Bismillah, praise be to Allah the creator of all the creations, who is eternal and exists without a place, we ask Allah to raise the rank of Prophet Muhammad and his kind Aal and companions, thereafter:

Know that the creed of all Muslims of Ahlus-Sunnah (the Khalaf and Salaf) is that Allah is clear from any imperfections, clear from being in a place or sitting on the throne or bound to space or place.

Imam Abu Hanifah who is among the Salaf said in his book, al­-Wasiyyah,: ” … and He (Allah) is the
Preserver of al­^arsh (throne) and other than al-^arsh, without needing it, for
had He been in need, He would not have the power to create the world
and to manage and preserve it. Moreover, had He been in a place needing
to sit and rest­­ before creating al-^arsh, where was Allah?” That is,
the question ‘where was Allah’ would have applied to Him, which is
impossible.

Also, in his book, Al-Fiqh al-Absat, Imam Abu Hanifah said: “Allah
existed eternally and there was no place; He existed before creating
the creation. He existed and there was not a place, a creation or a
thing; and He is the Creator of everything. He who says ‘I do not know
if my Lord is in the heavens or on the earth,’ is a kafir. Also is a
kafir whoever says that ‘He is on al-^arsh, and I do not know whether
al-^arsh is in the heaven or on the earth’.”

Consequently, the great true Salafi Scholar Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal declared whomever says
these last two phrases as a Kafir because they contain attributing a direction,
boundary, and place to Allah. Everything which has a direction and
boundary is by necessity in need of a Creator. Thus it is not the
intention of Imam Abu Hanifah to prove that the heaven and al-^arsh are
places for Allah, as those who liken Allah to the creation claim. This
is by virtue of the aforementioned saying of the Imam: “Had He been in
a place needing to sit and rest, then before creating al-^arsh where
was Allah?”, which is clear in negating that Allah has a direction or a
place. 

Imam Ibn Al-Jawziyy al-Hanbaliy the great Mufassir related in his book ‘Daf^
Shubhatit-Tashbih’ that: “Imam Ahmad Ibn Hambal (died 241 AH) never attributed directionality to
Allah.”

And so Imam Ahmad Ibn Salamah, Abu Ja^far at­-Tahawiyy, who was born in the year 237 after Hijrah, and was one of the Heads of Great Salaf wrote a book called Al-^Aqidah at­Tahawiyyah. He mentioned that the content of his book is an elucidation of the creed of Ahl as­Sunnah wal Jama^ah, which is the creed of Imam Abu Hanifah, who died in the year 150 after al­Hijrah, and his two companions, Imam Abu Yusuf al-Qadi and Imam Muhammad Ibn al­Hasan ash-Shaybaniyy and others. He said in his book: “Allah is supremely clear of all boundaries, extremes, sides, organs and instruments. The six directions do not contain Him–these are attributed to all created things.”

Such is the saying of Imam Abu Ja^far who is among the heads of as-Salaf. He explicitly stated that Allah is clear of being contained by the six directions. The six directions are above, below, in front of, behind, right, and left.

Also Imam al-Ghazaliyy said: ” Allah, the Exalted, existed eternally and there was no place. He is not a body, jawhar (atom), or property, and He is not on a place or in a place.”

This is the creed of the Prophet and the companions (Radiallahu ^Anhum) we ask Allah to keep us steadfast on it, ameen.

Allah, the most exalted, knows best.