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IN THE NAME OF

ALLAH
THE ALL-COMPASSIONATE, ALL-MERCIFUL

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WHERE IS ALLAH?
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Abu Laylaa
Shabbir Chowthee

Translated by Ummu Abdillaah

WHERE IS ALLAH

PREFACE
Glory to Allah, The most High, whose help is sought, whom I cannot thank
enough for the favour He bestowed upon me by enabling me write this booklet
entitled:

Where is ALLAH?
In fact, this is such an important Mas-alah (issue), that going astay in this
aspect of our Islamic creed (aqeedah), may lead a person to commit plain kufr by
making him deny Allahs essence. In fact, some of the extreme sufis, in their
continuous persistence to prove that Allah dwells in his creation or vice versa
have ended up believing that they are themselves a fragment of Allahs essence,
far is He from such an abomination.
This booklet is destined to all those sincere brothers and sisters who are
looking for the truth with regards to this fundamental issue in our belief. I hope
this reminder helps myself strengthen my beliefs and help prevent my brothers
and sisters fall in the trap of those calling to corrupt beliefs regarding Allahs
essence.
May Allah reward all those who have contributed in the realization of this
humble effort. May Allah make our Muslim brothers and sisters benefit from it.

SHABBIR CHOWTHEE
B.A. Islamic University Of Madina
Republic of Mauritius
(230) 768-4083

CHAPTER 1
ALLAH IS ABOVE THE SEVENTH HEAVEN OVER HIS THRONE

Proofs from the Quraan and Hadith


Allah is above His Throne

Allah says:


The Most Gracious (Allah) rose over (Istawaa) the (Mighty) Throne (in a
manner that suits His Majesty). (Quran 20:5)
According to this verse, we understand that Allah is over His Throne.
There are another six places in the Quran where Allah mentioned that He is over
His Throne:
S 7 V 54
S 10 V 3
S 13 V 3
S 25 V 59
S 32 V 4
S 57 V 4
The Prophet said:



Before Allah created the creation, He wrote a kitaab (book): My Rahmah
(mercy)

precedes My wrath, and this (the phrase) is in written with Him above the
Throne.
(BUKHARI 6999)

The Prophet said:



When our Rab decrees something, those who are holding His Throne, they do
Tasbiih. Then, the inhabitants in the heaven (sky) below them, they also they do
Tasbiih, until this Tasbiih reach the inhabitants of this sky (heaven).
(MUSLIM 4136)

According to this hadith, we see that Allahs Throne is above the heavens,
and Allah is over His Throne.

Note:
Certain

sects

have

misinterpreted

the

verb

Istawaa

in

order

to prove that Allah is everywhere. But this interpretation is a mere error which
is unacceptable in the arabic language.

Abul Aaliyah (90H) said:

( )

Istawaa to the heaven (sky) means to elevate


(BUKHARI)

The TaabeI Mujaahid (101 H) said:

( )

Istawaa (on the throne) means that Allah is elevated over the throne.
(BUKHARI)

Reported by Sufyaan Ibn Uyaynah (198 H):




I was at Rabiiah Ibn Abi Abdir Rahmaans place (d.136 H), and someone
asked him: Ar-Rahmaan (Allah) is Istawaa over the Throne. How was He
Istawaa? So, he replied: Al Istawaa is not an unknown (word), but how did He
Istawaa, this cannot be understood (by our limited mind),believing in it is
obligatory, and questioning regarding it is an innovation (Bidah).
(MUKHTASWAR-UL-ULLI 132)

Reported by Bishr Ibn Umar (207 H):

( )

I heard more than one among the Muffassir saying: Ar Rahmaan (Allah) is
Istawaa over the Throne- means that He is elevated over the Throne.
(AL-LAALAKAAI 13/397/662)

Allah is above

Allah says:


They (the angels) fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are
commanded. (Quran 16:50)
Allah says:

And He is the Irresistible, (supreme) above His slaves (Quran 6:18)


The Prophet used to say in his Duaa:

You are Az-Zwahir there is nothing above you.


