Allah descends in a manner that befits His Majesty-free from all resemblance to the creation

In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful The Bestower of Mercy

The student should memorise the text of some of the ahadith transmitted in this subject matter in order to protect himself, rebut the falsehood of the people of falsehood, and the false explanations and distortions of the people of falsehood.

The ahadith to be memorised are:

The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: ”Our Lord descends to the lowest heaven every night, during the last third part of night and says: ‘Who is asking me; who is calling upon Me; who is seeking My Forgiveness”’. [1]

The above statement cannot be uttered except by Allah. It cannot be uttered by an angel because if an angel was to say this, he would have declared himself a partner to Allah.

The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: ”Our Lord descends to the lowest heaven every night, during the last third part of the night and says: ”I am Al-Malik; I am Al-Malik”. [2]

The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said that when our Lord descends, He says: ”My slaves are not to ask anyone besides Me”. [3]

This statement cannot be uttered by an angel, rather only Allah can utter this statement.  Imam Abdul Ghaniyy Al-Maqdisi, may Allah have mercy upon him, mentioned these two ahadith and further stated that they cut off the false interpretation of every false interpreter and the distortion of every distorter. Therefore, if the people of falsehood say that it is an angel that descends, these two ahadith will show the falsehood of their interpretations and distortions. Likewise, all these ahadith about the Nuzul state: ”Our Lord descends” and not ”An angel of our Lord descends”.

Sharh Usul Al-Aqaa’id Ad-Deeniyyah Lesson 4. By Shaikh Abdur-Razzaq al Badr- may Allah preserve him.

[1] Al-Bukhari 1145, Tamam Al-Minna 182

[2] Sahih Muslim 758

[3] Sahih Al-Jami1917