What is meant by "hand" in the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (By Myself in His Hand)? Is the intended meaning power?
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The questioner : He said: It came in some hadiths the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): He said: What is meant by "hand" here? Is it power, or what do you interpret it as?
The Shaykh : What is the hadith?
The questioner : He said: This is part of the hadith: This is a part of it.
The Shaykh : These are many hadiths beginning with a phrase like this hadith, such as his saying (peace be upon him):Sunan Abi Dawud 5193Sahih (Al-Albani) :
There is no doubt that the hand of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) is also one of His attributes (Mighty and Majestic), and there is no necessity for figurative interpretation, neither in the known verses nor in this hadith. The souls of the servants of Allah, among whom is Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), are in His hand. Does the hand contradict power such that we should leave taking the hadith at its apparent meaning? Or is it the hand that usually acts and is characterized by power in action? There is absolutely no justification for figurative interpretation.
By Myself in My Hand
والذي نفسي بيدهThe Shaykh : What is the hadith?
The questioner : He said: This is part of the hadith:
By Myself in My Hand
والذي نفسي بيدهThe Shaykh : These are many hadiths beginning with a phrase like this hadith, such as his saying (peace be upon him):
By him in whose hand my soul is, you will not enter Paradise until you believe, and you will not believe until you love one another: should I not guide you to something doing which you will love one another: spread out salutation among you.
والذي نفسي بيده لا تدخلوا الجنة حتى تؤمنوا ، ولا تؤمنوا حتى تحابّوا ، أفلا أدلكم على شيء إذا فعلتموه تحاببتم ! أفشوا السلام بينكمThere is no doubt that the hand of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) is also one of His attributes (Mighty and Majestic), and there is no necessity for figurative interpretation, neither in the known verses nor in this hadith. The souls of the servants of Allah, among whom is Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), are in His hand. Does the hand contradict power such that we should leave taking the hadith at its apparent meaning? Or is it the hand that usually acts and is characterized by power in action? There is absolutely no justification for figurative interpretation.