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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The gesture when mentioning some of the attributes of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)

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Question : Naturally, when something of the attributes of Allah the Exalted is mentioned, he gestures to indicate that he is making it visible.

Answer : Yes. As for what is established by the Sunnah, there is no harm in it, such as when Allah is described as All-Hearing and All-Seeing, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his thumb on one of his eyes and his index finger on his ear. This is permissible, provided that the people in front of us are not the common masses. If the people in front of us are the common masses and we fear that placing the thumb and index finger on the ear and eye will lead them to believe in likening Allah to creation, then do not do it. Do you understand? As for what is not established by the Sunnah, it is a pure error. For example, some people say that the hearts of the servants are between two fingers of the fingers of the Most Merciful, and then they depict this. This is forbidden. Who told you that it is in this manner between the fingers of the Most Merciful? Yes.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 396 - الإشارة عند ذكر بعض صفات الله سبحانه وتعالى - شرح تقريب التدمرية - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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