Athari ((al-Athariyya), the textualists, from the word Athar, "report") is the smallest of the four schools of SunniIslamictheology. Their disciples are called the Atharis in the English language. Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ... For other uses, including people named Islam, see Islam (disambiguation). ... Theology (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason) means reasoned discourse concerning religion, spirituality and God. ...
The methodology of the Atharis is to avoid delving into extensive theological speculation, and to avoid entering into purely rational discussions of matters related to beliefs. Rather, their discussion and presentation of beliefs revolved around the primary texts of the Qur'an and Sunna. The QurÄn [1] (Arabic: , literally the recitation; also called The Noble Quran; also transliterated as Quran, Koran (the traditional term in English), and Al-Quran), is the central religious text of Islam. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
The emphasis of the Hanbali school on textualism leads to opinions that Hanbali are al-Athariyya. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
The Athariyyah still believe that God does not resemble His creation in any way, as this is also found in the texts.
Thus, in the Athari creed, it is still prohibited to imagine an image of God in any way.
The Athariyyah say that the "yad" (hand) of God is "unlike any other yad" (since God does not resemble His creation in any way) and prohibit imagining what God would be like, even though this attribute of a "yad" is still affirmed.
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