The issue of the descent and the difference in the last third of the night
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Your Eminence! May Allah preserve you! The hadith of our Lord descending to the lowest heaven in the last third of the night, and this happens every night; but the last third of the night differs from city to city, and from country to country, to the point that this period of the last third may cover the entire day. Does this imply that the descent is always occurring?
I think, my brother, that we have not moved from the place where we forbade you from speaking about such matters.
So if you are in a country and it is the last third of the night, believe that Allah has descended to the lowest heaven, and if you are in a country at a time other than this, there is no descent.
For example: As for us here, we are just before the midday prayer, and there is no descent; but if we go to other regions where it is the last third of the night, we say: the descent is established,And Allah the Exalted: [Al-Shura: 11] in all His attributes.
So this question is a question of excessive pedantry. It is obligatory for its asker to believe that Allah descends to the lowest heaven when the last third of the night remains, every night, and in every place,As for saying: that He remains always descending, this is not correct.
So I advise you to keep this answer in your pocket and not bring it up. Whenever you are in the last third of the night, the Lord is descending, and whenever you are at a time other than this, the Lord is not descending, and the matter is finished; because the attributes of Allah are not like the attributes of the created. Now we believe that Allah descends to the lowest heaven, and we believe that He is above everything. Can this be imagined for a created being, that he descends to a place where he is descending, while he is above everything? And yet we believe that Allah is above everything, and that He is descending, and that the closest a servant is to his Lord is when he is in prostration,And we do not also say: How can the servant be closest to his Lord when he is in prostration, while He is above His Throne?So we say: This is only raised if we imagine that the attributes of the Creator are like the attributes of the created.
So my advice to you, my brothers, is not to engage in such things; because Allah is too great and too exalted to be comprehended by minds or eyes. (Say: "I have believed in Allah") and say: [Al-Shura: 11] and the matter is finished.
So if such issues are presented to you; because this occurs to some people, who assume with their minds that the descent of the Creator is like the descent of the created,So we say: Believe in what the text has brought and do not go beyond it, and do not raise questions about it.
I think, my brother, that we have not moved from the place where we forbade you from speaking about such matters.
So if you are in a country and it is the last third of the night, believe that Allah has descended to the lowest heaven, and if you are in a country at a time other than this, there is no descent.
For example: As for us here, we are just before the midday prayer, and there is no descent; but if we go to other regions where it is the last third of the night, we say: the descent is established,And Allah the Exalted:
There is nothing like unto Him
لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌSo this question is a question of excessive pedantry. It is obligatory for its asker to believe that Allah descends to the lowest heaven when the last third of the night remains, every night, and in every place,As for saying: that He remains always descending, this is not correct.
So I advise you to keep this answer in your pocket and not bring it up. Whenever you are in the last third of the night, the Lord is descending, and whenever you are at a time other than this, the Lord is not descending, and the matter is finished; because the attributes of Allah are not like the attributes of the created. Now we believe that Allah descends to the lowest heaven, and we believe that He is above everything. Can this be imagined for a created being, that he descends to a place where he is descending, while he is above everything? And yet we believe that Allah is above everything, and that He is descending, and that the closest a servant is to his Lord is when he is in prostration,And we do not also say: How can the servant be closest to his Lord when he is in prostration, while He is above His Throne?So we say: This is only raised if we imagine that the attributes of the Creator are like the attributes of the created.
So my advice to you, my brothers, is not to engage in such things; because Allah is too great and too exalted to be comprehended by minds or eyes. (Say: "I have believed in Allah") and say:
There is nothing like unto Him
لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌSo if such issues are presented to you; because this occurs to some people, who assume with their minds that the descent of the Creator is like the descent of the created,So we say: Believe in what the text has brought and do not go beyond it, and do not raise questions about it.