MUSLIM](i) The hadeeth establishes the un*****ocal validity of asking the
question: 'Where is Allaah?' (ii) The only acceptable answer from a Believer to
the question 'Where is Allaah?' is to say 'Is (above) the heaven' since the
Prophet sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam himself accepted this answer and did not
criticise it in any way. To give an answer other than this would be to venture
into the realms of speculation. Aboo Mutee' al-Hakam ibn 'Abdullah al-Balkee
said: "I asked Aboo Haneefah about the one who says: 'I do not know whether my
Lord is in the sky or the earth.'" So he said: 'He is a kaafir, for Allaah, the
Most High, says: and His Throne is above the heavens.' So I said: "If he says:
'I say that He ascended above the Throne but I do not know whether the Throne
is in the heavens or the earth.'" He said: 'If he denies that He is above the
sky then he is a kaafir.' (Sharh 'Aqeedah at-Tahaweeyah p.288 of ibn Abil-'Izz
al-Hanafee, and Mukhtasar al-'Uluww no.118 of adh-Dhahabee)If we take the above
statement we can say that Haarun Yahya is a KAFIR, but we leave that for the
people of knowledge, however we ask the muslims who read his books to ask
themselves whether they are going to help promote Kufr by buying his books?? As
Allaah said: "help one another to birr and taqwa and do not help one another to
ithm and udwaan"Does advising from or selling or promoting his books make you
part of this. Also our Prophet sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam said: "Whoever
sees an evil then let him change it with his hand, if you cannot then with
tongue, if you cannot then with the heart, that's the weakest of eemaan."Why
did Imaam Aboo Haneefah (rahimahullah) impute with Kufr one who does not know
whether Allaah is in the heavens or on earth? Ibn Abil-'Izz writes: "Do not pay
any attention to those who reject this narration from those who ascribe
themselves to the Madhhab of Aboo Haneefah, for a group of the Mu'tazilah and
other than them attribute themselves to him but differ with him in a large
number of his beliefs. And those who oppose some of the beliefs of Maalik,
ash-Shaafi'ee and Ahmad also attribute themselves to them. And the story of
Aboo Yusuf asking Bishr al-Mareesee to repent when he denied that Allaah is
above His Throne is well known, reported by 'Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Abee Haatim and
others." (Sharh 'Aqeedah at-Tahaawiyyah, p.288)Allaah, the Most High, says:
"Behold! Allaah said: O 'Eesa, I will take you and raise you up to Myself."
(Soorah Aali-'Imraan 3:55)"They fear their Lord who is above (fawq) them."
(Soorah an-Nahl 16:50)The Messenger of Allaah sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam
said: “Do you not trust me and I am the trustworthy servant of Him Who is above
the sky. The news of heaven comes to me in the morning and the evening.”
[al-Bukhaaree and Muslim from Aboo Sa'eed al-Khudree]The Prophet sal-Allaahu
'alayhe wa sallam also said: “Those who are merciful will be shown mercy by the
Most High. Have mercy upon those on the earth, then He who is in the sky will
have mercy upon you.” [Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, al-Bukhaaree in at-Tareekh
al-Kabeer, al-Haakim who authenticated it and adh-Dhahabee agreed. At-Tirmidhee
graded it as hasan saheeh in his Sunan]Also the lengthy hadeeth in which the
Prophet sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam describes the journey of the righteous
soul through the heavens after death: “…thereafter it is taken up to the sky
which is then opened for it. It is said: 'Who is this?' So (the Angel) says:
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