Quote:Hadji you actually believe Allah is in the sky? I would like you to clearly state your belief regarding
1. Allah having a bodily form or shape.
2. Allah occupying space and time.
Honestly, I don't know if Allah (swt) is "in" time. I don't know if He has a bodily form. I can't really speak of Him occupying space either.
I believe that when speaking about Al Ghaib, we shouldn't jump to conclusions based upon our natural logic. Like I've said, Allah (swt) having hands doesn't mean that they are like our hands. Similarly, our hands and the hands of clocks aren't similar.
Allah (swt) says that He has a right hand. This is NOT from Sunni texts. This is from the Qur'an. Instead of accepting that Allah (swt) has said this, you dismiss what Allah (swt) is saying by interpretting it as figurative language because it contradicts with your logic.
Ahlul Sunnah wal Jama'a know that "The Creator of the eavens and the earth. He hath made you pairs of yourselves, and of the cattle also pairs, whereby He multiplieth you. <b>Naught is as His likeness;</b> and He is the Hearer, the Seer." Al-Shura 11
It is absurd to believe that Ahlul Sunnah wal Jama'a think that Allah's (swt) hands are similar to ours. We know that there is nothing like Allah (swt), yet, we don't dismiss what He has established just because we cannot comprehend it.
Quote:39:67 "And they esteem not Allah as He hath the right to be esteemed, when the whole earth is His handful on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens are rolled in His right hand. Glorified is He and High Exalted from all that they ascribe as partner (unto him)."
If this wasn't in the Qur'an and was in Bukhari or Muslim you would most likely call it a "fantasy" as well.
Unlike Mir Damad or Mullah Sadra, I'm not someone who speaks of matters of Ghaib that I will never understand. "And they have no knowledge thereof. <b>They follow but a guess, and lo! a guess can never take the place of the truth.</b>" Al-Najm 28
Anyways, I think that I've established that Ahlul Sunnah wal Jama'a and the Wahabis/Salafis have the same aqeedah. It is pretty much impossible to be a Sunni without believing that Allah (swt) isn't in the sky because that contradicts Al Bukharis authentic compilation of hadeeths. As I pointed out earlier, it is the Shi'ites that differ with Ahlul Sunnah when it comes to aqeedah since you don't accept these things about Allah (swt).
By the way, where do you think is Allah (swt)? Is He on Al Arsh or is that just figurative language? Where is Al Arsh in your opinion? Where are the angels for that matter?