Is the correct interpretation of the ḥadīth, "Hell will continue to have people thrown into it, and it will say, 'Is there any more?' until the Lord of Might places His foot in it," the allegorical interpretation of "foot" as referring to a people whom Allah will cast into Hell, or is it to believe that the foot is known, its modality unknown, and questioning it is an innovation? And what is the criterion for understanding the attributes of Allah Almighty from the Qur’an and the Sunnah? And is there a book that compiles these attributes in an easy-to-understand manner, far from the complexities of kalām theology, while clarifying the correct opinion? And does a verbal expression preclude its literal application if it bears a linguistic meaning? And what book do you recommend for a Muslim to read concerning the attributes?

The correct approach is the methodology of the Salaf (early Muslims) who affirmed the attribute of Qadam (pre-existence/eternality) for Allah, in a manner befitting His Majesty, and entrusted the knowledge of 'how' it is to Him, the Almighty. This is what the four Imams adopted, which is to believe in what Allah has described Himself with, and what His Messenger Muhammad (peace be upon him) has described Him with, without distortion, denial, asking 'how,' or likening Him to creation. Rather, we believe that "there is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing."

The fundamental principles in the chapter of believing in Allah's attributes are based on rules, the most important of which are: that the proofs by which Allah's names and attributes are established are the Qur'an and the Sunnah, and it is obligatory to interpret them according to their apparent meaning without distortion, and that the apparent meanings of the texts describing the attributes are known in meaning but unknown in 'how.'