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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible for us to say that Allah is present in every existing thing?

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The questioner : Our Shaykh, may Allah bless you... that Allah is present in every existing thing... meaning...

The Shaykh : How does he say

The questioner : ... you say, for example, encompassing, is the... this encompasses everything... He knows what He does not know, and this...

The Shaykh : Yes

The questioner : from above... so is it permissible...

The Shaykh : Now, I told you at the beginning, other than what you exemplified, you say that he tells the common people that Allah is present in every existing thing.

The questioner : I told you, he says that he says...

The Shaykh : in every existence, yes, we say these common people, we say "present" meaning He knows all that exists.

The questioner : No, they say "present" meaning with His essence.

The Shaykh : No, we must inform them, we convey to the common people that Allah rose above the Throne, above it, but He is present in every existence, knowing all that exists. First, we must remove this phrase from our tongues, "present in every existing thing." We must purify our tongues of it. This takes time. If they are accustomed to it, truly, praise be to Allah, in our lands this speech does not exist, but it may exist among you from the remnants of Sufis and the like. Yes, because it appears to you that the Sufi is cheap.

The questioner : Heh

The Shaykh : Yes, in any case, it is possible that the Sufi says that you see Allah in the handsome young man. Yes, he is present. This is why you find some of their elders more than those around them.
The student: The two handsome ones.

The Shaykh : the two handsome young men, he says because Allah... in these images, I seek refuge in Allah. Perhaps they have these remnants of Sufism that Allah is present in every existing thing. This is not permissible to say. It is not permissible to say it. But say that Allah is All-Aware of every thing and All-Encompassing of every thing, but...

The questioner : , O Shaykh: Is it obligatory to witness Allah the Exalted, meaning...?

The Shaykh : No, no, it is not permissible. It is not permissible. This manager cannot manage even the administration room.

The questioner : ... mention, meaning in the first third, in the condition
Source alathar.net

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