Originally posted by Abu Sulayman
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I'm not sure if you've changed your view since the previous disussion, but you were using the "Tanzih" of some of the Hanbalis to suggest that they didn't literally believe Allah was Above the Throne. That is precisely the issue here. It is inconsistent to believe in Allah's Uluw bi-Dhatihi and make Tanzih to the point where it contradicts the implications of the Attribute.
Ibn Taymiyyah was a Hanbali scholar of Kalam. That is what separates him and his Dawah from the other Hanbalis. If you believe that Allah is Above the Throne, then it necessarily follows that He has a Hadd. Allah is not so dissimilar to the creation that it nullifies His Attributes. This is what logically follows from the explicit beliefs of the Hanbalis.
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