Allah..God...where??

Maadi looks like a very common place to me now..sure it is since our (i would call it the new) grandmaster resides there. It's freaking far actually..but its good exposure..speaking of that, azharians are seeeriouslyyy lacking of exposure..nowadays it's still the same thing..typical,uninteresting,classic,some might call it ancient,predictable..etc etc etc..example? simple..learn to be an ustaz..be a teacher at kampong....dot.full stop. done. keep in mind,there's NOTHING wrong with that..but look at this..should it be that way? is that the only way for Da'wah? is there any other way to improve ourselves to make a big impact for the ummah? ask urself that question...........

back to the story..there was this function at maadi..an islamic talk..i had my hopes up since it was a very respected islamic scholar going to be giving the talk named Dr.Mohammed Salah of the HudaTV. after a few half hours we waited for him and there he was..long story short,so he gave the talk..it was about Sunnah..the definitions..etc2..pretty much everything that I've heard but he gave it with a more detailed , shumuled and easy way understanding it.. and plus its in english so perhaps that exposed me the idea and words of every definition of the Sunna and all religious terms in english..oh..need me to say,he was on fire..one of the best at giving their speech..very calm yet powerful words..

skipping all parts..(sory,cutting to the main topic,haha..)..there was q&a..someone asked him a very interesting question.."where is God? is he everywhere?" this,indeed was a very tricky question to answer..especially..in front of the non-scholars..of course i knew the answer already..but was intrigued on how is he going to answer it and hoping he can simplify it for all of us to understand..shockingly it did..this was his points;

الرحمن على العرش استوى
(as al-istila', which means subjugating. When al­istila' is used to explain this ayah it means that Allah subjugated the ^arsh with a subjugation that is without a beginning, like all of the attributes of Allah. )


GROUND RULES;

*not all points was from Sheikh Mohamed Salah.

-"Accept them as they came without applying a 'how' to them."

- He is beyond SPACE and TIME..you cannot say He is everywhere (physically)

- Anything a person can imagine, Allah is different from it. Even if there is a hadith confirms that Allah is above.

Muawiyah bin Al-Hakam As-Salmi said:

"I had a slave-girl who used to herd sheep for me. One day I discovered that a wolf had killed one of her sheep, and I'm a man from the children of Adam, I get upset like they get upset, and I slapped her in the face. Then I went to the Prophet who impressed upon me the seriousness of my act. I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, should I not set her free?' He said, 'Bring her to me.' He asked her, 'Where is Allah', She said, 'He is above the heavens.' He said, 'Who am I?' She said, 'You are the Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'Free her, for she is a believer.' (Muslim and Abu Dawud)

- ليس كمثله شىء وهو السميع البصير [Absolutely there is nothing like Him] - Ash-Shura.


- Dhul Nun al-Misri was asked about the saying of Allah: "ar-Rahmanu `alal `arsh istawa" He answered: "He affirmed His existence, and denied that He has a place. So He Himself exists independently, while other things exist by His Wisdom as He Wills."

Source: Risalah Al-Qushayriyyah,


- قال القاضي زكريا الانصاري الشافعي في شرحه على الرسالة القشيرية

ما نصه إن الله ليس بجسم ولا عَرَض ولا في مكان ولا زمان
Al-Qadi Zakariya Al-Ansari Ash-Shafi‘i Al-Ash‘ari said in his explanation of Ar-Risalah Al-Qushayriyyah: "Certainly Allah is not a body or an atom and not in a place nor time."

Source:on the notes of the Risalah Al-Qushayriyyah

That's it,simple..hope this helps..questions? just comment.