The ruling on saying "Allah is in a place"

Question:
May Allah reward you. The honorable scholar says: Ibn al-Qayyim said, "And Allah is above every place." Is it permissible to say that Allah is in a place?

Answer:
The statement that Allah is in the height is correct, but regarding "place," there are two possibilities. If the intention is that the place contains Him and surrounds Him, and that Allah is inside the universe, then this is invalid. If the intention is that He is elevated in the height, then yes, this is the truth. Because the term "place" did not appear in the questioner's statement, nor did it appear in the questioner's statement, but we ask the one who said it: what did he intend by "place"?
If the intention is that Allah is in a place in the sense that He is inside the universe and that the place surrounds Him, this is a great error, for Allah is greater than everything, Glorified and Exalted is He. He is not contained in His creation, and nothing of His creation is contained in His essence, Glorified and Exalted is He. He is distinct from His creation, and therefore the scholars say He is distinct from His creation, Glorified and Exalted is He. But if a person intends by "place" the height and what is above the created things, then yes, this is the truth.