a body unlike other bodies, has committed disbelief.’ This was mentioned by Badr al-Din al-Zarkashi in [Tashnif al-Masami’]. There is no doubt among the scholars of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama’ah regarding the innocence of Imam Ahmad, may Allah be pleased with him, from those who anthropomorphize or liken Allah to His creation, even if some of them claim to follow his school of thought.”

وقال ابن الجوزيِّ الحنبليُّ في [دفع شُبَه التَّشبيه]: <ورأيت مِن أصحابنا مَن تكلَّم في الأُصول بما لا يصلُح فصنَّفوا كُتُبًا شانوا بها المذهب وأثبتوا لله وجهًا زائدًا على الذَّات وعينَين وفمًا ولهوات وأضراسًا وأضواء ويدين وأصابع وكفًّا وإبهامًا وصدرًا وفخذًا وساقين ورِجلين> انتهَى مُختصَرًا.

“And Ibn al-Jawzi al-Hanbali said in [Daf’ Shubah al-Tashbih][دفع شُبَه التَّشبيه] : ‘I have seen some of our companions speak about the Aakida in a manner that is not appropriate, so they authored books with which they tarnished the [Hanbali] school of thought and attributed to Allah a face additional to His Self, two eyes, a mouth, cheeks, molars, lights, two hands, fingers, a palm, a thumb, a chest, a thigh, two legs, and two feet,’ he concluded in summary.”

قد أجمع أهل السُّنَّة والجماعة على كُفر مَن نسب إلى الله الجسم عالمًا أنَّه يعني المُركَّب المُؤلَّف؛ لأنَّ مَن فهم المعنَى ونسبه إلى الله فقد قال بتبعيض ذات الله سُبحانه! فالإجماع مُنعقد على كُفره. قال ابن الجوزيِّ في [دفع شُبه التشبيه]: <ومَن ذكر تبعيض الذَّات كفر بالإجماع> انتهَى.

“The consensus of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama’ah is that anyone who knowingly attributes a body to Allah, meaning something composite and constituted, has committed disbelief; because anyone who understands the meaning and attributes it to Allah has indeed asserted that Allah’s self is divisible, which is blasphemous! Therefore, there is a consensus on their disbelief. Ibn al-Jawzi said in [Daf’ Shubah al-Tashbih] : ‘And whoever mentions the divisibility of the self has disbelieved by consensus.’ He concluded.”