What is the ruling on gesturing with the index and middle fingers when we say: "The hearts are between two fingers of the fingers of the Merciful"?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. One of the imams of the mosques was speaking about steadfastness upon the religion of Allah. When he mentioned the supplication of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), "O Allah, O Turner of hearts," and that the hearts are between two fingers of the fingers of the Merciful, that person gestured with his index and middle fingers. When he was questioned about this, he said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had approved of it, because when the scholar was asked about the creation of the heavens and the mountains, he gestured with his fingers. Likewise, in the hadithAl-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 1:61, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) gestured to his ear, his hearing, and his sight. Is this statement correct?
Answer:
We stop at what came from the Messenger. For the things in which the Messenger gestured, we do so; and for those in which he did not gesture, we do not gesture. It is not reported that he gestured with two fingers regarding the fingers of the Merciful. This is a liar who says that he gestured with two fingers. This is not reported, so we do not gesture with two fingers in the matter of the hearts. But we gesture with them only to what has evidence that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) gestured to. We limit ourselves to this. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. One of the imams of the mosques was speaking about steadfastness upon the religion of Allah. When he mentioned the supplication of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), "O Allah, O Turner of hearts," and that the hearts are between two fingers of the fingers of the Merciful, that person gestured with his index and middle fingers. When he was questioned about this, he said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had approved of it, because when the scholar was asked about the creation of the heavens and the mountains, he gestured with his fingers. Likewise, in the hadith
Indeed, Allah was Hearing and Seeing,
إن الله كان سميعا بصيرا،Answer:
We stop at what came from the Messenger. For the things in which the Messenger gestured, we do so; and for those in which he did not gesture, we do not gesture. It is not reported that he gestured with two fingers regarding the fingers of the Merciful. This is a liar who says that he gestured with two fingers. This is not reported, so we do not gesture with two fingers in the matter of the hearts. But we gesture with them only to what has evidence that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) gestured to. We limit ourselves to this. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [829 -1024] ما حكم الإشارة بالسبابة والوسطى عند قولنا: القلوب بين أصبعين من أصابع الرحمن؟ — youtube.com
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