Does the hadith "Indeed, Allah created Adam in His image" mean that He is in the image of Adam?

The questioner : Yes. The first opinion regarding the one who created Adam in His image is that He created him in the form in which He created him. And the name of the one who associates partners with Allah (shirk) is attributed to Allah the Exalted? Is this acceptable to the people of the Sunnah?

The Shaykh : No, no, no, no. He is not in the image of Adam. We do not say that Adam was created in the image of Adam; that is a known fact. We say that Adam was created in the image of the Most Merciful, in the image of the Most Merciful. The pronoun refers to the Most Merciful in any case. As for those who said that the pronoun refers to Adam, their statement remains nonsense. Everything created is in its own form, even the dog; Allah created it in the form of a dog. But what is meant by "in the image of the Most Merciful"? Why was the form attributed to the Most Merciful? Because He created it and cared for it, Mighty and Majestic, and made it the most beautiful form of all created things.