الحد والمكان والجهة
Ḥadd, Makān and Jiha
What the Salaf meant when they affirmed or negated a ḥadd, a place and a direction.
- Place and Direction (al-Makān wa-l-Jihah): What Is Affirmed and What Is Denied The words makān (place), jihah (direction) and ḥayyiz (space) are not in the texts, and they carry a true meaning and a false one. Allah is above His creation, distinct from it, not inside anything created; that is what the imams meant when they spoke of…
- The Ḥadd: What the Salaf Affirmed and What They Denied In the language of the Arabs a ḥadd is what separates two things and marks where one ends. Ibn al-Mubārak said that Allah is above the Throne “with a ḥadd”, and Imām Aḥmad approved it; Aḥmad also said He is upon the Throne “without a ḥadd”.…