I heard al-Hakim Abu Abdulah, raheemahullah, say he heard from Aboo Zakariyah Yahya ibn Muhammad alanbaree, who heard from Ibraheem ibn Abee Taalib, who heard from Ahmad ibn Saeed ibn Ibraheem ibn Abdullaah ar-Rabaatee say: I was present in a meeting with Prince Abdullaah ibn Taahir and Ishaaq ibn Ibraheem. Ibn Raahawaih was there that day. Someone asked him about the hadeeth of Allaahs descending, whether it is saheeh? He replied Yes.
Then some of the officers of Prince"Abdulla said to him: O Aboo Yaqoob, are you alleging that Allah descends every night? He replied: Yes. One of them asked: How does He descend? He replied: Affirm that Allaah is above before I explain the descension to you He replied: I have affirmed that He is above. So Ishaaq said to him: Allah says: "And your Lord comes with the angels rank upon rank" (Q89:22).
So Prince Abdullaah said: Oh Aboo Yaqoob, is this not regarding the Day of Judgement? Ishaaq said: May Allaah strengthen the prince. The One who comes on the day if judgement who can stop Him from coming today? (The Creed: of the Pious Predecessors and The People of Hadith by Abu Uthmaan lsma eel ibn Abdur-Rahman As-Saaboonee p32-33)
This article was culled from the publications of Deen Communication Limited