Quite
surprisingly, when his case raised a question i'tiqodiyah, "Where is
God?", We get a variety of answers and different from the mouths of the
Muslims. People
think that the question should not be where God is, but not a few who
said, "God is everywhere", more ironically, some say, "God is not above,
nor below, not to the right nor on the left, not in the west not the east, not the south nor in the north. "
The
reader, really very concerned if a Muslim or a lot of Muslims do not
know the main problem in this religion, but what about to say if this is
the current reality shows, but one phenomenon that pretty mu `sif (sad)
befall this nation away from the background with true
religion science education, as God has said, "God confers al wisdom (of
understanding that the recent Koran and Sunnah) to whom He pleases. And
whoever is granted wisdom, he al really has granted abundant good ., and only those who berakallah to take lessons. " (Surah Al Baqoroh: 269). "Say: 'Are the same people who know with those who do not know?' Indeed the berakallah to receive lessons. " (Surah Az Zumar: 9).How not to say that the subject matter in religion, knowledge of "where God is?" when it turns out Muhammad sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam make it as the argument for the truth of one's faith. In
the Saheeh Muslim, Sunan Abi Daud, Sunan An Nasa `i, and other
companions as Sulami Hakam ibn Mu'awiya, he said: I have a slave who
used to graze goats in the direction of Uhud and beyond, one day I
control it suddenly
a wolf had preyed on one of them-while I was a man of Adam's race who
also felt the same sadness-then I will so until then I will slap
menyayangkannya (slaps his slave, pent.), and then I came to the Prophet
sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam, and I told him the incident. He raised it to me, I asked, "O Muhammad memerdekakannya do I have?" He said, "Call him here!" I immediately called him and he asked her, "Where is God?" He replied, "In heaven." "Who am I?" asked the Prophet. "You Muhammad (Messenger of God)" he said. Then Muhammad said to me, "he Merdekakan, in fact he was a mu` min. "
In the hadith contained three significant lessons. First: The Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam set the slave of faith when he knows that God is in the sky. Second: Disyari'atkannya greeting a Muslim who asks "Where is God? '. Third: Disyari'atkannya for the person who asked it to answer, "Above the sky." Sulaiman at Taimi, one tabi'in said, "When I asked where God is? I will definitely answer in the sky."
Readers,
what happens if it turns out most people who taunya limited "blessed
water" and those whose specialty is only then a priori to reject even
more than that infidel people who question "Where is God?" Know
that those who deny these problems meant he had to deny Muhammad
sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam, wal' iyadzubillah if then
mengkafirkannya. Answer
a slave in the above hadith according to the word of Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala, "Do you feel secure against Him Who is in heaven, that he will
overturn the earth with you ... Or do you feel secure against God in
heaven that He will send a rocky storm. " (Surat al-Mulk: 16-17). It
is not surprising then that the One God is setting in the sky to the
belief that the four imams, Imam Abu Hanifa-a pious country of
Iraq-said, "Those who deny Allah Almighty in heaven then he has been
ungrateful!" Imam
Malik Hijroh-Darul-priest says, "God is in the sky, while knowledge
(His knowledge) in any place, it will not escape from him." Muhammad
bin Idris, who is better known as Imam ash Shafi'i said, "Speaking of
the grip sunnah and hadith experts that I see and capture such knowledge
Sufyan, Malik, and besides the two, is vowing that no god (the right to
diibadahi correctly) except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of
Allah, and bear witness that God is on the 'Throne in the sky ... " Asked
to Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal, 'Is God on the seventh sky above' arsyNya
away from the creature, while His power and His knowledge in every
place? " He replied, "Yes, He's on the 'arsyNya will not miss nothing from him." (See the book of Al 'Uluw, Imam adh Dzahabi).
