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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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How to respond to those who say that Allah is present in every place?

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Question:
The questioner says: I am a man living in a country where the people and their scholars believe that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is present in every place. When I came for 'Umrah, I met some of the people of the Sunnah and the community and told them what I had heard and believed. They refuted me and informed me that this is the creed of Wahdat al-Wujud (the Oneness of Existence). I am now confused about my situation. So clarify for us the truth with evidence. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
This is not the creed of Wahdat al-Wujud; this is the creed of al-Hulul (divine indwelling). It is the creed of al-Hulul, held by those who say that Allah has indwelt in every place. This statement is disbelief. The creed of al-Hulul is disbelief in Allah (Mighty and Majestic), because Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) is above the Throne, above the heavens, High above His creation (Glorified and Exalted is He), as stated in the verses.
And the hadiths, and sound innate dispositions. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) is in the height; He is the Most High, the Supreme, the Most High, the Magnificent. He rose above the Throne.
And He (Exalted and Majestic is He) is in the sky
Do you feel secure that He who [holds authority] in the heavenأَأَمِنتُم مَّن فِي السَّمَاءِ
[Al-Mulk 67:16]
"Who is in the sky" means in the height. Allah is in the height (Glorified and Exalted is He). When the slave woman was asked, she said, "Where is Allah?" She said, "In the sky." He said to her master, "Free her, for she is a believer," because she said, "In the sky." She did not say, "Allah is in every place," but she said, "Allah is in the sky." If she had said that Allah is in every place, she would have been a disbeliever, refuge with Allah. So the one who says that Allah is in every place is denying the statement of the Exalted, "He rose above the Throne," and His statement
Do you feel secure that He who [holds authority] in the heavenأَأَمِنتُم مَّن فِي السَّمَاءِ
[Al-Mulk 67:16]
. It is contrary to the consensus of the Muslims and contrary to the innate disposition. The innate disposition, even among the common people, is that they always turn toward the height when they ask Allah. When they ask Allah for something, their hearts, their eyes, and their hands turn toward the sky. No one tells them this, but their innate disposition is like that. There is a man in the desert who has not learned anything and has not heard anything; when he wants to make supplication, he turns toward the sky. This is an innate disposition from Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). He does not turn to the right or the left, nor does he say, "Allah is with me" or "beside me." He does not turn toward the sky, and he has not studied what he has studied, but his innate disposition is like that; it is Allah's innate disposition.
This is the sound innate disposition that false creeds have not corrupted. So this statement is disbelief, refuge with Allah. It means that Allah is in every place, meaning even in the bushes and the place of relieving oneself. Exalted is Allah above that. Who says this statement? Only a disbeliever and an atheist says it. We ask Allah for well-being.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف الرد على من يقول أن الله موجود في كل مكان؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com

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