(MUSLIM 4888)

Allah is above the heaven



Allah says:



Do you feel secure that He, Who is over the heaven (Allah), will not cause the
earth to sink with you, and then it should quake? Or do you feel secure that He,
who is over the heaven (Allah), will not send against you a violent whirlwind?
Then you shall know how (terrible) has been My Warning. (Quran 67:16-17)
According to these two verses, we understand that Allah who sends
calamities is above the heaven.
At-Twabari (310H) said in his tafsir:
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Or do you feel secure that He, Who is above the heavens He is Allah will not
send against you a violent whirlwind.
(TAFSIR 29/7)

The Prophet said :


The merciful will be shown mercy by Ar-Rahmaan (Allah). Have mercy on
those who are on earth, so that the One who is above the heaven will have
mercy on you.
(TIRMIZI 1847)

The Prophet said:



I swear on He in whose hand my life is, there is no husband who invites his
wife on his bed, and she refuses, except that He who is over the heaven is
angry with her until that he (the husband) is satisfied with her.
(MUSLIM 2595)

Reported by Muaawiyah ibnul Hakam:



I had a slave girl who was in charge of the grazing of my sheeps near Uhud and
Jawwaaniyyah. One day when I looked, I saw that the wolf has taken away a
sheep.
I am a man among the chidren of Aadam; I get angry like they get angry. So, I
slapped her. Then, I came to the Allahs Messenger, and he made me
understand that it was a very grave thing that I did.
I said: Oh Messenger of Allah, do I set her free?
He said: Bring her to me
I brought her to him, and he asked her: Where is Allah?
She replied: Above the heaven.
He asked her: Who am I?
She replied: You are the Messenger of Allah.
The Prophet said: "Set her free, for she is a believer.
(MUSLIM 836)

From this Hadith, we understand that the Prophet considered her answer
that Allah is above the heaven as a proof that she is a believer.
Abu Saiid Ad Daarmi (280H) said:


In this Hadith of the Messenger of Allah, there is proof that if a person does not
know that Allah is above the heaven without being on the earth, he is not a
Mumin (believer).
(AR-RAD ALAL-JAHMIYYAH pg 46)

Everything ascends towards Allah

In the Quraan and the authentic sunnah, Allah and His Messenger
let us know that creatures and all created things ascend towards Allah.
This is another proof that Allah is High Up.
Allah says:

To Him ascend (all) the goodly words. (Quran 35:10)


The Prophet

(
)

said:

Nothing ascends towards Allah except what is good (good actions)


(BUKHARI 6878)

Reported by Abdullah Ibnus Saaib:


Allahs Messenger was praying 4 rakaahs of prayer after zawaal (midday),
before zuhr, and he said:
Certainly This is a time when the doors of heaven are open and I like that
during this time a good action of mine goes up (to Allah).
(TIRMIZI 1440)

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His creatures ascends to Him

Allah says:

The angels and the Ruh (Jibril) ascend to Him in a Day the measure whereof is
fifty thousand years. (Quran 70:4)
Allah says:

He manages and regulates (every) affair from the heavens to the earth; then it
(affair) will go up to Him, in one Day, the space whereof is a thousand years of
your reckoning (i.e reckoning of our present worlds time). (Quran 32:5)
With regards to the ascent itself, the Miraaj (ascent) of our Prophet

to the seventh heaven where Allah talked to him directly clearly shows
that Allah is high up above the heavens. During the Miraaj, while returning,
he met Mousaa on the sixth heaven, and Mousaa told him:


Return to your Rab (Allah), and ask Him to reduce (the number of prayers)
for your Ummah. (BUKHARI 12047)
Had Allah been everywhere, there would have been no necessity for the
Prophet to ascend to the seventh heaven again to ask Allah to
reduce the number of prayers.
Abu Saiid Ad-Daarmi (280H) said:
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If Allah was everywhere like they pretend, Israa, Buraaq and Miraaj (all these)
would have been meaningless.
(AR-RAD ALAL-JAHMIYYAH Pg 67)

