Case: Someone takes the affirmation of the Throne and Footstool to imply that Allah needs a place or body like creatures; another denies the Throne and Footstool to avoid that conclusion.
The Throne and Footstool are real created things. Allah does not depend on them. Affirming His knowledge, encompassing power and closeness does not permit imagining His unknowable reality through created spatial categories.
All three principles remain: the Throne and Footstool are affirmed, Allah is utterly independent, and His knowledge and power encompass creation.