The Response to Those Who Say That Allah Is Present in Every Place
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What do we say to the one who says that Allah is present in every place? If we tell him that Allah is in the sky, he says, “You are ascribing a body to Allah and likening Him to creation.”
Answer:
We ask Allah for well-being. This is the doctrine of pantheism (hululiyyah). It does not purify Allah from filth and filthy places, meaning, in every place. This, may Allah protect us from it, is the greatest disbelief in Allah the Exalted. Pantheism is disbelief. They deny the elevation of Allah, although Allah has affirmed His elevation for Himself. We ask Allah for well-being. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What do we say to the one who says that Allah is present in every place? If we tell him that Allah is in the sky, he says, “You are ascribing a body to Allah and likening Him to creation.”
Answer:
We ask Allah for well-being. This is the doctrine of pantheism (hululiyyah). It does not purify Allah from filth and filthy places, meaning, in every place. This, may Allah protect us from it, is the greatest disbelief in Allah the Exalted. Pantheism is disbelief. They deny the elevation of Allah, although Allah has affirmed His elevation for Himself. We ask Allah for well-being. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل فيما في الشرك والزنا واللواطة من الخبث — islamhouse.com (52:27)
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