How to respond to one who says: We extend our hands to the sky because the sky is the qiblah of supplication?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how do we respond to one who says: When we extend our hands to the sky, we do not do so because Allah is in the sky, but because the sky is the qiblah of supplication?

Answer:
We say: a liar. Allah has not made for us a qiblah other than the Ka'bah. There is no qiblah for the Muslims other than the Ka'bah. It is . He did not say, "Turn your face toward the sky." Rather, the one who raises his gaze to the sky in prayer is threatened that Allah will snatch away his sight, and his eyes will not return to him. So the Muslims have no qiblah, whether living or dead, except the Noble Ka'bah. Yes.