Abu Taymiyyah – Al Mubaadi Al Mufeedah 4
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With the and the bounties of Allah
We are still coming to the and
likewise,
studying the deen of Allah
And this is something great
as this is not the case of many
of the people that we live around and
we live with.
So we should be thanking Allah
has kept us in the
and given us and
the opportunity
to get an understanding in the deen. The
prophet, he said,
Whoever Allah wants care for, he gives him
an understanding in the religion.
Back to our lesson.
We reached the point
where the
sheikh, he said, what is shirk? And we
also took the meanings of this, that this
is different types, and it's 2 types.
Can anyone tell me the 2 types
of shirk
that we took last week?
The major and the minor. And what's the
proof of the minor?
Real. No.
He said, showing off.
And we mentioned some types
of riya.
Can someone
tell me some of the types of ria
that we took last week?
I I remember I mentioned,
three examples
or three categories.
Ibad, the slaves of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
No.
It's lesser than the first one, but in
some actions the person shows off. And in
this case,
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala does not accept his
actions.
And the 3rd type The 3rd type is
regarding,
maybe you may get some whispers in the
Yeah. Then if the person fights you off
Yeah. Then come to your mouth. Yeah. Safe
or if not, you can fall into this
Yeah. Very good. The third one is, which
is
when a person is get and he gets
whispers from the shaitan in order to show
off on that, but he fights her off.
If this is the case and this is
great, he won't sin or fall into
any problems.
Baby does end up showing off and the
shaitan gets over him. What happens? He falls
into the second category.
We reach number 11.
When it is said to you, what is
the ruling of making pictures
of things that have souls?
Say making pictures of things that have souls
is from the major sins.
And the proof is the hadith of Ibn
Masood
that the prophet
he said, verily the most severely punished people
on the day of resurrection will be the
picture makers.
And in the hadith of Abu Juhaifa,
that he said the messenger of Allah
made forbidden
the price of the dog
and the price of blood,
and he cursed the picture maker.
Some of us might be wondering now why
the sheikh has mentioned this issue in a
book of Tawhid,
in a book where it is talking about
the oneness
or singling out Allah
in
worship. But inshallah, the more we move on
and when we reach number 12, we would
find out why this has a connection
with the Tawhid of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
First and foremost,
the sheikh he mentions here the issue about
picture making.
Picture making
has become so widespread
that you find it everywhere
and anywhere.
And it's become so easy to fall into
a zone.
We don't need to go far.
We just walk on the streets, we see
pictures everywhere,
and we see many things related to these
issues of pictures.
But if a person actually knew
the effect that this is hap that the
effect that this is causing or having
upon the Ummah,
he would be very very surprised regarding this.
First of all, the prophet said
about pictures.
Verily the most severely punished people on Yom
Kiyyam are who? The picture makers,
the most severely.
This actually shows now the danger of this
action.
And likewise the prophet
he said,
the picture maker will be brought on Yom
Al Qiyama.
He will be forced
to put a life into it,
and he will keep being tortured until he
puts a life into that picture that he
made in a dunya.
And, he will never be able to do
that.
So the more he tries, the more he
will not be able to do it, and
he will keep on being punished.
And likewise, the
prophet
said, all the picture makers are in the
hellfire.
And Likewise, the prophet
may the curse of Allah
be upon the picture maker.
We took before in the previous lessons that
the are
normally based upon 4 things,
And I mentioned that it has the threat
of the hellfire upon it,
and secondly, if it has the curse of
Allah
upon it,
and thirdly,
if it's related to the hudud, the limits
that was set by Allah.
And the 4th thing,
if the prophet
says in
a action or any goal, whoever does this
or says this, I am free from him.
Bey Hatay mentions this in his book called.
He compiled
a book which is based upon hadith.
Sorry, the Habib,
in a book called Kabair where he mentions
many of the types of the major sins,
and most of it go back to them
for things
that I just mentioned.
And if you look at this particular issue
of picture making,
you would find that 2 of the things
that we mentioned are based upon this.
In one narration, you find that Allah
curse is the one that makes a picture.
