The hadith of Abu Dawud regarding the description of the Throne and the attribute of the dome
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Question:
Abu Muslim, who narrated it in Abu Dawud’s collection from al-Sulami, in which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood and pointed with his staff, saying: “Indeed, the Most Merciful has refused.”
Answer:
It is a valid hadith, yes, it is a valid hadith. The Throne is like a dome over the created things, because it encompasses them; it encompasses the created things, so it is like a dome over them. It is their ceiling and their highest point, and it is a ceiling within the void. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And the Exalted, the Throne is above the created things, so the dome encompasses them. Yes.
Abu Muslim, who narrated it in Abu Dawud’s collection from al-Sulami, in which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood and pointed with his staff, saying: “Indeed, the Most Merciful has refused.”
Answer:
It is a valid hadith, yes, it is a valid hadith. The Throne is like a dome over the created things, because it encompasses them; it encompasses the created things, so it is like a dome over them. It is their ceiling and their highest point, and it is a ceiling within the void. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
You asked Allah for Paradise, so ask for al-Firdaus, for it is the highest part of Paradise and the middle of Paradise, and its ceiling, or above it, is the Throne of the Most Merciful, (Glorified and Exalted is He).
سألتم الله الجنة فسألوه في الفردوس فإنه أعلى الجنة ووسط الجنة وسقفه أو وفوقه عرش الرحمن سبحانه
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية [ صالح الفوزان ] [ الشرح القديم ]، بداية من قوله : وقال في سورة طه : { الرحمن على العرش استوى } — islamhouse.com (49:53)
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