Great Aqidah was embedded in the chests of the Muslims of the first period, the righteous Salih Ahlussunnah wal jama'ah. Imam
Said bin Sa'id Qutaibah-died in 240 H-, "It is the opinion / sayings of
the imams of Islam, the Sunnah, and the congregation, that we know our
Lord on the seventh sky above 'arsyNya. ' Thus
increasingly clear that God is in the sky as the consensus based
ahlissunnah wal jama'ah Book, the Sunnah, reason, and nature. Allah says, "He directs the whole affair from heaven to earth." (Surat as-Sajda: 5). "It is to ride a kind word and a pious charity been increased." (QS Fathir: 10). "The angels and Gabriel up (facing) to the Lord a day that measure fifty thousand years." (Surah Al Ma'arij: 4). "Do you feel secure against Him Who is in heaven ..." (Surat al-Mulk: 16-17). "Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High." (Surah Al A'laa: 1). And
other verses very much to mention as to most of the Shafi'i said, "In
the Koran there are a thousand arguments or even suggest that the
Almighty high above his creatures." (Majmu'ul Fatawa: 5/226). In
the Saheeh Bukhari and Muslim from Abu Bakroh companions radi 'anhu
that when Muhammad sallallaahu' alaihi wa sallam before man preaching on
the day of Arafat, he said, "O God, bear witness" (as he lifted his
forefinger towards the sky). All
the men of understanding will establish that the height is perfect,
while the opposite is the nature of nature drawback, while Allah
Almighty purified from things that are shortcomings, this all suggests
that the Essence of God in the sky is a perfection of Him. Similarly
a pure destiny, all the Muslims in the world when praying raised his
hands to the sky, no one of them obtained when saying, "O Allah, forgive
me my sins" directing his hands to the ground-for ever!! - Shows in nature, all men are determined that the Essence of God in the sky.
The
reader, the journey long enough Islamic faith is no longer known and
unknown Muslim majority, seemed to vanish from the source, just the
opposite ideology-ideology jahmies, Ash'arite, Mu'tazilites, and
theologians are rampant like the plague infectious. Among children, adolescents, and their parents, even the clerics and preachers or teachers, when asked, "Where is God?" unison replied, "God is everywhere." Lillahi wa inna inna Ilaihi roji'un. Partly attributed to the science postulates above statement with the word of God, "And He is with you wherever you are." (Surat al-Hadid: 4). It is characteristic of expert bathil is "arbitrarily take arguments but bad when it postulates". Know
that the verse in no way suggests that God is everywhere, because if we
understood this, then of course when someone is in the mosques of God
was there, when in the market there is also God, even when someone is in
a dirty place though , such as WC, Allaah there! Most High God for these statements. But the intent of the verse "He is with you ..." is knowledge, supervision, custody with you, being the One God on the Throne in the sky. (See Tafseer Qur `annealing Azhim: 4/317). Tsaury ats-Imam Sufyan died in 161 H-was asked about this verse "And He is with you wherever you are." He replied, "that knowledge." Ishaq ibn Hanbal said: Abu Abdillah (Imam Ahmad, pent.) Asked what "And He is with you"? He replied, "That is knowledge, knowledge covers everything while our Lord on the Throne ..." Imam
Nu'aim bin Hammad-died in 228 H-asked about the word of God, "And He is
with you" he said, "It means that nothing is missed him, with his
knowledge." (See Al 'Uluw, Imam adh Dzahabi). When
Imam Abu Hanifa said, "Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in the sky not on
earth", someone asks, "Did you know that God has said, 'He (Allah) with
you'?" He
said, "The phrase it's like you're writing a letter to someone" I'll
always be with you "when you are far from it. (I'tiqodul a` immah al
arba'ah).
The
reader, may Allah blessed-it's time to plant again the pure aqeedah
heritage and the righteous Prophet Salih was in the souls of present and
future generations of Muslims. It's beauty, serenity coloring our children and their parents when we ask "Where is God?" and they direct the finger up and say, "God is in the heavens." Wallahul haadi sabilir rosyaad ila. Wal indallah science.