I have observed that some members of the [Hanbalī] school have taken positions on matter s of usul that are not acceptable. Among them there are three persons, namely, Abu ‘Abdullāh bin Hāmid, his disciple the Qādī [Abu Ya'la], and Ibn Zaghūnī, who have detailed [their views] in writing and whose books have brought shame on the school. In my view they have descended to the level of the vulgar masses (`awāmm) by inter preting [texts from the Qur'ān and the Hadith bearing on] the divine attributes (sifāt) in accordance with the requirements of sense perception (`alā muqtad al-hiss).

Anthropomorphic Tendencies
amongst some from the Hanābila
Imām Ibn al-Jawzī