Allaah had created the water before creating the Throne

1-11-2009 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalamu Alaykum,
1-What was created first: the throne or water?
2-Where is the preserved tablet located: on top of the throne or underneath?
Thank you
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

 

Allaah had created the water before creating the Throne. The evidence is that Abu Razeen Al-‘Uqayli may Allaah be pleased with him narrated that the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) said: “The water was created before the Throne.” [Ahmad and At-Tirmithi]

After quoting the previous Hadeeth, Ibn Hajar may Allaah have mercy upon him said: “As-Suddi in his interpretation of the Quran reported with various chains of narrators: Allaah did not create anything before creating the water.”

As regards the Preserved Tablet, it is above the Throne according to the most preponderant opinion. The evidence about this is the Hadeeth narrated by Abu Hurayrah may Allaah be pleased with him that the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) said: “When Allaah created the creation, He wrote in His Book which was with Him on the Throne that My Mercy overcomes My Anger.” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

Al-‘Ayni may Allaah have mercy upon him said in his commentary on Saheeh Al-Bukhari: “The interpretation of this is that it means that the Preserved Tablet is on the Throne.”

For more benefit, please refer to Fatwa 88967.

Allaah Knows best.

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