Is it correct to say that so-and-so is in the minaret and is with us in his own person, just as we say, "We are walking and the moon is with us"?
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The questioner : What do you say about a person saying, while he is on the ground, that it is impossible for a created being to be in the ceiling?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is it not correct to say that so-and-so is in the minaret in his own person and is with us in his own person here?
The Shaykh : No, no, it is not possible. If he goes to the minaret, he is not with us.
The student: No, he would be overlooking it.
The Shaykh : No, no, this is... there is no harm, but he is not actually with us.
As for the Creator, meaning, if we suppose that this is impossible for a created being, and it is in fact impossible, because it is not possible for one self to be in two places at the same time.
The questioner : O Shaykh, what I understood from the example, especially regarding the moon, is that we say, "We are still walking and the moon is with us."
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That the moon is with us in its own person?
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct, and it is above.
The questioner : And it is with us in its own person.
The Shaykh : But it is actually with us while it is above on the surface, and one is on the ground. And yes, on the surface, it says it is with us on the ground while it is on the surface? No, there is... there is a difference between them. Reflect, reflect. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is it not correct to say that so-and-so is in the minaret in his own person and is with us in his own person here?
The Shaykh : No, no, it is not possible. If he goes to the minaret, he is not with us.
The student: No, he would be overlooking it.
The Shaykh : No, no, this is... there is no harm, but he is not actually with us.
As for the Creator,
There is nothing like unto Him
فليس كمثله شيءThe questioner : O Shaykh, what I understood from the example, especially regarding the moon, is that we say, "We are still walking and the moon is with us."
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That the moon is with us in its own person?
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct, and it is above.
The questioner : And it is with us in its own person.
The Shaykh : But it is actually with us while it is above on the surface, and one is on the ground. And yes, on the surface, it says it is with us on the ground while it is on the surface? No, there is... there is a difference between them. Reflect, reflect. Yes.