How did the ʿulamāʾ explain aḥādīth which had anthropomorphic wordings?

— They explained it without tashbīh or tajsīm.

— They explained it without taʿṭīl or taḥrīf.

— They explained it without kayf or maʿnā.

• They explained it with tafwīḍ/taʿwīl. ✅

They affirmed the wording (example; yad, wajh) and denied similarities with the creation.

We affirm all of the ṣifāt. ✅
We negate body parts/movement/rest. ✅
We don't liken Allāh to his creation. ✅

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Imām Abū Bakr al-Jaṣṣāṣ al-Ḥanafī [d. 370 AH] said:

Allāh, taʿālā, said, "And when We said to the angels, 'Prostrate to ʿĀdam,' they prostrated." Shuʿbah narrated from Qatādah that the obedience was to Allāh, taʿālā, in the prostration to ʿĀdam, honoring him by that. And Muʿammar narrated from Qatādah regarding His statement, "And they fell down prostrate before him," that their greeting was the prostration. And it is not impossible that this prostration was worship to Allāh, taʿālā, and an honor and greeting to ʿĀdam, Aleyhi Salām. Similarly, the prostration of Yūsuf's brothers and family to him, for worship is not permissible to anyone other than Allāh, taʿālā, while greeting and honoring are permissible for those deserving a form of exaltation.

*📕 • Aḥkām al-Qurʿān, [1/37].*

Imām Nūr al-Dīn Sābūnī al-Ḥanafī (d. 580 AH) said:

The muḥaqqiqūn among our scholars (Māturīdīyyah) said: "Faith (īmān) is the belief in the heart (taṣdīq), and acknowledgment (iqrār) is a condition for the application of rulings. This was stated by Abū Ḥanīfa, may Allāh be pleased with him, in the book 'al-ʿālim wa-al-mutaʿallim,' and it is also the opinion of Shaykh Abū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī, may Allāh have mercy on him.

*📕 • al-Bidāya fī uṣūl al-Dīn, 152.*