And in another case, you find the threat
of Allah
or the threat
of the hellfire
upon the person that makes the picture.
So we can understand from this how severe
and dangerous this issue is,
And there's some doubts that people bring to
this issue, but Insha Allah, at the end
of the lesson, this will be clarified.
And if we look at this issue as
well, we would find
that the origin of fitna,
of major great trials and
corruptions
that the people are afflicted with today goes
back to this picture,
this issue of pictures.
Many of us are connected to what? The
Internet
and social networks.
You find a very very high rate
of zina,
Fornication, illegal * taking place because of what?
A man saw a picture of a woman
on the Internet.
A lot of these social networking
websites
are made for what?
A man to get together with another woman.
And how does it start?
He puts his picture, and she puts a
picture.
It's become that easy,
And because of him looking at this picture,
what happens?
He becomes absolutely Mastun, corrupted.
And we all know what woman can do
to a man, and what a man can
do to a woman.
Just by looking one time, it can lead
to a person being corrupted,
infatuated completely.
The prophet
said,
I haven't left a bigger trial,
a bigger fitnah upon the ummah than 2
things.
Woman and money.
Most of our Shabaab, we're young people.
We can see what takes place.
When a young person sees a young girl,
what happens, etcetera.
But because of these social networking sites,
this is how it starts.
The Shaitan has been working so much.
He has made it clear from day 1.
He said I'm going to mislead them.
Then he said in a number I Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala calls him
except
those who are sincere
in their worship,
but he swears that he is going to
mislead the people
and he is working day night in order
for us to to what? To fall into
these
sins.
Picture making, how did it start? It was
very very hard to get around with.
First of all, it was on big boxes
you can't even carry,
then you have to put it inside water
in order to get it printed,
then it was filmed, etcetera, like that.
And now everybody's carrying it on his phones.
Very, very easy. You just take it down
and take a picture.
Simple like that.
We can see how the shaitan has been
working so hard
in order for him to make it very
very easy
and all affairs now many of the fitness
is taking place goes back to what? The
picture.
This media that is being propagated around us.
I'm sorry to say it, this is the
reality.
This is what we are in daily,
and a lot of the people are deceived
because of this.
How many times do we see on the
news?
They try to scare the Muslims away,
or they try to scare those who are
seeking knowledge outside.
They put up things that have been
or they have been shown, like, maybe a
few years ago, and I've seen this in
my own eyes.
Why? Just to scare the Muslim in.
Or to try and bring them back from
studying knowledge.
Maybe those that went out to Surudia
or went out to Yemen or went out
to Misr,
they put pictures up because of what in
order to deceive the people.
And when you look at it, there's actually
nothing going on.
So while seeing this issue now, we can
understand from it what that this is a
very very major issue that we are involved
in today.
So my advice
is, Yajuan,
Even though you find that a lot of
doubt
are surrounding this issue,
it's to leave you off.
We don't wanna come on yawmulkayama
having done something that we were
doubting about, and then we get hold or
help
to account.
Because of this thing that we could have
left off, and it doesn't give us any
benefit in the
worldly life,
and it's become so easy to do
and at the same time you find that
this is something very very major.
As for some of the doubts that are
related to this issue,
you find some people, they say that the
intended purpose
by picture making or picture taking is what
is drawn.
As for these photos,
the person does with his telephone
or with his mobile phone, then this is
not considered.
Or it's not from the same
chapter or anything like this.
But if he was to look clearly inside
the Sharia, in the legislation, we would find
what?
That the prophet prohibited
all types
of pictures.
And I'm gonna bring some examples.
Anil al Fati, when the prophet
conquered
Mecca.
Before he entered into the Kaaba,
he told Umar ibn Khattab
to remove all the pictures,
to wipe it out, and
to wipe out the pictures inside the Kaaba.
Another time,
the picture decided was what? It was painted.
And the
prophet
was standing at the door.
This is now one example
of the
type of pictures that he prohibited.
In another instance, Ibn Abbas,
we all know who Ibn Abbas
is,
from the greatest of the Sahaba.
