What is the appropriate response to someone who asks "Where is Allah?" during the last third of the night, given the hadith of divine descent, and how does one answer those who argue, based on the continuous existence of the last third of the night somewhere on Earth, that Allah is not upon His Throne?

The belief of the Ahl as-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah regarding Allah's names and attributes is based on affirming what Allah has affirmed for Himself, without distortion (tahreef), denial (ta'teel), anthropomorphism (takyeef), or likening (tamtheel), in accordance with His saying, the Exalted: (There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing) [Ash-Shura: 11]. Allah the Exalted ascended (istawa) over the Throne, and this is an ascent befitting His majesty and greatness. His descent to the lowest heaven in the last third of the night is a real descent befitting Him, and its modality is known to none but Him. Asking about the Throne becoming empty when He descends is considered an excessive inquiry (tanattu'), and the correct view is that He descends, and the Throne does not become empty of Him. The ascent (istiwa') and descent are actual attributes related to Allah's will, and the Ahl as-Sunnah believe in them without likening or anthropomorphizing, while recognizing the vast difference between the Creator and the created. What is mentioned in the Book and the Sunnah is truth and does not contradict itself. Whoever imagines a contradiction must search and reflect, otherwise, let him entrust the matter to Allah.