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Is Allah Everywhere or is He on His Throne?

<QUESTION> Some people say Allah is everywhere, some say He is above the heavens, some say He is on His  throne ; and everyone seems to present tons of evidences to prove their point. I am so confused about the whole issue. Where is Allah? Please explain! <ANSWER> In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, The short and simple answer to your question is that Allah Most High  exists  beyond time, space, location and ‘physical’ direction;  He  is where He has always been. Before detailing the above answer, it is important to realize that the issue ‘where is Allah?’ was never debated or made a matter of great dispute by the Companions ( sahaba ) and early Muslims ( salaf ). We seldom find within classical teachings of mainstream Muslim scholars that people went around asking and debating where Allah Most High is! And aside from the hadith of  Sahih Muslim  in which the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) asked the slave-girl (

The Marriage of Ayesha and the Prophet.

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The marriage of Ayesha (RA) and the Prophet (SAW) was arrange by Almighty Allah. This marriage proved a great benefit to the followers of the prophet. In the later time she handed down more than two thousand prophetic sayings to the Muslims. She became forth in the  narrators  list. Because o f her young age she became a good scholar and served the community with a lot of Islamic verdicts they needed. She related number of hadis regarding the marriage life. The Prophet (saw) took Ayesha to live together at the age of twelve not as soon as the marriage contract took place at the age of nine. After the marriage contact Aysha lived with their parents for 3 years then only with a very small marriage ceremony she went to live with the prophet. When she went to live with the prophet together she was twelve but she was well built at that time than her actual age. In a narration it is said that the Prophet married Sawda, an old lady of age fifty five before the marriage with Ayesha. Howev