Allah raises his creatures unto Himself

Allah says concerning Prophet Eesaa:


For surely; they killed him not (i.e. Eesaa, son of Maryam) But Allah raised
him (Eesaa) up (with his body and soul) unto Himself. (Quran 4:157-158)
Allah says:

O Eesaa! I will take you and raise you to Myself. (Quran 3:55)
Allah says that He has raised Eesaa up to Himself; meaning that Allah is
himself high above.
The Prophet said:

Actions during the night are raised up to Him before the day, and actions during
the day (are raised up) before the night
(MUSLIM 263)

Reported by Usaamah ibn Zayd:


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I asked (the Prophet ) :
Oh Messenger of Allah I havent seen you fast in any month like you
fast in the month of Shabaan!
So, the Prophet said:
People do not pay attention to This month, which is between the months of
Rajab and Ramadwaan, and it is a month during which the actions are raised up
to Rabbul Aalamiin (Allah. I prefer that when my actions are raised, I am
fasting (during this time).
(NASAAI 2317)

Allaah descends

The Prophet said:


Each night when one-third of the night remains, our Rab descends to the
heaven (sky) of Dunyaa and He says: (calling upon)
Whoever calls upon Me, I will answer him. Whoever asks Me, I will give him.
Whoever seeks forgiveness from Me, I will forgive him.
(BUKHARI 1077)

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Ibn Abi Zamaniin (399 H) said:

This Hadith shows clearly that Allah is above His Throne, above the heaven, not
on earth.
(USOUL - US - SUNNAH Pg 113)

Allah sends information from above the heavens

We all agree that Allah has sent the Quran from above the heavens.
Allah says:


All praises and thanks be to Allah, Who has sent down to His slave
(Muhammad) the Book (the Quran). (Quran 18:1)
Allah says:


Verily, We have sent it (this Quran) down in the night of Al-Qadr (Decree).
(Quran 97:1)

Ad Daarmi (280 H) said:

All these are proofs that Allah has descended it (Al Quran) from Him from the
heaven.
(AR RAD ALAL JAHMIYYAH Pg 65)

Reported by Ibn Abbaas:

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When Abu Zarr learnt about the coming of the Prophet , he said
to his brother:
Go to that valley on your mount and inform me concerning that person who is
pretending that he is a Prophet and that information come to him from the
heavens. Listen to him (his words) and then you come to me.
(BUKHARI 3572)

Allah is veiled and separated from His creatures.


The Prophet said with regards to Allah:

His veil is made of Noor (light). If He would have taken off this veil, the

majesty of His face would have burnt all His creatures whom the gaze of Allah
encompasses.
(MUSLIM 263)

Abu Saiid Ad Darmi (280 H) said:

In it also there is proof that He (Allah) is separated from His creatures, and He
is veiled from them.
(AR-RAD ALAL JAHMIYYAH Pg 73)

Talking concerning Aqueedah of the AhlusSunnah, Ibn Abi Zamaniin (390 H)


said:

Allah is separated from His creatures. He is veiled from them by veils.


(USOUL US SUNNAH Pg 106)

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Moosaa was inviting towards the Aqueedah that Allah is over the heavens
Allah says:



And Firaun (Pharaoh) said: Oh Haaman! Build me a tower that I may arrive
at the ways The ways of the heavens, and I may look upon the Ilaah (God)
of Mousa; But verily, I think him to be a liar. (Quran 40:36-37)
According to this verse, we understand that Moosaa must have told Firawn that Allah is over the heaven, and so, because of this, fir-awn had wanted to
arrange a tower to go and see where Moosaas God is.
Abu Saiid Ad Daarmi (280 H) said:



In this verse there is a clear statement (declaration) and an obvious indication
that Moosaa was preaching to Fir-awn that Allah is over the heavens. This is why
he ordered the building of the monument and he wanted to know Him.
(AR RAD ALAL JAHMIYYAH Pg 45)

Imaam At Twabari (310 H) said:

