Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 1 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 423

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شَرْحُ رِيَاضِ الصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ كَلَامِ سَيِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.

Explanation of Riyadh as-Salihin from the words of the Master of the Messengers, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

فَهَذَا الْعَرْشُ اسْتَوَى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فَوْقَهُ، فَاللَّهُ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِ، وَالْعَرْشُ فَوْقَ جَمِيعِ الْمَخْلُوقَاتِ، وَالْكُرْسِيُّ - وَهُوَ صَغِيرٌ بِالنِّسْبَةِ لِلْعَرْشِ - وَسِعَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ، كَمَا قَالَ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ﴾، فَيَجِبُ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى فَوْقَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، وَأَنَّ جَمِيعَ الْأَشْيَاءِ لَيْسَتْ بِالنِّسْبَةِ إِلَى اللَّهِ شَيْئًا، فَاللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَعْظَمُ وَأَجَلُّ مِنْ أَنْ يُحِيطَ بِهِ الْعَقْلُ أَوِ الْفِكْرُ، بَلْ حَتَّى الْبَصَرُ إِذَا رَأَى اللَّهَ - وَاللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى يَرَاهُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ - لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُدْرِكُوهُ أَوْ يُحِيطُوا بِهِ، كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ: ﴿لَا تُدْرِكُهُ الْأَبْصَارُ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ الْأَبْصَارَ﴾، فَشَأْنُ اللَّهِ أَعْظَمُ شَأْنٍ وَأَجَلُّ شَأْنٍ، فَلَا بُدَّ أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِاللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى عَلَى هَذَا الْوَجْهِ الْعَظِيمِ حَتَّى يُوجِبَ لَكَ أَنْ تَعْبُدَهُ حَقَّ عِبَادَتِهِ.

This Throne, Allah the Exalted has ascended above it; so Allah is above the Throne, and the Throne is above all created beings, and the Footstool (Kursi) - which is small in relation to the Throne - encompasses the heavens and the earth, as the Exalted said: 'His Footstool encompasses the heavens and the earth.' Therefore, it is incumbent upon you to believe that Allah the Exalted is above everything, and that all things in relation to Allah are nothing. Allah the Exalted is greater and more majestic than to be encompassed by the intellect or thought; rather, even sight, when it sees Allah - and Allah, Glorified and Exalted be He, will be seen by the believers in Paradise - cannot perceive Him or encompass Him, as Allah said: 'Vision perceives Him not, but He perceives all vision.' The status of Allah is the greatest and most majestic status, so you must believe in Allah, Glorified and Exalted be He, in this magnificent manner so that it necessitates that you worship Him with the worship He truly deserves.

وَمِنَ الْإِيمَانِ بِاللَّهِ: أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمًا، وَأَنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ خَائِنَةَ الْأَعْيُنِ وَمَا تُخْفِي الصُّدُورُ، وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي السَّمَوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنْ قَلِيلٍ وَكَثِيرٍ، وَجَلِيلٍ وَدَقِيقٍ ﴿إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ﴾.

And from the belief in Allah is: to believe that Allah the Exalted has encompassed everything in knowledge, and that He knows the stealthy look of the eyes and what the breasts conceal, and He knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, of little and much, and of great and minute things: 'Indeed, nothing is hidden from Allah in the earth or in the heaven.'

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Vocabulary · المفردات (21 verbs · 48 nouns)

• صَلَّى — to pray
• اِسْتَوَى — to ascend
• وَسَعَ — to encompass
• شَرْح — explanation
• رِيَاض — gardens
• صَالِح — righteous person