The Jahmiyyah are heretics, they think that He has not risen over His Throne. Below is a translation of some points from ‘Khalq Afʿāl al-ʿĪbād’ of Imām Bukhārī, pp.13+, then following this are some points from al-Lālakāʿī’s work to do with the subject of istiwá (Allāh rising over His Throne) … 6) Wahb ibn Jarīr said, ‘The Jahmiyyah are heretics, they think that He has not risen over His Throne.’ 13) Ibn al-Mubārak said, ‘We do not say as the Jahmiyyah say that Allāh is on the earth, rather He has risen over His Throne.’ 14) And it was said to him, ‘How should we know our Lord?’ He said…

So the Messenger (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) tested her asking her, ‘where is Allāh?’ So she pointed to the heaven. Then he asked, ‘who am I?’ So she said, ‘you are the Messenger of Allāh’. So he said, ‘set her free for she is a believer.’ The ‘Bukhārī of the west’, the Imām, the ḥāfiẓ, ibn ʿAbd al Barr (d.423), the Imām of the Sunnah of his time said in his work al-Tamhīd under the commentary of the 8th ḥadīth: “From Abū Hurayrah that the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said, ‘Our Lord descends every night to the lowest heaven when the last third of the night remains and says: “w…

“Istawá is Known, and how is unknown, to have faith in it is obligatory, and to question it is an innovation.” Imām Mālik (d.179H) 

His saying is the truth, His Actions are the truth, the meeting with Him is the truth, His Messengers are the truth, His Books are the truth, His religion is the truth, worshipping Him Alone is the truth, everything that has to do with Him is the truth. All Qur’anic verses after the text have been added by the translator and are quoted to show examples of the Name being used in the Qurʾān A large number of the Beautiful Names of Allāh are repeated manifold in the Qurʾān as demanded by the occasion and it is necessary to explain their meanings in a succinct way. So we say: Al-Rabb (The Lord)…

Allāh is All-just and All-wise. He creates us and wants us to know him and worship him alone. The submission of man to his creator, Allāh, is the essence of Tawḥīd. When someone submits to Allāh, he must negate and disassociate from any worship to anyone (or anything) other than Allāh. Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-ṢāliḥAl-Shahādatayn is the declaration that represents the belief in the oneness of Allāh (Tawḥīd). It is composed of negation and confirmation phrases. The phrase “There is no true god…” negates all false deities, while the phrase “but Allāh”, confirms that Allāh…

This kalimah (word) Lā ilāha illā-Allāh (that none has the right to be worshipped except Allāh), if it said with truthfulness and sincerity from the heart, and acted upon in that which it necessitates – outwardly and inwardly – then its effect will indeed be praiseworthy upon both the individual and the society. So people cannot truly be united except upon the correct concept of īmān (faith) and the correct ʿaqīdah of Tawḥīd, which are both direct implications of Lā ilāha illā-Allāh. One need only consider the condition of the Arabs before and after Islām. Al-ʿAllāmah Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān&n…

And ʿibādah is obedience to Allāh by acting upon what He commands, and abandoning what He forbids, and this is the reality and essence of Islām. And the meaning of Islām is: istislām (submission and surrender) to Allāh – the Most High – along with the utmost compliance, humility, and submissiveness to Him. Imām Ibn Kathīr The Meaning of Worship: The statement of Allāh – the Most High – : وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ ‎﴿٥٦﴾ “I did not create the Jinn, nor mankind, except to worship Me.” [al-Dhāriyāt, 51:56] Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymīyyah (d.728H) – raḥimahullāh – sai…

Standing and prostrating have been (specifically) mentioned because standing in prayer is better than prostration with respect to the remembrance of Allāh, and prostration is better with respect to its appearance and condition. Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn (d. AH 1421) Chapter: Contemplation [Murāqaba] Allāh says, “Who sees you when you stand up [for prayer], and your movements along with those who fall prostrate” [26:218-219] And also, “He is with you wheresoever you may be” [57:4] He, The Most High, also says, “Truly nothing is hidden from Allāh, in the earth or in the heavens” […

From that which has been established in the Sharīʿah (prescribed law) is that mankind was—in the beginning—a single nation upon true Tawḥīd, then Shirk (directing any part or form of worship, or anything else that is solely the right of Allāh, to other than Allāh) gradually overcame them. The basis for this is the saying of Allāh – the Most Blessed, the Most High: كَانَ النَّاسُ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَبَعَثَ اللَّـهُ النَّبِيِّينَ مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ ﴿٢١٣﴾ “Mankind was one Ummah, then Allāh sent prophets bringing good news and warnings” [al-Baqarah 2:213]. Ibn ʿAbbās – raḍī Allāhu ʿanhu –…