(Fir-awn) said: I think that Moosaa is a liar in what he is saying and he is


pretending that he has a Rab above the heaven who sent him to us.
(JAAMI UL BAYAAN 24/66)

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We raise hands towards the skies to supplicate (ask Duaa)


Islam has taught us to raise our two hands towards the heaven when we
supplicate. This is a proof that Allah is not everywhere, but He is above the
heaven.
The Prophet said:

Your Rab is modest and generous; He is ashamed when His slave raises his
two hands towards Him (to supplicate Allah), and for Him to return these two
hands empty (without giving him anything)
(ABU DAWOUD 1273)

Reported by Usaamah ibn Zayd:


When the Messenger of Allah was extremely ill, I went to Madinah
accompanied by some people. I entered the Messenger of Allahs place, he
was quiet and he was no longer talking. He raised his two hands towards the
heaven and then he bent them towards me. (By this) I came to know that he
was supplicating (asking duaa) for me.
(AHMAD 20760)

Ibn Abdil Bar (463 H) said:


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Again among the proofs that (Allah) He is over the throne, High above the
seven heavens, is that all the Muwahhid (monotheists believers) among
the arabs and non-arabs when something has caused their sorrow or a
difficulty has strike them, they raise their face towards the heaven seeking
help from their Rab.
(AT-TAMHIID 7/134)

The Prophet pointed to Allah towards the heavens



Reported by Jaabir:

On the day of Arafat (10 H), the Prophet made a sermon (khutbah), and in it
he said:

You will be questioned concerning me, and so, what will you say?
The companions of the Holy Prophet replied:

We bear witness that you have conveyed (the message), you have fulfilled
(your mission) and you have advised (this Ummah).

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So, the Prophet pointed with his forefinger towards the heavens and
then towards the people and said:
Oh Allah, bear witness! Oh Allah bear witness! three times.
(MUSLIM 2137)

Allahs Names
Among the names that Allah has, some names indicate that Allah is
high up. Those names are:

)Al-Alaa

)Al-Aliyyu

)Al-Muta-'aal

Allah says:

Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High. (Quran 87:1)
Ibn Khuzaymah (311 H) said:

Al Alaa is understood in language that He is higher than everything and He is


above everything.
(KITAB UT TAWHEED Pg 74)

Allah says:

And He is the Most High, the Most Great. (Quran 2:255)

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Allah says:


All Knower of the Unseen and the seen, the Most Great, the Most High.
(Quran 13:9)

IJMAA (Consensus) of the companions of the Prophet.


The Swahaabah have always held the belief that Allah is above His throne
above the seven heavens.
Reported by Ibn Umar that when the Prophet died, Abu Bakr
said:



Oh people, if Muhammad was your ilaah whom you worshiped, then, (know
that) your ilaah is already dead. And if your Ilaah Who is over the heavens is
your Ilaah, then, He is not dead.
(IBN ABI SHAYBAH 7/427)

Reported by Zakwaan:

When Aaishah was near her death, Ibn Abbaas asked permission to visit her,
and then he said to her:

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...

Among the wives of the Messenger of Allah , he loved you the


most, and he did not love except which is good Allah Talaa has sent
proof of your innocence through jibreal from above the seven heavens.
(AHMAD 1/276/2366)

Ibn Abbaas said:

When Allah talked to Mousaa, the call was (from) above the heavens, and
Allah was over the heavens.
(KHALQ AF AALIL IBAAD Pg 41)

Reported by Anas:


Zaynab bintu Jahsh used to boast to the (other) wives of the Prophe t(
)

As for you, your family arranged your marriages, butas for me, Allah
arranged my marriage from above the seven heavens.
(BUKHARI, IBN SAD 6870, Refer to Quran 33:37)

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IJMAA (Consensus) of the Ulamaa.


The trustworthy Ulamaa have always had the conception that Allah is over
His throne.
Ayyoub As Sakhtiyaani (131 H) said concerning the Mutazilah:

The thing on which they revolve is that they say that there is no one over the
heavens.
(SIYAR 6/24)

By these words, we understand that by denying the attributes of Allah,


those who claim that Allah everywhere are indirectly denying the existence of
Allah who is over the heavens.

