The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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We also tell those who believe in tashbih: What proof did you use
to prove that bodies were accidental? (Once you arrive to the answer
to this question) You will realise that you have been believing
in an accidental Lord, not pre-eternal.
They also claimed that Allah may be touched. We say: based on
this claim, then He may also be hugged.
Others said that Allah was a body in a space that included all other
bodies.
Bayan Ibn Sam'an used to claim that his Lord was a man made
from light, and that he was in the form of a man, and that all of his
limbs would eventually be destroyed except his face. Because of
this, Khalid Ibn 'Abdullah killed him.
Al-Mughirah Ibn Sa'Id claimed that his Lord was a man made from
light wearing a crown made from light, and that he had limbs and
heart from which wisdom flowed, and that these limbs were is the
shape of alphabetical letters.
Zurarah Ibn A 'yan claimed that Allah did not always have Attributes
of knowledge, ability and life until he created these attributes for
Himself.
Dawiid al-Jawaribi said that Allah was a body made from flesh and
blood, and that he had limbs. He believed that He was hollow from
his mouth to chest, and solid everywhere else.
Among them were people who claimed that Allah was over the
Throne physically, touching it. And that if He got off the Throne
then he would have to move and relocate. They assumed a limit to
Him and quantified Him as well. They cited the Prophetic tradition:
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