Addendum to the answer: We ask you to clarify the attribute of Allah’s rising above His creation and that He is in the sky, because many people come to the Sacred Precinct while being ignorant of this belief.
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The Shaykh : The poet says:
"And nothing is sound in the minds ** if the day needs a proof.
And nothing is sound in the minds ** if the day needs a proof".
Does anyone need to be brought a proof for the rising of Allah? This is a matter of innate disposition; every human being is created with the disposition that Allah is in the sky. It is the innate disposition[Ar-Rum 30:30]. It is said that Abu al-'Ala al-Ma'arri was with Abu al-Ma'ali al-Juwayni, and al-Juwayni (may Allah pardon him) was on the path of the Asha'irah, saying: "Indeed, istiwa'—meaning the istiwa' of Allah upon the Throne—is His dominion over it". This is undoubtedly an invalid interpretation. He intended by this to deny the rising of Allah. So al-Ma'arri said to him, "O teacher, leave us from mentioning the Throne; tell us about this innate disposition. No one has ever said, 'O Allah,' without finding in his heart a necessity to seek the height." He began hitting his head, saying, "He has confused me, he has confused me," because he could not respond to this. This is a matter of innate disposition. Even those who do not believe in the rising—we ask Allah for their guidance and that He guide them to affirming the rising before they die and meet Allah upon this false belief—even they, when they ask Allah, where do they raise their hands? Yes, to the sky. There is no doubt in this. The rising of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is established by the Qur'an, the Sunnah, the consensus of the Companions, reason, and innate disposition. Its proofs from the Qur'an are too numerous to count, and from the Sunnah too numerous to mention. The consensus of the Salaf on this is famous and mass-transmitted. Reason indicates it, because the rising is an attribute of perfection, and Allah the Exalted has attributes of perfection, as He said of Himself: [An-Nahl 16:60]. The innate disposition, as I explained to you, is that any person you ask according to his innate disposition, what turned him away from it? He will say to you, "Allah is in the sky." There is no doubt in this. Yes.
"And nothing is sound in the minds ** if the day needs a proof.
And nothing is sound in the minds ** if the day needs a proof".
Does anyone need to be brought a proof for the rising of Allah? This is a matter of innate disposition; every human being is created with the disposition that Allah is in the sky. It is the innate disposition
