Explanation of the author's statement: And his saying to the slave girl: (Where is Allah?)

The Shaykh : He said: "And his saying to the slave girl:

he asked her where God was and she replied that He was in heaven. He asked her who he was and she replied that he was God’s Messenger. He then told me to set her free, for she was a believer.

أين الله قالت: في السماء قال: من أنا ، قال : قالت: أنت رسول الله قال : أتعقها فإنها مؤمنة

Mishkat al-Masabih 3303

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He said to her (peace and blessings be upon him) and is used to inquire about
The student: About the place

The Shaykh : About the place meaning on the sky or in the height, according to the two previous possibilities. And according to the people of denial of the divine attributes, by her saying "in the sky," if she intends that He is in the height, she is a disbeliever; she is a disbeliever. This is because they hold that whoever affirms that Allah is in a direction is a disbeliever, for they say that the directions never contain Him; they are empty of Him. They say they do not contain Him, but they say they are empty of Him. Yes, good. The Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) inquiry with "Where" indicates that Allah has a place. However, it must be known that Allah the Exalted is not encompassed by places, for He is greater than everything. And what is above the universe is non-existence; there are no walls, no mountains, no trees there; it is non-existence. There is nothing there except, except from
The student: Allah

The Shaykh : except Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So He is above everything, above everything. Good. And his saying: indicates the comprehensiveness; it indicates the comprehensiveness of Allah's knowledge of everything we are upon. And if we believe in this hadith, we benefit from it with a practical benefit, which is the magnification of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and that He is in the height, so we fear Him. And that He knows what we are upon, so we perform His obedience such that He does not find us where He commanded us, nor does He see us or find us where He forbade us.
And in his saying: is evidence that freeing a disbeliever is not prescribed; freeing a disbelieving slave is not prescribed. For this reason, it does not suffice as an expiation. Why? Because keeping a disbeliever as a slave with you involves a type of protection for him, and authority and command. So if you free him, what happens? He is liberated. And if he is liberated, it is feared that he will return to the land of disbelief, for the origin of slavery is disbelief, as passed to us in the laws of inheritance. So if we liberate him and free him, he may say that no one has authority over me, and then return to disbelief and remain a helper to the disbelievers against the believers.