The prophet
said or made du'a for him many many
times,
and there's many narrations.
In one narration, he says, oh, Allah, teach
him the Quran.
Oh Allah, give him an understanding in the
Quran.
Oh Allah,
give him the understanding of the meaning the
Quran.
Most of the tafsir normally goes back to
him.
Most of the tafsir, you find that the
Ibn Kathir
or maybe
at Tabare,
when they talk about an aya, you find
him you find them quoting him Abbas a
lot,
because this was
or he was very very strong in this
field
of making tafsir of the Quran.
Even there was a time
when Ibn Abbas was sitting with the Ashaq
al Badr,
those that participated
in the expedition of Badr from the major
of the Sahaba.
So one time, umir ibn al Khattabi said,
what is the meaning?
And then when the major Sahaba, they were
sitting there.
So we asked them, everybody said a different
answer.
But when Ibn Abbas was asked,
he gave the right to say of this.
To show you the great knowledge
that Ibn Abbas had compared to Abu Sahaba.
Back to the point, Ibn Abbas
saw a person
who was drawing,
so he told him the hadith,
the picture making is not correct
or it is haram.
So he said to him, this is my
life
or this is my sunia.
This is what I do as a living.
So he said to him,
after this person's face became very very red,
if you're going to draw a picture, draw
a picture which has
no soul, like a tree or something.
And in another case, the prophet
was about to enter
into Ayush's house.
He saw
a a wisada
or a pillow which had a picture on
it.
So the prophet
became very very red,
and he began to get angry.
So what did he say? He said to
her, do you not know that the Malaika,
they don't enter a house where there's a
picture?
And in this case, this picture or this
pillow, it was knitted.
And in another case, the prophet
he saw a picture on a curtain in
Ali
house. So he went in and he ripped
the whole curtain down.
The reason why I'm mentioning these scenarios is
that
there's many doubts regarding this issue. They say
there's only it only applies to what?
The drawing, which is not
correct. And had the
these phones been there and people were taking
pictures, it would have been the same case
because in every instance the prophet prohibited
it. So this is something that should be
considered
and also be thought about.
And likewise, the prophet he said,
Every picture maker is in hellfire,
and when this word is used, kulu, that
means kulu, meaning every type.
Whether it is photo, whether it is dry
picture, whether it is a colored picture or
non color picture, they all go the same.
Like it's very well known in usool and
you cannot specify anything
or take it out of its generality unless
you have clear proof indicating so.
Just like the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
said,
Every type of intoxicant is is haram.
And at that time,
there was no weed
or there was no whiskey.
The names they have here, Budweiser or whatever
they call it.
There were some names like muzakat and nakir.
These types of what?
Bees or alcohol was available at that time,
but there was nothing called Budweiser
or, what do you call it? The other
one. Foster or something like this.
And weed wasn't there as well.
So we're gonna say no. No. The prophet
only talked about them issues.
This is correct at this time because it
wasn't there. The answer is no.
Because it is an intoxicant,
we cannot get near it or use it.
Because why the prophet, he said, kullam musk
and haram. Every type of intoxicant is haram.
Unless we have something specific or another hadith
showing us or indicating to us that this
is permissible,
then this hadith takes it out of the
generality.
But the thing is we don't.
And also some of the doubts,
you find that people they say that it
should be used for Dara purposes.
Like in the affairs of the Dawa.
Okay. For example, now I'm a scholar
is speaking.
In this case, the
he should be recorded, there's no problem with
this.
The reality is
when the scholar is speaking of knowledge, we
are in need of his voice,
not in need of his face.
His is coming out of his voice or
out of his mouth or his eyes.
The answer is his mouth.
Unlike what you find in some masajid
when the man is given a Khutba,
you have a video in the woman section.
The woman are looking at the
the person that's given the hookah.
This alone can cause what? A big corruption.
Imagine the woman now looks at this guy
or looks at the khatib
and she falls in love with him
or she's thinking about him whole day.
She become mastoon, infatuated because she saw the
khatib. The khatib will be good looking.
And what happened to lowering the gaze?
