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Allaah had created the water before creating the Throne

Question

Assalamu Alaykum,
1-What was created first: the throne or water?
2-Where is the preserved tablet located: on top of the throne or underneath?
Thank you

Answer

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

Allaah had created the water before creating the Throne. The evidence is that Abu Razeen Al-‘Uqayli  may  Allaah  be  pleased  with  him narrated that the Prophet  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) said: “The water was created before the Throne.” [Ahmad and At-Tirmithi]

After quoting the previous Hadeeth, Ibn Hajar  may  Allaah  have  mercy  upon  him said: “As-Suddi in his interpretation of the Quran reported with various chains of narrators: Allaah did not create anything before creating the water.

As regards the Preserved Tablet, it is above the Throne according to the most preponderant opinion. The evidence about this is the Hadeeth narrated by Abu Hurayrah  may  Allaah  be  pleased  with  him that the Prophet  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) said: “When Allaah created the creation, He wrote in His Book which was with Him on the Throne that My Mercy overcomes My Anger.” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

Al-‘Ayni  may  Allaah  have  mercy  upon  him said in his commentary on Saheeh Al-Bukhari: “The interpretation of this is that it means that the Preserved Tablet is on the Throne.

For more benefit, please refer to Fatwa 88967.

Allaah Knows best.

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