A car owner I was riding with asked me: Has Allah not created the world in six days?

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : I want to ask two questions. The first question: Yesterday I was in a taxi, and the car owner asked us: Has Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) created the world in six days? I answered him: Yes. Then he asked me: Where was Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) before that? I remained silent and did not answer.

The Shaykh : What did you do?

The questioner : I did not respond to it.

The Shaykh : Why? Did you not hear the answer just now?

The questioner : I mean.

The Shaykh : Did you hear the answer just now, or were you not with us?

The questioner : "Address people according to the level of their understanding," I mean, my apologies.

The Shaykh : So we must mention to you the hadith of the Messenger (peace be upon him) that the scholars of Islam agreed upon as authentic, the hadith.
La ilaha illa Allah, say with me, what is its name?

The questioner : The slave girl.

The Shaykh : No, no, the hadith of the slave girl, but the narrator, the narrator?

The questioner : 'Amr ibn al-Hakam al-Sulami.

Those present : Mu'awiyah.