We have to be lowering our gaze at
all times
not only outside or it's permissible when the
Khatib is speaking. We can look at him.
The answer is no.
Allah
said,
tell the believing man to lower the gaze.
And also he said, tell the believing woman
to lower her gaze,
because all these things they lead to what?
Bigger trouser and bigger fitna, corruption.
And if we look at it clearly, you
find that everything goes back to this.
Number 12,
when it is said to you, where is
the connection
that making pictures of things that have souls
has with shirk?
This is what the shirk was trying to
get to because
we've been taking in our previous lessons,
affairs related to shirk and likewise to aid,
etcetera.
And I will tell you now the connection
that he has
with, shirk.
Say indeed picture making is a form of
creating
which the picture making is or picture making
is resembling himself with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
And making himself a partner with Allah in
that action.
And the proof is the same that
the
prophet
said, the most severely punished people on the
day of resurrection will be those
who liken what they create to Allah
creation.
And the hadith of
that the prophet
said,
Allah said,
and who is more unjust than he who
seeks to create the lives of my creation?
This has to be clarified very very clearly
or someone's gonna
misunderstand.
When does it become shirk? When a person
tries to make or create something
in competition to Allah
we all know that Allah
is the almighty
creator.
Some people they what? They draw or they
do things in order what?
I'm better than Allah.
If Allah can do it, I can do
it as well.
Sorry? Yeah. It depends what you know what
they're trying to do.
Okay? He tries to create something, if Allah
can do it, I can do it as
well.
Things like this
or in this type, this would what, fall
under this category.
As for a person who's taking pictures, they
will go under the first issue
that we was talking about now.
Insha'Allah, the second time that I just mentioned
that when a person tries to create something,
he likens himself to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
In any case, whether it is creation or
whether it is sustaining, someone tries to like
himself with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, he's trying
to compete with him.
Okay? This differentiation should be known properly.
Number 13.
When it is said to you,
what is the definition of worship?
Say it is a comprehensive word for every
action that Allah loves and is pleased with.
And the proof is a statement of Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala.
If you disbelieve, indeed Allah is free from
neither of you, and he likes not disbelief
for your slaves.
And if you are grateful,
he is pleased therewith for you.
Any type of Ibad that Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala has legislated,
this is loved by Allah.
Anything that Allah is
pleased with,
then this is a type of Ibadah.
This is a time of Ibadah,
whether it is
dua,
invocating,
or whether it is slaughtering.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has mentioned this in
his book.
And say to them,
my prayer
and my sacrifice
and my life and my death is for
Allah.
Whether it is thanking Allah,
whether it is praying, whether it is zakat,
whether it is song,
or whether it is Hajj or Umrah, and
every other type of Ibadah that Allah
is satisfied with or any other action, then
he says love by Allah.
Insha'Allah, that should be very clear as well,
and it's not
an issue.
Number 14,
when it is said to you, where is
Allah?
Says Allah is above the heavens, above his
throne.
And the proof is a statement of Allah
This issue is very, very important
before we carry on reading. I want the
people to concentrate properly.
Very, very important because it's related to Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala
and why it's connected to him.
It's very, very important
because at the same time, you have false
beliefs
or false belief
going around the people in this country.
And likewise in other places
of where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is,
and what some of their statements necessitate.
But Insha'Allah, try to make it clear right
now.
Do you feel secure
that he who is above the heavens will
not cause the earth to swallow you and
suddenly it would quake?
And the statement of Allah,
the most beneficent
rose above the throne.
And the hadith of
that the prophet
said, our
lord descends
every night to the lowest heaven.
When the last third of the night remains,
he says, who invokes me so that I
may respond to him?
He who asked me
that I may that I may give him.
Who seeks my forgiveness
so that I may forgive him?
Transmitted by a Muslim,
and descending occurs from above.
I'm gonna read number 15 as well because
it's connected to number 14.
When it is said to you, is Allah
with us?
Say Allah
is with us through his knowledge,
and the proof is a statement of Allah
And he is with you wherever you may
be, And the statement of Allah
And he is Allah, the one worshiped and
invoked
in the heavens and on the earth.
