Affirming What Allah Has Attributed to Himself
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Fatwa No. ( 16064 )
Q 1: Allah the Exalted said:[Hud 11:37]
, and He the Exalted said:[Al-Qamar 54:14], and He the Exalted said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:64], and He the Exalted said:[Al-Qalam 68:42] . Does Allah the Exalted have an eye, a hand, and a leg, and how do we, the people of the Sunnah and the community, affirm them?, and what do they say about them?the Rafidah (the Shi'ah) and the Asha'irah, and how do they affirm them? Q 2: He the Exalted said:[Qaf 50:30]. On the occasion of this verse, there is a hadith whose text I do not remember; the important thing isthe meaning of this hadith is that Allah the Exalted: ( places His leg in the Fire until the Fire becomes quiet). TheShi'ah: How does He place His leg in the Fire? And they deny that Allah has a leg. What do we say to them?
A 1 , 2: It is obligatory to affirm what Allah has attributed to Himself or what His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has attributed to Him, such as the eye, the hand, the leg, the foot, and others, in a manner befitting His Majesty, without likening them to the attributes of the created beings. Allah the Exalted said:
[Ash-Shuraa 42:11] , and there is no consideration for those who deny this among the innovators and the ignorant. The meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: , is: with our seeing. And the placing of the Lord the Exalted of His foot in the Fire until some of it recedes to some of it is the truth, and the Fire is a creation among the creations of Allah the Exalted, and Allah is capable of all things, and He the Exalted is not harmed by anything; rather, He is the Harmer and the Benefiter. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and his Companions.
Q 1: Allah the Exalted said:
And construct the ship under Our observation
وَاصْنَعِ الْفُلْكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا, and He the Exalted said:
Sailing under Our observation as reward for he who had been denied.
تَجْرِي بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَاءً لِمَنْ كَانَ كُفِرَAnd the Jews say, "The hand of Allah is chained."
وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ يَدُ اللَّهِ مَغْلُولَةٌThe Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but the disbelievers will not be able,
يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَنْ سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلا يَسْتَطِيعُونَOn the Day We will say to Hell, "Have you been filled?" and it will say, "Are there some more,"
يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ امْتَلأْتِ وَتَقُولُ هَلْ مِنْ مَزِيدٍA 1 , 2: It is obligatory to affirm what Allah has attributed to Himself or what His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has attributed to Him, such as the eye, the hand, the leg, the foot, and others, in a manner befitting His Majesty, without likening them to the attributes of the created beings. Allah the Exalted said:
There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُIt moves by Our eyes
تَجْرِي بِأَعْيُنِنَا
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