for God, that He is in the heaven, as God and His Messenger said.

So Aḥmad b. Manīʿ al-Baghdādī al-Aṣamm narrated to us, Abū Muʿāwiya narrated to us, from Shabīb b. Shayba, from al-Ḥasan, from ʿImrān b. al-Ḥuṣayn that the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, said to his father: "O Ḥuṣayn, how many gods do you worship today?" He said: Seven: six on earth, and one in the heaven! He said: "So which of them do you prepare for your hope and your fear?" He said: The one who is in the heaven (1).

So the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, did not object to the disbeliever when he recognized that the God of the worlds is in the heaven, just as the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, said it.

Thus, Ḥuṣayn in his disbelief on that day was more knowledgeable of the Most Majestic God than al-Marīsī and his companions, despite what they profess of Islam, since he distinguished between the Creator God who is in the heaven, and the created gods and idols that are on earth.

And the word of Muslims and disbelievers has agreed that God is in the heaven, and they affirmed Al-Ḥadd for Him with that, except the misguided al-Marīsī and his companions; even children who have not reached the age of puberty have known Him by that. If something distresses a child, he raises his hands to his Lord Almighty, supplicating Him in the heaven and nowhere else. So everyone is more knowledgeable of God Almighty and His place than the Jahmīs.