He knows what you keep secret and what
you make public,
and he knows what you earn.
Ibn Kathir said, the second position,
what is meant is that he is Allah,
the one who knows what is in the
heavens
and what is
on earth
from that which is kept secret, and that
which is made public.
Okay.
We took before us all
that
in the meaning of
the
The knowledge is knowing Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
and knowing the messenger
and knowing the religion of Islam with proof.
This is knowledge.
This is very very important that we base
whatever we learn upon.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, the prophet said,
upon proof.
This is what is gonna differentiate us between
truth and falsehood.
Otherwise, someone can say whatever he wants
and our redeemer become a joke.
Everybody comes along and says whatever he wants.
I come tomorrow and I say whatever I
want. That's not the case.
We stop at what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
said, and we stop at what the prophet
said.
Upon the understanding of the Sahaba,
they had the best understanding,
and we stop at that.
No one can come today and say I
have a better understanding than Sahaba.
This is how our aqeedah, our deen, should
be taken.
Whether it is from the Bab,
the chapter of the names and attributes of
Allah
or whether it is any other case of
the religion.
What Allah said, what the prophet said upon
the understanding of the Sahaba,
proof.
No one's above the proof,
and we learn our with proof.
And when we learn the and the affairs
related to the names and attributes of Allah
we say what whatever Allah
said,
and we submit to it. We don't ask
how, we don't ask why.
The Sahaba never asked how
or why.
All they used to do is they used
to submit
to whatever Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said in
the prophet.
And this is the way of the believers.
Allah says,
And it's only from the ways of the
believers
when they are told to rule by what
Allah said in his messenger, they say we
believe and we obey.
And they are from those who are successful.
As for the Baba Waqeeda,
whatever Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala affirmed for himself,
we affirm it. And whatever he negated from
himself, we
negate it, and we don't
say what is in opposition.
As for hiya, number 14,
the question is what? Where is Allah?
And then the Sheikh mentions a few proofs.
The first proof we see,
do you feel secure that he who is
above the heavens?
We understand from this ayah, likewise, the next
one when he says the most beneficial
rose above the throne, that Allah
has rose above the throne, and he is
above the
heavens. What do we do here? We accept
it and likewise submit to it.
We don't ask how, we don't ask why.
How did Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala rose above
the throne? We don't ask this question.
Because what? The Sahaba, they didn't do it,
and we don't have information relating to this
issue.
Someone came up to Imam Malik,
Rahmatullah a lay. We all know Imam Malik.
1 of the major
or one of the 4 major scholars
of the past.
Someone came up to Imam Malik
after saying this, aya al Rahmahnu al Arshastawah,
the most beneficent Rotom of the throne.
He said to him,
Yes. Yes. Yes. Rising is very well known.
Well,
and how he rose above the throne, then
this is unknown.
We cannot talk about an issue where we
don't have any knowledge relating to it,
and we cannot say about Allah
something he hasn't talked about it himself.
Do we know more than Allah? The answer
is no. Do we know more about Allah
himself?
Then the third thing he said to him,
that you believe in it is compulsory,
meaning what Allah
said.
And the 4th thing he said was what?
Was And to ask about it, it's an
innovation.
Meaning, how is it? Why is it like
that, etcetera.
Because why does the hava they never asked?
They were known for what? Accepting and submitting.
Whatever the prophet told
them.
And the ayah just mentioned now is from
the signs of the believers
that when the proofs are brought to them
is what? They accept it.
So why is it that we come along
and start using our logic
or our brains
in issues of Akhidah?
This is not correct.
As for some of the proofs
that show that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is
above his throne.
You look at me thinking why am I
mentioning so many things related to this issue?
We have many people saying Allah is everywhere.
And, yes, like I'm gonna come and explain
now,
necessitates
absolute bottle, absolute falsehood
to say that Allah
is everywhere,
and which also falls into negating some of
the ayaats that are mentioned in the Quran.
The first aya that I want to mention
is Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says
He raised them to himself.
Okay?
After some of the people,
I understand they claimed that they killed him,
But actually, they never killed him.