Al Awzaaii (157 H) said:

We were saying (this) and the Taabeiin were in great number:


Allah is over His Throne, and we believe (have faith/Imaan) in His attributes
which have been mentioned in the Sunnah.
(FAT HUL BAARI 13/406, K.A.S BAIHAQI No 865)

Reported by Abu Mutwii Al Baalkhi (199 H):


( )
I asked Imaam Abu Haniifah (150 H) concerning one who says:

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I dont know if my Rab is over the heavens or on the earth.


He replied:
He has committed kufr (disbelief) because Allah is saying: Ar Rahmaan is
elevated over the throne, and His Throne is above His heavens.
(MUKHTASWAR UL ULU Pg 136, AWN UL MABOUD 9/76)

Sulaymaan Ibn Bilaal At Taymi (172 H) said:

If I am questionned about where Allah is, I will say that He is over the heavens.
(AL LAALAKAAI 13/401/671)

Reported by Ali Ibnul Hassan:


I asked Abdullah Ibnul Mubaarak (181 H):
How must we know our Rab?
So he replied:
above the seventh heaven, above His Throne, separated from His
creatures. We do not say like the Jahmiyyah who say that He is here on
earth.
(AS SUNNAH by Abdullah 1/111/22, 1/175/216)

Abdur Rahmaan Ibn Mahdi (198 H) said:



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The Jahmiyyah wanted to deny that Allah talked to Moosaa and that Allah is
Istawaa over the throne. My opinion (concerning them) is that they should be
asked to do Tawbah (repentance). If they do Tawbah (it is good). Or else they
should be beheaded.
(SIYAR 9/199)

Muhammad Ibn Musab (228 H) said:

(Oh Allah) I testify that You are above the throne, above the seven heavens. Not
like the infidels, who are the enemies of Allah, say.
(A.S. DAARQUTNI 1/43/64)

Qutaybah Ibn Saiid (240 H) said:

This is the saying of the Imaams of Islam, and (Aqeedah) of Ahl us Sunnah wal Jamaaah: We know that our Rab is above the seventh heaven over His
Throne.
(SIYAR 11/20)

Abu Bakr Al Khallaal (311 H) said:

...

Imaam Ahmad was questioned concerning one who says that Allah is not over
the throne, and he replied: All their words are based on disbelief (kufr).
(IJTIMAA UL JUYOUSH Pg 200)

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Al Muzani (246 H) said:

Nobodys Tawheed is valid until he acknowledges that Allah Taaalaa is over


(His) Throne, along with His attributes (Swifaat).
(SIYAR 12/494)

The Fatwaa Committee of Saudi Arabia said:

...

He who has the conception that Allah is everywhere, in fact he is among the
Hulouliyyah (those who believe that Allah is living in His creatures) . If he
submits to what Al Kitaab, As Sunnah and Ijmaa' have proven, (it is this
which is compulsory on him), otherwise he is a kaafir (non believer) who has
given up (abandon) Islaam.
(FATAAWALLAJNAH 3/160/5213)

Reason
For us to understand where Allah is, we have to ask ourselves a question:
What did Allah do when He created the world?
There are 3 possible answers to this question:
a) Either Allah created the world, and then He entered this world.
b) Either Allah created the world in Himself.
c) Or Allah created the world separated from His Zaat (self).
As answer to this question, Ibn Taymiyyah said:

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It is known that there is nothing in existence except the Creator and the created.
The Creator is separated from the created. Nothing from His essence (Zaat)
dwells in His creatures, and nothing among His creatures dwells in His essence
(Zaat).
(AT TADMOURIYYAH Pg 45)

Therefore, if we agree that Allah created the world separated from His
Zaat, we must agree that Allah is not present with His essence in this world. And
if we agree that Allah is not present with His essence in this world, then the
question arises:
Where is ALLAH?
Those who claim that this question is not acceptable with regards to Allah
since Allah cannot be characterized by a place, are disapproved by the best of
people through whom the affairs of this deen was established Prophet
Muhammad himself. We already mentioned earlier the hadeeth of the slave girl

he asked her: Where is Allah?


