Where is Allaah?
Allah is above the 'Arsh
"They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded." [al-Nahl 16:50]
"Do you feel secure that He, Who is over the heaven, will not cause the earth to sink with you?" [al-Mulk 67:16]
Sufyän ath-Thawri (رَحِمَهُ الله) said:
"The example of the scholar is
like the example of the doctor,he does not administer the medicine except on the place of the illness.”
(Al-Hilyah 6/368)
Shaykh Sālih al-'Uthaymin said:
"Indeed knowledge is from the best acts of worship and is one of the greatest and most beneficial of it. Hence, you will find Shaytan keeping people away from (seeking) knowledge."
[فتاوى نور على الدرب ۱۲/۲]