Sahih al-Bukhari – The Book of Tawheed – Lesson 49 (14/04/18)While I was with the Prophet, some people from Bani Tamim came to him. The Prophet said, "O Bani Tamim! Accept the good news!" They said, "You have given us the good news; now give us (something)." (After a while) some Yemenites entered, and he said to them, "O the people of Yemen! Accept the good news, as Bani Tamim have refused it. " They said, "We accept it, for we have come to you to learn the Religion. So we ask you what the beginning of this universe was." The Prophet said "There was Allah and nothing else before Him and His Throne was over the water, and He then created the Heavens and the Earth and wrote everything in the Book." Then a man came to me and said, 'O Imran! Follow your she-camel for it has run away!" So I set out seeking it, and behold, it was beyond the mirage! By Allah, I wished that it (my she-camel) had gone but that I had not left (the gathering). Today we covered:• The Throne of Allaaho His throne is upon the watero The throne is the biggest and the greatest of all of the creations that has been createdo We don’t know the specifics of Allaaho Where does the throne come from?o The throne has the uprights to it (legs)o Allaah has described it as being a tremendous throneo The throne of Allaah is the ceiling of all of creation• The meaning of Istowaho The perfection and completion of somethingo Istowah could be used with ‘Ala’o Istowah could be used with ‘Waw’o Allaah perfected the 7 heavens with precisiono The 4 different meanings of ‘Istowah’ from Ibn Qayyim• Where is Allaah?o Hadith of the slave girlo Imaam Abu Hanifa said, “Allaah is above of all of the creation”• What the people of innovation believe regarding Istowaho How they have changed Istowah to IstoLaho Evidences that highlight their error in this belief• Q&A sessionBenefit: To gain further understanding when we discuss the chains, follow our “Bayqooniyyah in the Sciences of Hadith” lessons on LearnAboutIslam: http://www.learnaboutislam.co.uk/2016/01/18/al-Ma’iyahndhoMa’iyahh-al-bayqooniyah/ The English translation of the hadiths and all the audio are available on: www.learnaboutislam.co.uk/bukhariRecorded at the Salafi Centre of Manchester on 14/04/18 and streamed live on www.SunnahRadio.Net