Part 3
القول بأن صخرة بيت المقدس معلقة في الفضاء
The issue is the rock in Bayt ul Maqdis which is floating in the air
اللجنة الدائمة
By
Lajna Dai’ma
Translated
By
Abbas Abu Yahya
Question:
Can you give us a Fatwa about the rock in al-Quds from where the Prophet sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam ascended on the day of ascent to the heavens. They say that it is floating in the air, so please enlighten us may Allaah reward you with goodness.
Everything is existing in its place with the permission of Allaah whether that is in the heavens and whatever is in there and on the earth and whatever is in it, and even this rock which your questioning about,
Allaah Ta’ala said:
{إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُمْسِكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ أَنْ تَزُولا وَلَئِنْ زَالَتَا إِنْ أَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ} ،
《Verily! Allah grasps the heavens and the earth lest they move away from their places, and if they were to move away from their places, there is not one that could grasp them after Him.》[Fatir:41]
Allaah said:
{{ وَمِنۡ ءَایَـٰتِهِۦۤ أَن تَقُومَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ بِأَمۡرِهِۦۚ ثُمَّ إِذَا دَعَاكُمۡ دَعۡوَةࣰ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِذَاۤ أَنتُمۡ تَخۡرُجُونَ }
《And among His Signs is that the heaven and the earth stand by His Command, then afterwards when He will call you by single call, behold, you will come out from the earth (i.e. from your graves for reckoning and recompense).》[Rum: 25]
The rock of Baytul Maqdis is not floating in the air and air is not rushing around it from all its sides. In fact, it is still connected to the mountain of which it is a part of, still connected to it the rock and its mountain are stationary in their place, due to universal, natural understandable means.
This matter is the same for all matters in existence. We do not reject the power and capability of Allaah in that He can hold a part of the creation in mid air.
Therefore, all of the creation exists in the universe by the power of Allaah as was previously mentioned.
Indeed Allaah raised the mountain of Tur above the people of Musa when they refused to do what Musa had brought them from the religious legislations, and the mountain was held by the power of Allaah.
Allaah Ta’ala said:
{وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَ خُذُوا مَا آتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ} ،
《And (O Children of Israel, remember) when We took your covenant and We raised above you the Mount (saying): “Hold fast to that which We have given you, and remember that which is therein so that you may become pious》
Allaah also said:
{وَإِذْ نَتَقْنَا الْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُ ظُلَّةٌ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُ وَاقِعٌ بِهِمْ خُذُوا مَا آتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ} .
《And (remember) when We raised the mountain over them as if it had been a canopy, and they thought that it was going to fall on them. (We said): “Hold firmly to what We have given you [i.e. the Taurat (Torah)], and remember that which is therein (act on its commandments), so that you may fear Allah and obey Him.”》
The point here is to clarify the reality and that the rock which is in Baytul Maqdis (Jerusalem) is not suspended in the air from all its sides completely separated from the mountain but in fact it is connected to it holding together with the mountain.
Success is from Allaah. May Allaah send praise and security upon our Prophet Muhammad, upon his family and his Companions.
Arabic Reference
Part 3
القول بأن صخرة بيت المقدس معلقة في الفضاء
اللجنة الدائمة
س4: نصه ( صخرة المقدس التي ركب المعراج عليها يوم يعرج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قالوا لنا: إنها معلقة بالقدرة ، أفتونا جزاكم الله خيرًا ).
ج4 : كل شيء قائم في مقره بإذن الله سواء في ذلك السماوات وما فيها والأرضون وما فيهن حتى الصخرة المسؤول عنها، قال الله تعالى: {إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُمْسِكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ أَنْ تَزُولا وَلَئِنْ زَالَتَا إِنْ أَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ} ، وقال سبحانه: {وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَنْ تَقُومَ السَّمَاءُ وَالأَرْضُ بِأَمْرِهِ} الآية، وليست صخرة بيت المقدس معلقة في الفضاء وحولها هواء من جميع نواحيها، بل
لا تزال متصلة من جانب بالجبل التي هي جزء منه متماسكة معه، وهي وجبلها قائمان في مقرهما بالأسباب الكونية العادية المفهومة، شأنهما في ذلك شأن غيرهما من الكائنات، ولا ننكر قدرة الله على أن يمسك جزءًا من الكونيات في الفضاء فمجموع المخلوقات كلها قائمة في الفضاء بقدرة الله كما تقدم، وقد رفع الله الطور فوق قوم موسى حينما امتنعوا من العمل بما أتاهم به موسى من الشرائع وكان محمولاً بقدرة الله، قال تعالى: {وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَ خُذُوا مَا آتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ} ، وقال: {وَإِذْ نَتَقْنَا الْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُ ظُلَّةٌ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُ وَاقِعٌ بِهِمْ خُذُوا مَا آتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ} . ولكن القصد بيان الواقع، وأن الصخرة التي في بيت المقدس ليست معلقة في الفضاء من جميع جوانبها منفصلة عن الجبل انفصالاً كليًّا، بل هي متصلة به متماسكة معه. وبالله التوفيق. وصلَّى الله على نبيّنا محمد، وآله وصحبه وسلَّم.
Also see
Part 1 – Refuting the lie that the Dome of the Rock in Baitul Maqdis Jerusalem Is Sacred
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