Refuting the objection of those who deny the exaltation of Allah by raising the hands in supplication, claiming that the sky is the best direction and the qiblah of supplication

The questioner : Yes. I ask Allah to do you good. They ask: Why do you raise your hands to the sky? They say it is because the sky is the best direction,

The Shaykh : the best of directions. But what do you say? Do you say you are calling out to the sky? If a person says, "O Allah," he is calling out to the One who is in the best of directions. Because when you raise your hands, you are calling out to Allah (Mighty and Majestic); you do not say, "O sky." You do not say you called out to it because it is the best of directions; rather, you called out to Allah, who is in the best of directions.

The questioner : I mean, our brother Yahya asks: They say, meaning the one who raises this fitrah, they say it is the qiblah of supplication. How do we respond to something like this?

The Shaykh : As you heard, the qiblah of supplication: Where is the one to whom you are raising your hands? Every person feels that when he says, "O Allah," he is calling out to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) above. He does not call out to Him from below or from the side. Yes.