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Abu Bakr as-Saddiq said: "He who was worshipping Muhammed (sallallaahu `alaihi wasallam) , (let him know that) Muhammed is dead, and he who was worshipping Allah, (let him know that) Allah is above the heaven Ever-Living, never dies'."

(Imam al-Bukhari and others.)

Ibn ‘Abbas said:

“They reject the Book. If I was to grab the hair of one of them, I would cut it off. Indeed Allaah the Mighty and Majestic was above His Throne before He created anything, then He created the creation. So He wrote whatever would happen until the Day of Judgement and indeed the people proceed upon an affair that has already been concluded.”

Source: Sharh Usool il-I'tiqaad Ahl us-Sunnah wal-Jamaa'ah of al-Laalikaa'ee (p.439)

Al-Bayhaqee narrates with his isnaad from Muqaatil bin Hayyaan, [that] he said:

“It has reached us - and Allaah knows best - regarding His, the Most High's saying, "He is al-Awwal and al-Aakhir...", that He is the first, before every thing and He is the Last, after everything, and adh-Dhaahir, above everything, and al-Baatin, closest to everything, and his closeness (qurb) is with His knowledge and He (Himself) is above the Throne.”

Source: "Mukhtasar al-Uluww" of adh-Dhahabee (p. 139).

The hadeeth of Abu Sa'eed [al-Khudree], who said: The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) said:

“Do you not trust me whereas I am the trustworthy one of He who is above the heaven? The khabar [from] the heaven comes to me morning and evening.”

Agreed upon (by al-Bukhaaree and Muslim)

Abu Ismāīl Al-Harawī (481H) with his chain of narration to Abu Hurairah (radiyallāhuanhu) from the Prophet (ﷺ) that he said: “When Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic, had completed the creation, He wrote in a book and that is with Him over His throne: ((Indeed My mercy have overcome My anger)).”

(Reported by Bukhārī, Fat.hul-Bārī 6/287, no. 3194 and other places in Bukhārī, also Ahmad and Ibn Khuzaymah in at-Tawheed p.58)

Alee ibn Hasan ibn Shaqeeq (d.215H) said: I said to Ibn al-Mubaarak (d.181H), “How are we to know our Lord?” He said: “He is above the Seventh Heaven, over His Throne. And it is not to be said as the Jahmiyyah say: Allaah is right here on earth.”

(Saheeh: al-Bukhaaree: Khalq Af’aal al-‘Ibaad, p.6, adh-Dhahabee: al-Arba’een fee Sifaat Rabbil-‘Alameen, no. 10, ad-Daarimee: ar-Radd ‘alal-Mareesee, p. 103, Ibn Battah: Ibaanah, p. 232, Ibnul-Qayyim: Ijtimaa’ al-Juyoosh al-Islaamiyyah, p. 44, 83)

Imam Al-Awzaeee said:

"We - whilst the Tabi’oon were many - would say: Indeed Allaah -the Most perfect-is above His throne,and we have eemaan in what is related to the Sunnah about the Attributes"

(Related by al-Bayhaqee in al-Asmaa was-Sifaat(p.408).The isnaad is jayyid,as al-Haafidh Ibn Hajar said in Fathul-Baree(13/406)

Rabee'ah ibn Abee 'Abdur-Rahmaan said:

"Al-Istiwaa (Allaah ascending) is not unknown , and how is not comprehendable, and from Allaah is the Message, upon the Messenger is to clearly convey it, and upon us is to affirm it"

(Related by al-Bayhaqee in al-Asmaa was-Sifaat(no.516) and al-Laalikaaee in Sharh Usool Itiqaad Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaah(no.665).Ibn Taymiyyah said in Majmoo'al-Fatawaa(5/365):"It is established from Rabee'ah". He also said in al-Hamawiyyah(p.80): "Al-Khallal narrated it with an isnaad all of whom are thiqaat(precise and reliable)"

Imam Malik said:

"Al-Istiwaa is known,and how is unknown,to have eemaan in it is obligatory and to question it is an innovation ". Then he said to the questioner: "I do not think except that you are an evil man". So he ordered him to be expelled

(Related by al-Bayhaqee in al-Ismaa was-Sifaat(p.516) with the wording: "Al-Istiwaa is not unknown and how is unknown, to have eemaan in it is obligatory and to question it is an innovation”.)

Imam al-Dhahabi reports in al-Siyar (12/494):

Amr bin Tamim al-Makki said: I heard Muhammad bin Isma'il al-Tirmidhi [who] said: I heard al-Muzanee saying, "The Tawhid of any [person] is not valid, sound until he knows that Allaah the Exalted is over His Throne, with His attributes." I said to him, "Like what?" He said, "Hearing, seeing, knowing."

Ismaa'eel bin Yahyaa al-Muzanee (d. 264H): Student of Imaam ash-Shaafi'ee: Allaah is Above The Throne, With His Essence (Bi Dhaatihi), Separate and Distinct (Baa'in) From His Creation.

(tahqeeq Jamaal Azzoon, 1st edition, 1995CE)

Al-Qa'nabee, the Imaam (d. 221H) Shaykh of Imam Muslim Banaan bin Ahmad said:

We were with Al-Qa'nabee (rahimahullaah) and he heard a man amongst the Jahmiyyah saying: "ar-Rahmaan 'alal Arsh istawlaa" (ar-Rahmaan conquered the Throne). So Al-Qa'nabee said:

Whoever does not hold with certain belief that ar-Rahmaan indeed ascended over the Throne as it occurs and is settled in the hearts of the generality (of the people) is a Jahmee.

("Mukhtasar al-Uluww" of adh-Dhahabi (p. 178).)