A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The Wahhabi sect believes that istiwa’ , Allah’s ( s.w.t. ) Establishment on the Throne, means He literally sits on it.  This is shirk , since the act of sitting implies a body.  In contrast, Sayyidatina Umm Salamah Hind bint Suhayl ( r.a. ), the wife of the Prophet ( s.a.w. ), said the following about istiwa’ , as quoted by Imam Shihab ad-Din Abu al-Fadhl Ahmad ibn ‘Ali ibn Hajr al-‘Asqalani ( r.a. ) in Fath al-Bari : “The establishment is not unknown, and its modality is inconceivable in the mind; one does not ask ‘how’ about Him; ‘how’ is inapplicable to Him.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Hind bint Abi 'Umayyah ( r.a. ) was also known as Hind bint Suhayl ( r.a. ).  In the sirah , she is best known as Umm Salamah ( r.a. ).  She was married to ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abd al-Asad ( r.a. ), who was called Abu Salamah ( r.a. ).  She was of Banu Makhzum, the daughter Abu 'Umayyah ibn al-Mughirah, nicknamed Zad ar-Raqib, because of his generosity to travelers.  Her mother was ‘Atikah bint ‘Amir. Umm Salamah’s ( r.a. ) story as she tells it: “When Abu Salamah [her husband] decided to leave for Madina, he prepared a camel for me, hoisted me on it and placed our son Salamah on my lap.  My husband then took the lead and went on without stopping or waiting for anything.  Before we were out of Makkah, some men from my clan stopped us and said to my husband, ‘Though you are free to do what you like with yourself, you have no power over your wife.  She is our daughter.  Do you expect us to allow you to take h...