Where is Allah?

**true_hanafi** · 07-10-2004, 10:13 AM

Assalam Alaikum

I went to ask-imam website, i am bit confused, my question is where is Allah? can brothers/sisters answer this, and quote deobandis scholars.
Inshallah

wassalam
True_Hanafi

**Mustafa** · 07-10-2004, 11:04 AM

bismillah

Wa alaikum as salaam

The Creator of time and space is not bound by the laws that He created. If Allah were in a 'place' then that would imply that He has a physical form (as only physical forms are bound by the six directions - up, down, front, back, left, right - of space) and that He is dwelling within His Creation (as the six directions of space are created by Him) and this is haraam to believe. In short, Allah is independent of time and space.

The Deobandi position is the same as the position as the rest of Ahl-us-Sunnah. Mufti Desai speaks of it HERE

And Allah knows best

Wa salam
Your brother in Islam

**Mustafa** · 07-10-2004, 11:19 AM

Also, take a look at the Aqidah at-Tahawiyya HERE specifically the following points:

8 - No imagination can conceive of Him and no understanding can comprehend Him.

9 - He is different from any created being.

34 - Anyone who describes Allah as being in any way the same as a human being has become an unbeliever. All those who grasp this will take heed and refrain from saying things such as the unbelievers say, and they will know that He, in His attributes, is not like human beings.

38 - He is beyond having limits placed on Him, or being restricted, or having parts or limbs. Nor is He contained by the six directions as all created things are.

50 - He is independent of the Throne and what is beneath it.

And Allah knows best

**Mossy** · 07-10-2004, 11:38 AM

To summarise, the question makes no sense.

**A D I D A S** · 07-10-2004, 01:19 PM

Brother Mossy : ) : ) : )

**A D I D A S** · 07-10-2004, 01:20 PM

or a muslim to ask, where is allah makes no sense.
If kafir asked, that would be undstndble

**UmmIbrahimIsa** · 07-10-2004, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by A D I D A S

or a muslim to ask, where is allah makes no sense.
If kafir asked, that would be undstndble

Assalamu alaikum wr wb

usually ppl ask what they dont know and to make fun of them it would be wrong or offensive.

better to tell them straight out truthfully about it rather than say how can you not know? as you cannot blame them for asking this as perhaps some said to them Allah is here or there, or up etc... when we should say about it.

IN answer to your ?s on where is Allah, HIS knowledge is everywhere, HIS POWER is everywhere. HE has no need to be in a certain place,

why dont you take an aqeedah class on sunnipath then you can learn about it from a qualified scholar?

**Mossy** · 07-10-2004, 05:22 PM

Originally Posted by A D I D A S

or a muslim to ask, where is allah makes no sense.
If kafir asked, that would be undstndble

Not really.. If you agree with someone (for the purposes of discussion) that there is a God who createed the universe, then that person would have to accede that God (assuming he existed) would not be subject to definitions which only exist within the context of this universe.

**suhayl** · 07-10-2004, 05:32 PM

Salaams

I have an explanation...(might be beneficial or otherwise)

However I don't know if it is jaa'iz for me to type it up.

Therefore I will consult an alim and then if jaa'iz, I will post up the explanation.