Abu Uthmaan as-Saaboonee (d. 449H) about the distinguishing signs of Ahl ul-Bidah: "naming them [i.e. Ahl us-Sunnah with Hashawiyyah (Worthless People), Jahalah (the Ignorant), Dhaahiriyyah (Literalists) and Mushabbihah (Anthropomorphists)". [Aqeedatus-Salaf wa Ashaabul Hadeeth (p.101)]