This question was first formulated by our beloved prophet himself. Ald he was
satisfied with the answer of the slave girl who replied Allah is above the heavens.
We have also seen that according to the Quraan and Hadith, Ijmaa
(consensus), reason and the human natural instinct, Allah is above His Throne,
above the seventh heaven. However you must be aware oh reader that those
misguided people among the Sufis and other than them who are preaching that
Allah is everywhere are threading the path of destruction. Also know, O reader,
that some of these misguided people go to the extreme of saying that everything
that exists, exists within Allah and that nothing but Allah exists.

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We keep All valuable things at high levels, and we keep all invaluable things, at
low levels. Certainly our Creator most high has more value than anything else.
High is He above His creation.
If we say that Allahs essence is present everywhere, we have to acknowledge
that Allah also present in evil places on earth like the lavatories, clubs and pubs
and in other dirty places. This should be sufficient for any believing intelligent
muslim to understand that Allaah with His essence (Zaat) is not present
everywhere in His creations. But He is over His Throne, above the seventh
heaven.
Abu Bakr Al Baaqillani (403 H) said:


( )

If they ask: Do you say that He (Allah) is everywhere?
We reply: We seek refuge (from such a word). But He is elevated over His
throne in the manner He has informed (us) in His Book: Ar Rahmaan is
Istawaa (elevated) over the Throne If He is everywhere, He had to be in
the humans tummy, in their mouth, and (also) in the toilets.
(SIYAR 17/558, HAASHIYAH IBN IL QAYYIM 13/36)

When people go to extremes in their beliefs, Allah subjects them to utter


confusion. How can these misguided people show repulsion when a piece of
paper with Allahs name is taken to a impure place such as while they hold the
corrupted belief that Allah in His pure essence is present in those very places.

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Pretending that Allah is everywhere, is agreeing with the idol worshippers those
who say that we are not worshipping the idols, but we are worshipping the god
who lives in these idols.
He who says that Allah is everywhere, is indirectly saying that Allah exists in
several parts, one part of Allah in Insaan (Man), another part in fish, another part
in trees, another part in rocks, another part in the sea . Etc. Based on this,
some individuals among the misguided ones have claimed that he who is
worshipping a piece of rock, is in fact, worshipping Allah Himself.

The Human Natural Instinct.


Human natural instinct also proves to us that Allah is above his creation.
When a person faces difficulties, instinctly he raises his two hands towards the
heaven to supplicate, and to seek help.
Reported by Muhammad Ibn Twaahir Al Maqdisi (507 H):






(Once) the Muhaddith Abu Jafar Al Hamazaani (531 H) came to a majlis
Waz of Abul Ma-ali Al Juwayni (478 H) and he (heard him) saying:
Allah existed without the existence of the throne and now He is over what he
was!
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Abu Jafar told him:


Oh professor, inform us concerning this need which we feel; never has an Aarif
(learned one) said: Oh Allah, except that he feels a necessity from his heart
which seeks the upwards direction and he does not turn neither to the right nor to
the left! How will we take out this necessity from us?
Abul Ma-aali replied:
Oh my beloved, there is nothing except trouble!
He smacked his head and descended (from the Mimbar).
(SIYAR 18/474)

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CHAPTER 2
A FALSE NOTION

The Notion of Wahdat-Ul-Wujoud


There is no doubt that Shaytwaan is our enemy. He has caused many muslims to
deviate from the correct belief, and made them believe in many falsehoods.
Among those who have fallen in the trap of Shaytwaan are the Sufis. They have
come to propagate the conception that Allah is everywhere because He is
everything which is existent. This conception is the one which is known as the
conception of Wahdat-ul-Wujoud believe that everything which is existent is
Allah, and Allah is everything which is existing.
An-Naabulsi said:


