The Salafis ask me "Where is Allah?" How should I respond?

Answer

Since you lack knowledge, you should not respond. The response for stupidity is silence. This is the teaching of the Qur'aan Majeed. Salafis are downright stupid and anthropomorphist. Answering the ridiculous question of the deviated Salafis is beyond the scope of a letter. If you study our book, The Scourge of Salafi'ism, you will find some detailed response. A brief response to silence them is to say:

Allah is where the Qur'aan says He is. The Qur'aan states:

* "East and West belong to Him. Whichever way you turn, there is His Presence." (Baqarah, 115)

* "He is the Ilaah (Deity) in the heaven, and the Ilaah in the earth."

(Zukhruf, 84)

If they argue, say that you know only what Allah Ta'ala says in the Qur'aan, and that is: He is all over as is confirmed in the first aayat above, and He is in the heaven and in the earth as is confirmed in the second aayat mentioned above. Don't allow them to drag you into details. Whatever they say, answer that you only believe what is said in the Qur'aan, and you don't know how He is in the heaven and in the earth and everywhere as the Qur'aan says.