They never killed him and they never put
him on a cross.
But actually, he was someone that looked similar
to him. This is what Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala mentioned in the Quran.
Rather, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala raised him
to
himself.
This clearly shows that what? That Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala is above his throne,
and not everywhere.
And likewise, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala he mentions
about the malaika.
They fear the lord that is above them.
And likewise, Allah says,
and to him rises the good actions.
Had Allah
been
everywhere.
The actions, they don't need to rise
because Allah
is everywhere.
Unlike where some of the ayaat,
also we show this,
Allah says in the Quran
and above every possessor of knowledge,
there's an
which is Allah
which also shows that Allah
is above his throne.
These are some of the ayats from the
Quran. As for the sunnah, you find many,
many hadith as well.
And from the most famous,
a hadith is the hadif of Sahih Muslim.
When the
when there was a young girl,
she was punched.
Okay?
So,
she was then taken to the prophet
and the Sahabi
said, shall I not free her?
He felt very very sorry about what he
done. He goes, shall I not free her?
So the prophet
asked the girl,
where is
Allah She sits with
above the heavens,
and then he asked her, who
am I? He said, enter Rasulullah.
She said, you are Rasulullah, the messenger of
Allah. The prophet then said
what? Free her for indeed she's a believer,
which clearly shows what the Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala is above his throne.
Has she said something
that is not in accordance to what Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala said or what the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam believes,
that if the prophet
acknowledges something, then this is what
part of the religion is a sunnah.
And likewise, when a person is in a
sujood,
he says
glory be glory be to the most high
or glory to the most high,
which shows Allah
is also Babel's throne.
Someone normally doesn't tend to say
or You don't say this. You don't say
glory to be to the one
who is everywhere, or glory be to the
one who is down. No. Rama the prophet
has taught us to glorify the most high,
which is in and likewise
and likewise the Hadith, when the
prophet
he put his hand up to the sky.
He kept on pointing to the sky and
saying
Oh, Allah be a witness that I have
conveyed to the people.
And he's pointing like this and saying this.
Oh, Allah be a witness that I have
conveyed.
And the one of the Sahabi, they stood
up and they said,
you have conveyed, you Rasool Allah, you have
conveyed.
Like was mentioned in Bukhari.
Just to show you also
that the prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Salam,
from his actions you understand that Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala is above the heavens.
And likewise,
some more hadith
that show more direct, that Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala is above the heavens is what?
The hadith of Zainab
bintajesh. When she said
or when she used to boast
to the
wives of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
She used to say to them,
your families
have got you married.
As for me,
Allah
got me married to the prophet
above his throne.
Above his throne.
And likewise, the prophet
said,
Be merciful
to those upon Earth,
and the one above his heavens will be
merciful upon you.
And, also, when the prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam, he said,
When
Allah
decreed all affairs, he wrote it in a
book,
and this book is with him
above
his
throne.
And the last issue I wanna mention regarding
this,
we have the understanding of the Sahaba.
This is what differentiates between us and everyone
else.
Those that speak upon what Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala said in the messenger,
and the rest of the people.
We differentiate any sort of issue when it
comes to the book of Allah and the
messenger with the understanding of the Sahaba.
Otherwise, a person can
interpret the deen however he wants.
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, he said in a hadith
that was narrated by
Behati. The lowest heaven
and the one
Above it, there's a distance of 500 years,
and between every Samah,
every heaven is 500 years.
And above the heaven is the
Allah
is above the throne, and he knows what
you're upon.
And he knows what you are upon.
This is the understanding of Abdullah ibn Saud,
one of the greatest of the Sahaba.
He understood these ayaat and these these particular
way.
And his understanding takes precedence over anything else.
As for number number 15, when the Sheikh
he said, is Allah
with us?
And he used as proof,
he is with you wherever you are.
Some people they use this as proof that
Allah is everywhere.
Okay?
Actually, if you look at it, there's no
contradiction between the 2 ayat.
But all we have to do is go
back to the ayaat and look at it
properly.
The star of the aya,
it is talking about knowledge.
