Continuation of the explanation of the hadith of Mu'awiyah, in which it is said: (… He said, "Where is Allah?" She said, "In the sky").
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The Shaykh : Finally, Mu'awiyah said: : He regretted striking her because she was a slave girl, and what could this slave girl do against a predatory wolf?
He said:: It is as if he is asking the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him: "Will it suffice for me to free this slave girl in exchange for having struck her unjustly?!"
He, peace and blessings be upon him, said:Sunan Abi Dawud 3282Sahih (Al-Albani):
When you understand this hadith, you will then know the misguidance of the one who says that Allah is not in the sky, and the misguidance of the one who says it is not permissible to ask "Where is Allah?" because the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, is the one who established for us this question: "Where is Allah?" He is the one who established for us this question. So if you say to the Sufi who openly declares his disbelief and misguidance, "Where is Allah?" he will say to you, "Everything you see with your eye is Allah." And if you say it to a scholar from the scholars of kalam, he will say to you, with all the circumlocution and evasion, "It is not permissible to say where Allah is, because Allah is neither above nor below," and so on, "the iron record" as they say in some countries.
Therefore, it is obligatory for us to take the lesson from such a creed that came from the Book and the Sunnah, and yet the majority of the scholars of the Muslims and their ascetics deviated from it because they did not hold fast to what the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, left us of guidance and light, which is his saying:.
If anyone has a question about this hadith, and specifically about "Where is Allah?" and that He is in the sky, I am ready to answer it, even if I am delayed a little; otherwise, I entrust you to Allah.
O Messenger of Allah, I have a slave girl who tends my sheep at Uhud. One day, a wolf attacked my sheep, and I am a human being who gets angry as humans do, so I struck her a blow.
يا رسول الله إنَّ لي جارية ترعى غنمًا لي في أُحد، فسطى الذئب يومًا على غنمي، وأنا بشرٌ أغضب كما يغضب البشر فصككتها صكَّةHe said:
And upon me is the freeing of a slave
وعليَّ عتق رقبةHe, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
Bring her to me. He said: Then I brought her. He asked: Where is Allah ? She replied: In the heaven. He said: Who am I ? She replied: You are the Messenger of Allah. He said: Emancipate her, she is a believer.
ائت بها، فلما جاءت قال صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم: أين الله؟ قالت: في السماء، قال: مَن أنا؟ قالت: أنت رسول الله، قال: اعتقها فإنها مؤمنةWhen you understand this hadith, you will then know the misguidance of the one who says that Allah is not in the sky, and the misguidance of the one who says it is not permissible to ask "Where is Allah?" because the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, is the one who established for us this question: "Where is Allah?" He is the one who established for us this question. So if you say to the Sufi who openly declares his disbelief and misguidance, "Where is Allah?" he will say to you, "Everything you see with your eye is Allah." And if you say it to a scholar from the scholars of kalam, he will say to you, with all the circumlocution and evasion, "It is not permissible to say where Allah is, because Allah is neither above nor below," and so on, "the iron record" as they say in some countries.
Therefore, it is obligatory for us to take the lesson from such a creed that came from the Book and the Sunnah, and yet the majority of the scholars of the Muslims and their ascetics deviated from it because they did not hold fast to what the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, left us of guidance and light, which is his saying:
I have left among you two matters by which you will not go astray as long as you hold fast to them: the Book of Allah and my Sunnah. They will not separate until they return to me at the Pond.
تركتم فيكم أمرين لن تضلوا ما إن تمسكتم بهما، كتابَ الله وسنَّتي، ولن يتفرقا حتى يردا علي الحوضIf anyone has a question about this hadith, and specifically about "Where is Allah?" and that He is in the sky, I am ready to answer it, even if I am delayed a little; otherwise, I entrust you to Allah.