Is this statement correct: "Glory be to the One who exists in all existence"?

The questioner : There is a saying common among some people, which is: "Glory be to the One who exists in all existence." Is this statement correct?

The Shaykh : This has no relation to the topic. Okay, so we say, what is it?

The questioner : "Glory be to the One who exists in all existence."

The Shaykh : "Glory be to the One who exists in all existence." First, this form of glorification is an innovation; the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), the Khulafa, or the Companions never said it. It is merely a rhymed phrase. Second, it is invalid in meaning. Allah the Exalted is not present in all that exists, except according to the view of the Jahmiyyah and others who claim that Allah is in every place by His essence. May Allah curse them. They say that Allah is in every place by His essence. Glory be to Allah! How can Allah be in every place by His essence? Is Allah multiple, so that there is a God here, a God in Makkah, a God in Riyadh, a God in Egypt, and a God in Sham? Or is He divided into parts, with a part here, a part in Makkah, a part in Riyadh, a part in Sham, and a part in Egypt? No, by Allah! Mighty and Majestic is He, and His Kursi (Footstool) encompasses the heavens and the earth. Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: How can it be imagined after this that Allah the Exalted is in every place by His essence? This statement is disbelief in Allah, and I seek refuge in Allah from it. It is a deficiency attributed to Allah Mighty and Majestic. Whoever says it has not attributed to Allah His true greatness. Therefore, Allah the Exalted said: If the entire earth is in His grasp on the Day of Resurrection, how can He be in it? How can He be in every place? So this glorification is invalid in form and invalid in meaning. "Glory be to the One who exists in all existence" is invalid in form because it has no basis, and invalid in meaning because it is essentially the claim of *hulul* (incarnation) that Allah is in every place by His essence. This is disbelief in Allah Mighty and Majestic. Whoever says it has not attributed to Allah His true greatness and has not known the greatness of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. So where is Allah? In the sky. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked the slave girl: Allah Mighty and Majestic is in the sky, above everything, and nothing of His creation surrounds Him, ever. Because above the world there is only space, empty space in which nothing surrounds Allah Mighty and Majestic. And Allah the Exalted is above everything, having risen above His Throne. It has come in the hadith that the seven heavens and the seven earths, in relation to the Kursi (Footstool), are like a ring thrown into a vast desert. Allah is the Greatest. A vast desert is wide, and a ring is very small. A ring of a shield—place a ring in the middle of a vast desert, and its proportion to the desert is nothing. He said: Allah is the Greatest. So the Kursi (Footstool) in relation to the 'Arsh (Throne) is like a ring thrown into a vast desert. Look at the immense greatness of these creations, and the greatness of the creation indicates the greatness of the Creator. Allah Mighty and Majestic is greater than all of that. Therefore, we say, Allah is the Greatest. Is it possible for Him, Mighty and Majestic, who is greater than everything, to be contained in this small, narrow earth? Or is it impossible? Absolutely, by Allah, it is impossible. So the claim of that is an invalid statement, disbelief in Allah Mighty and Majestic, invalid by reason and invalid by revelation. Whoever doubts this or suspects it should return to himself, ask Allah to guide him to the truth, think about the matter, and repent before his term comes.