WAHABISM AND MONOTHEISM

Ibn Teimiya's Majmou'etur­Resa'il, volume 2 part 4 page 95:

Abu Ruzein Al­Aqili's Narrative:

"O God's messenger! Where had our Lord been before He created His creatures?", asked Abu Ruzein. "He had been in gloom and encompassed by air.", answered the Prophet.

On this account, Ibn Teimiya and his followers believe that Allah, the Exalted, is bound from the above, too. The earth and air is under the Lord, and only air is over Him. This also indicates that air is existent either before or with Allah, the Exalted.