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What is the ruling on using hand gestures to depict the attributes of Allah?

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Question : Regarding using hand gestures to depict the actual attributes of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), is that permissible, Honorable Shaykh?

Answer : This is forbidden and is a lie fabricated against Allah, except for what has come in the explicit text.
For example, some people, when they hear the hadith that the hearts of the children of Adam are between two fingers of the fingers of the Most Merciful, make gestures as if they are grasping something, bringing their thumb to their index finger or their middle finger or something similar. This is forbidden. Who told him that the manner in which the hearts are between the fingers of Allah is in this way? Likewise, whoever depicts that Allah descends to the lowest heaven when the last third of the night remains, by depicting that He descends on a ladder from which He descends, this is also forbidden and not permissible. Yes.
As for what has come in the explicit text, such as the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted
Indeed, Allah is ever Hearing and Seeing.إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا
[An-Nisa 4:58]
, where he pointed to his eye and his ear, there is nothing wrong with this because the intention is to affirm hearing and sight. Yes.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 08- ما حكم التمثيل باليد لصفات الله #العقيدة #ابن_عثيمين #سؤال_على_الهاتف — youtube.com

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