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The Jahmiyya’s belief regarding Allah’s omnipresence differs sharply from that of the Salaf. While the Salaf would affirm that Allah is “above the Throne,” in reality, they were not suggesting that He is limited to a single location in the way created beings.

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In contrast, the Jahmiyya held that Allah’s essence is physically present in every place above the Throne, below it, and throughout all places simultaneously as noted in works, allegedly attributed to Imam Ahmad, such as Radd ‘ala al-Jahmiyya.

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Many narrations report the Jahmis stating things like: “He has no place,” “He’s not connected or separated,” and “He has no known place.” At first glance, one might think this aligns with the Ash‘ari position, which says that Allah has no place. However, this is not the case.

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The Jahmiyya intended these statements to mean that Allah does not occupy a “known place” in the sense that created beings do.
> He is not “connected” in the sense of being touching to something else
> nor “separate” in the sense of being located apart from something.

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Rather, His essence is spread throughout all places.
To say that Allah existed without a place at all as some might assume from these statements would be inaccurate.

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Imagine a drop of ink being dropped into a glass of water:
> The ink spreads throughout the water. Every part of the water contains ink.
> No single spot can be pointed to as “the ink’s place”—it is everywhere in the water.

>The ink is not “connected” to one part of the water in the sense of being stuck somewhere.

> The ink is not “separate” from any part of the water—it’s in every drop.

In this analogy, u would understand the idea of a being everywhere which denies separation and connection.

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When the Salaf Saliheen said that Allah is above the Throne in a real sense, they did not mean that He is located somewhere apart from creation. Taking it that way would imply that the Salaf were conceding to the Jahmis bogus accussation.

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Rather, the Salaf meant that Allah is outside the universe, not bound by space or time, which only apply within the universe. Claiming, as the Jahmis do, that “there is no Lord above the Throne” effectively denies Allah’s ability to transcend the universe (space and time).

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> For the Salaf: Allah’s being “separate” = He is not bound by space or time; He transcends creation.

> For the Jahmis: “Separated” = limited to one location

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The Salaf actually refutes the Jahmis, because true separation can’t be grasp in terms of location, as the Jahmites assume by trying to confine God to a specific place or He is present everywhere. True separation means that Allah transcends all spatial dimensions.

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