In his book 'Ash-Shamil fi 'Usulid-Din' Shaykh Abul-Ma^ali ^Abdul-Malik al-Juwayniyy (died 478 AH), a great Shafi^iyy scholar known as Imam al-Haramayn said:"Know that the creed of the righteous people is that the Almighty Lord is clear of engaging a space as He is clear of pertaining to any direction".