And do you not know the Allah
knows
everything that is in the heavens and earth?
And then he says,
He is with you wherever you are,
and Allah
knows what's in your hearts.
So this eye starts with knowledge and it
ends with knowledge.
So the whole context of the eye is
talking about knowledge
that Allah
knows,
and he knows what's going on in the
heavens and earth, and likewise know what's going
on in the hearts.
So there's no contradiction between the 2 ayaat.
And even if we was to say no,
that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is everywhere,
this will necessitate many, many things.
That means Allah is in is in me,
and likewise he's in you. He's in the
toilet, and likewise in a night club.
And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is free from
all of this.
Can someone actually
put it in his head that Allah
is going to be in the toilet, or
is going to be inside it, or is
going to be
in a sewage place also in a nightclub?
The answer is no.
It goes absolutely against
the natural way that a person has been
created.
And likewise the fitra of the person, the
fitra of the person, which is the natural
way that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has created
a person. When a person needs something, what
does he do? Does he go looking under
the car?
Rather, he turns to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
and puts his hand in the sky.
Oh Allah help me.
He doesn't go looking in the toilet or
he doesn't go to a nightclub.
This is the natural way that a person
has been created.
And I think most of you would agree
with me whether it is the person outside,
the ignorant one, or anyone else. When he
needs something, he would look
for Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,
and he would definitely not look onto the
floor.
And likewise, when the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam
was taken up to Islam Mi'raj,
he went to the first heaven, like with
the second one, and he met many of
the
prophets like Idris, and also Musa, Isa,
and he gave salaams upon them.
Then when he went up to the
last heaven,
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala told him that it's
upon you, all he has made
Oh, sorry,
it is upon
your ummah to pray 50 prayers.
So he went back down
and he went past Musa.
Musa said to him, go back to your
lord and tell him
that your ummah is not able
to do this.
Tell you or tell Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
or actually go back to your lord and
tell him
that your ummah is not able to do
this.
Had Allah
been everywhere, he didn't need Musa to say,
go back to your Lord.
Because all you can do is ask him
there and then.
So actually, there's no contradiction,
and, likewise, the statement of Abdulai and mister
Oud combines all the proofs. When he says,
Allah is above the heavens,
and he knows
upon.
So there's absolutely no
difficult
or there's no problem understanding the 2 proofs
which have been mentioned right now or the
2 issues.
Allah is the prophet of his throne, at
the same time he knows what we are
doing.
And one last proof inshallah,
which also shows
the importance and likewise
where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is. It's one
hadith.
When the prophet said to
do
you know where the sun sets?
So replied,
Allah
knows best in his messenger.
He said,
She goes
to the throne,
and she bows down under the throne where
your Lord is.
And she asks permission
from Allah
to go back,
which clearly shows also the Allah
is where above his throne.
Whatever he said, we take it. Now that
Allah
has claimed this, we affirm it to him.
We don't ask how, we don't ask why,
and we don't put our logic
before the
proofs.
Our logic is not that strong.
Rabo is so strong
is the proofs of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
He mentioned this, and we don't put the
logic above
or make it take precedence over the proofs
that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has mentioned in
his book.
As for some of the things that people
they say, or they try to misinterpret
or distort this meaning,
which means to rise.
Was from the sun of Ibn Abbas. He
interpreted it as
Allah.
Right? Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala rose above the
throne.
Some people they say
or they try to change the meaning
You can see a little,
similarity between the two words,
and
There's an extra letter, lamb.
They want to negate the fact that Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala is above his throne, they
say which
means to conquer or to overcome.
When Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala rose above the
throne, he had to overcome.
And this kalimah, this word necessity is what?
That Allah had to overcome someone.
Who did Allah
conquer, or what did he conquer,
Or who did he try to overcome
when he rose above the throne?
Is there anyone like Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
or had the same strength as him?
That there was someone before him above the
throne?
The answer is no. So we understand from
this that this meaning is absolutely bottled.
And you'll find you will find
people saying this, trying to the best of
their ability to negate the Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala is above his throne.
And they will come with these
these doubts
to make you believe that Allah is everywhere.