[The ignorant subconscious thinks that his Rab is over the heaven.]
Nowadays, one among the writers who are propagating this Aqeedah is Harun
Yahya. Harun Yahya has written several books and propagates the belief of
wahdatul wujood in many of them. His website is: http://www.harunyahya.com.
We are quoting below from his books:
Harun Yahya says :

[Since we can never actually reach the external world, how can we be sure that
such a world really exists? Actually we cannot. The only world that really exists
is the world of perceptions.]
Harun Yahya says:

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[ There is no basic difference between the dream and the real world; both of
them are experienced in the brain.]
Harun Yahya says :

[ Just as the bodies we possess and the material world we see in our dreams
have no reality, the universe we occupy and the bodies we possess also have no
material reality.]
Harun Yahya says :

[ All the events in the world are but mere imagination.]


Harun Yahya says :

[ All the possessions you seem to have do not exist, but they are merely dreams
composed of images which Allah shows you to test you.]
Harun Yahya says :

[ The world is only a collection of perceptions, an illusion.]


After denying the existence of everything, Harun Yahya comes forward with the
conception of Wahdat-ul-Wujoud, e.g, the conception that only Allah exists.
Harun Yahya says :

[The only real absolute being is Allah. That means that only Allah is; all
things except Him are shadow beings. Consequently, it is impossible to
conceive Allah as a separate being outside this whole mass of matter. Allah
is surely everywhere and encompasses all]
Harun Yahya says concerning Allaah :

[ He is the only absolute being.]


Harun Yahya says :

[ Allah, the only Absolute Being.]

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Harun Yahya says :

[ In reality, Allah performs all acts.]


Harun Yahya has also stated clearly that he has got this conception from the
deviated Ibn Arabi and Rabbaani.
Harun Yahya says :

[ This reality has been understood by a number of theists or philosophers


throughout history. Islamic intellectuals such as Imam Rabbani, Muhiyiddin Ibn
al-Arabi and Mawlana Jami realized this from the signs of the Quran and by
using their reason.]
Harun Yahya says that Imam Rabbani has written :

[ In reality, there is nothing in the outside except the Glorious Being, (Who is
Allah).]
Harun Yahya says concerning this notion :

[ Great scholars such as Imam Rabbani have written that it might not be wise to
tell this fact to the masses because most people are not able to grasp it.]
Refer to:
1. ALLAH IS KNOWN THROUGH REASON, THE EVOLUTION DECEIT [PG
156-205].
2. FOR MEN OF UNDERSTANDING [PG 243-272].

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The Ulamaa (scholars) warn against the Conception of Wahdat ul


Wujood.
There is no doubt that the notion of Wahdat ul Wujood is one of the
the most extreme form of Shirk which has ever existed. Because its beliefs
necessitates the its holder to accept that everything is Allah and Allah is
everything even the idols. Therefore, the Ulamaa have warned us against such a
belief and also against those who hold such beliefs, such as: Abu Yaziid Al
Bustwaami, Al Hallaaj, Ibnul Faarid, Ibn Arabi and Jalaal ud Deen Ar
Roumi.
Allah has described the christians as polytheists (Mushrik) because they
took Eesa (Jesus) as God (Ilaah). While the Christians have associated only
Jesus as an Ilah with Allah, the holders of the corrupt belief of wahdat-ul-wujood
consider the whole of creation as part of Allah. We leave it to the reader to
evaluate the extent of their shirk.
The Hanafi Scholar, Ibn Abil Iz said:



This belief (i.e denying the attributes of Allah) has brought some people to
believe in Al Huloul (that Allah enters His creatures) and Al ittihaad (that Allah
and the creation is one), and this belief is worse than the christians kufr. The
chritians limited it to Eesaa Ibn Maryam, whereas they have eneralized it to all
creatures.
(SHARHUL AQEEDATIT TWAHAAWIYYAH Pg 78-79)

Refering to Wahdat ul Wujood, the Hanafi Scholar, Mulla Ali Qaari (1014 H)
says:

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: ...

