What is the response to the one who asks: Did Allah create Himself?

The questioner : If someone were to ask us: Did Allah create Himself?

The Shaykh : It is said: These are matters of the unseen (ghayb) about which we remain silent. These are matters of the unseen; we leave them to what is heard, and there is no hearing there.

The questioner : Enough, enough.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : You must make an announcement in it.

The Shaykh : This does not happen, this does not happen.

The questioner : I am in it that Allah created Himself; there is no doubt that it is not a lie.

The Shaykh : Thank you.

The questioner : Do not deny this, O Shaykh, because this is...

The Shaykh : A deficiency, there is no doubt.

The questioner : We say: I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan.

The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : We say: This is from Shaytan. And it is not possible to respond to this: He is the First, before whom there is nothing. How can He create Himself? Yes, He created everything, and He is the First, before whom there is nothing. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: until they say, "Who created Allah?" At that point, it is obligatory for the person to seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan and to know that Allah is the First, before whom there is nothing, and the Last, after whom there is nothing.