What is the validity of the statement: "Allah is with us in His essential presence, and He is rising above the Throne"?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what of the one who says that Allah is with us in His essential presence while He is rising above the Throne?
Answer:
That is wrong. "Essential presence" is wrong, and none of the imams held this view. Only some of the contemporaries held it, may Allah guide them, and they were rebuked for it. This is a phrase he added from his own mind; it is not known.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what of the one who says that Allah is with us in His essential presence while He is rising above the Throne?
Answer:
That is wrong. "Essential presence" is wrong, and none of the imams held this view. Only some of the contemporaries held it, may Allah guide them, and they were rebuked for it. This is a phrase he added from his own mind; it is not known.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [329 -1024] ما صحة القول: إن الله معنا معية ذاتية وهو مستوٍ على عرشه؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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