But this is clear kufr .. This is like the words of Ibn Arabi: He who worships the
idol, in fact he has worshipped As Swamad (Allah) Himself. We seek refuge
from Allah against these corrupt sayings.
(AT TAJRIID Pg 32)

He also wrote a booklet on this subject entitled:


Ar-Rad alal-Qaa-i-liina Bi wahdat-il-Wujoud
In this booklet, he quotes the saying of the Hanafi Scholar, Ibn Abil Iz:


But Ibn Arabi and his likes are Hypocrites (munafiq), the Zanaadiqah (those who
present themselves as muslims and they hide kufr in their inner self) who believe
in Al ittihaad, and they will be in the lowest fire (hell).
(Pg 60)

He further says:


Know that he who believes in the reality of Ibn Arabis creed, is a disbeliever
(kaafir) based on Ijmaa', without any difference of opinion.
Abu Muhammad Ibn Abdis Salaam (660 H) said concerning follows the same
creed as Ibn Arabi:


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He is in greater disbelief than the christians.


Sheikh Abu Hafs Umar Ibn Raslaan (805 H) said concerning Ibn Arabi:

He is an unbeliever .
Haafiz Al-Iraaqi (820 H) said:

)(
There is no doubt that the infamous Al Fusous1, is a book which contains
plain kufr.Tthere shouldnot be any doubt about this matter.
Ibraahim Al Jabari (687 H) said concerning Ibn Arabi:


He denies every book that Allah has revealed and every prophet whom Allah
has sent .
The Shafei Muhammad Ibn Ibraahim (733 H) said concerning Ibn Arabi:


He is aconsidered as a disbeliever bythe scholars of Ahlut Tawheed.
The Hanbali Mas-oud Ibn Ahmad Al Haarithi (711 H) said:
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Al-Fusous is a book written by Ibn Arabi.

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Words attributed to this book which has been mentionned, it contains kufr.
The Shafei Nour ud Deen Al Bakri (727 H) said concerning Ibn Arabi:


He is a disbeliever in his words and his creed, openly and in hiding.
The Shafeii scholar Umar Ibn Abil Hazm (730 H) said concerning Ibn Arabi:



As for his words: Allah is Himself the creation, these are the words of those
who believe in Wahdat ul Wujoud, and these words are like the words of the
insane.
In fact Is even more stupid than that.
Ibn Taymiyyah (728 H) said:


Certainly their kufr is more serious than the kufr of the jews, christians and even
the arab idol worshippers (of the time of jaahiliya).
(MAJMOU FATAAWAA 11/227)

Ibn Taymiyyah said:

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He who doesnt consider them as disbelievers, then his own disbelief is greater
than the jews and the christians.
Ibn Hajar (852 H) said:





I asked our sheikh, Imaam Siraaj-udDeen AlBulqiini (805 H) concerning Ibn
Arabi. He at immediatelyreplied that he is a kaafir. Then, I asked him concerning
Ibnul Faarid. He said:
I do not like talking about him.
I told him:
What difference is there between the two, when they hold the same position.
And
I recited (some verses) from At Taaiyah2. He interrupted me by saying: This is
kufr. This is kufr.
(LISAAN UL MIIZAAN 4/318)

Written by Ibn Arabi.

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Conclusion
I am convinced that after you have read this book, you are now in a
position to distinguish clearly between the light of truth and the darkness of
falsehood. I sincerely advise you to hold firm onto the Quraan and Hadith and
Aqeedah of the Salaf. Do be deceived by unknown writers who are becoming
popular in our present time, a time characterised by a lessfall in the number of
trustworthy scholars and a widespread of corrupted pseudo sholars. Do not let
yourself influenced by the worldly success of books written by pseudo
intellectuals, except after taking advice from our trustworthy Ulamaa. Know that
Islaam has never needed the assistance of science or empirical research to
prove its truthfulness. The truth of Islam is natural just like the sun in in broad
daylight. The rays of its light are radiant at all times, in all places. Follow the
footsteps of the Salaf and our Ulamaa and Allah wills, our faith and our Aqeedah
will be preserved.
May Allah guide us all to the truth.
Aameen

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