So that he may respond to him? Who is asking Me so that I may give him? Who is seeking My forgiveness so that I may forgive him?"(1)--------------------------------------------
(1) Its chain of transmission is authentic. Ibn Shihab: he is al-Zuhri, and Abu Abdullah al-Agharr: he is Salman.
It is found in Malik's "Al-Muwatta" 1/214, and from his path it was recorded by al-Bukhari (1145), (6321), and (7494), Muslim (758), al-Tirmidhi (3805), and al-Nasa'i in "Al-Kubra" (7720).
It was also recorded by Ibn Majah (1366), and al-Nasa'i (10240) and (10241) via the path of Ibn Shihab, from him.
It was recorded by Muslim (758) (170), and al-Nasa'i (10239) via the path of Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Abu Salama, from him.
It was recorded by Muslim (758), al-Tirmidhi (449), and al-Nasa'i (10237-10238) and (10242-10243) and (10245-10248) via multiple paths from Abu Hurayra.
It is in "Musnad Ahmad" (7592), and "Sahih Ibn Hibban" (920).
It will be repeated under number (4733).
The author of "Awn al-Ma'bud" 4/140 said: in the book of supplications by Abu Uthman. The scholars have differed regarding his statement: Allah descends. Abu Hanifa, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked about it, and he said: He descends without [asking] how. Some of them said: He descends in a descent befitting lordship, without [asking] how, not such that His descent resembles the descent of creation in manifestation and self-disclosure, for He, exalted is His glory, is transcendent above His attributes resembling the attributes of creation, just as He is transcendent above His essence resembling the essence of another. So His coming, His arrival, and His descent are in accordance with what befits His attributes, without comparison or modality.
Al-Bayhaqi recorded via the path of Baqiyya, who said: al-Awza'i narrated to us, from al-Zuhri and Mak-hul, who both said: Pass along the hadiths as they have come. And via the path of al-Walid ibn Muslim, who said: al-Awza'i, Malik, Sufyan al-Thawri, and al-Layth ibn Sa'd were asked about these hadiths that have come concerning anthropomorphism, and they said: Pass them along as they have come, without [asking] how. And from Ishaq ibn Rahawayh, who said: I entered upon Abdullah ibn Tahir, and he said to me: O Abu Ya'qub, do you say that Allah descends every night? I said: O commander, Allah sent us a prophet, from whom reports have been transmitted to us by which we deem blood lawful, and by which we deem it unlawful, and by which we deem sexual relations lawful, and by which we deem them unlawful, and by which we deem wealth permissible, and by which we deem it forbidden. If this is sound, then that is sound, and if this is invalid, then that is invalid,=