They claim that the substantiation of a thing is a body...

They claim that the substantiation of a thing is a body, that He is a body unlike [other] bodies, a thing unlike things, substantiated and existent, not absent or non-existent, excepted from two restrictions: the restriction of invalidity,[^13] and the restriction of anthropomorphism; and which of these two beliefs should I believe?

He, peace be upon him, said: [Hisham ibn al-Hakam] meant substantiation, and [Hisham ibn Salim] compared his Lord with a created thing, may Allah – Who has no likeness, no equal, no model, no parallel, and is not included in the attribute of created beings – be raised above this.

Do not believe the like of what Hisham ibn Salim believed; believe what was stated by the client of the clan of Yaqtin [Yunus] and his companion [Hisham ibn al-Hakam].[^14] Hisham ibn Salim al-Jawaliqi and his followers used to say: "God is in human form, the uppermost…