Affirming the Attributes of Hearing, Sight, and Feet for Allah the Exalted

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Question:
The questioner asks: Does Allah have hearing, sight, feet, and legs? Please explain this issue to us.

Answer:
Yes, what is read in the Qur'an is

Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Seeing.

إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ

[Al-Hajj 22:75]

And ever is Allah Hearing and Seeing.

وَكَانَ اللَّهُ سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا

[An-Nisa 4:134]

, and He the Exalted says, "Nay, both His hands are outstretched; He spends however He wills." And He the Exalted says to Iblis, "What prevented you from prostrating to that which I created with My two hands?" All of this is befitting of Allah; He is not likened to His creation, Glorified and Exalted is He. He has hearing, sight, forbearance, power, knowledge, speech, a hand, a foot, and fingers, and He is not likened to His creation, Glorified and Exalted is He. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said,

Indeed the hearts are between two Fingers of Allah's Fingers, He changes them as He wills.

إن القلوب من أصابع الله يقلبها كيف يشاء،

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2140

, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said,

Indeed, Allah places the heavens on His finger, the earths on His finger, the mountains and trees on His finger, the seas on His finger, and the rest of creation on His finger. Then He shakes them, saying: "I am the King of Allah. We are the Mighty. We are the Arrogant."

إن الله يجعل السهر والقيام على إصباعه، والأرضين على إصباعه، والجبال والشجر على إصباعه، والمغامرة على إصباعه، وسائر الخلق على إصباعه، ثم يهزهن، فيقول أنا ملكان الله، إنا جبارون، إنا المتكبرون،

, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said,

Hell will not cease to have people thrown into it, saying: "Is there more?" until the Mighty One places His foot in it, and it contracts, and it says: "Qatir, qatir."

لا تزال جهنم يلقى فيها، وهي تقول همم مزيدا، حتى يضع الجبار فيها قدمه فينزوي بعضها على بعض وتقول

. Drop by drop, all of this is established for Allah in a manner befitting Him, and He is not likened to anything, Glorified and Exalted is He. His hearing is not like the hearing of His creation, His sight is not like the sight of His creation, and His speech is not like the speech of His creation, and so on with His hand, His foot, His fingers, His forbearance, His mercy, His laughter, and His pleasure; all of it is befitting Him, Exalted and Majestic is He. He the Exalted says,

There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.

لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ

[Ash-Shuraa 42:11]

, and He the Exalted says,

Nor is there to Him any equivalent."

وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ

[Al-Ikhlas 112:4]

, and He the Exalted says,

So do not assert

فَلَا تَضْرِبُوا لِلَّهِ

[An-Nahl 16:74]

, in

similarities to Allah. Indeed, Allah knows and you do not know.

الْأَمْثَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

[An-Nahl 16:74]

. He, Glorified and Exalted is He, has no likeness and no equal in His essence, nor in His names, nor in His attributes. He possesses absolute perfection in every aspect, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.

Source فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 17-أخرى — archive.org (20:41)

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