Explanation of the Attribute of the Throne and Its Encompassing of the Created Things
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, does the Throne encompass the heavens?
Answer:
Allah knows best, Allah knows best. We do not know this. Allah knows best regarding the attribute of the Throne. However, it appears, and Allah knows best, that it does not encompass the created things, but rather it is the ceiling of the created things, like a dome over them, as in the hadith. It has bearers from among the angels.[Al-Haqqah 69:17] On the Day of Resurrection, eight will carry it, whereas before the Day of Resurrection, the bearers of the Throne are four. So it is a bed with legs that the angels carry, and no one knows its vastness and greatness except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, does the Throne encompass the heavens?
Answer:
Allah knows best, Allah knows best. We do not know this. Allah knows best regarding the attribute of the Throne. However, it appears, and Allah knows best, that it does not encompass the created things, but rather it is the ceiling of the created things, like a dome over them, as in the hadith. It has bearers from among the angels.
And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].
وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَانِيَةٌ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 16 من 36/شرح العقيدة الواسطية (مع الأسئلة)/بل رفعه الله إليه/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (54:44)
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