From the explanation of "Al-'Aqeedah al-Tahawiyyah": The methodology of the Salaf in affirming what Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has affirmed for Himself

The Shaykh : ... and these are the Salaf. He said: And a group distinguishes, and they are those who follow the Salaf. They do not affirm or deny [the attributes] outright unless it becomes clear. What is affirmed by them is affirmed, and what is denied by them is denied. This is because among the later generations, these terms have become ambiguous and vague in their technical usage, like other technical terms. Not all of them use them in their original linguistic meaning. For this reason, the deniers deny both truth and falsehood with them, and they attribute to the affirmers what they do not actually say. Some of the affirmers introduce a false meaning that contradicts the statement of the Salaf and what the Book and the Scale indicate. No text from the Book or the Sunnah has come regarding their denial or affirmation. It is not for us to describe Allah (the Exalted) with what He has not described Himself with, nor with what His Messenger has described Him with, whether in denial or affirmation. We are only followers, not innovators.
Allah does not have limbs, pillars, or tools. As he said; is this to be said?
The people are of three schools of thought: some affirm this negation, some say the opposite, meaning they affirm that Allah has limbs, parts, and instruments, and some distinguish, which is the truth without doubt. This is what the Salafi principles and the reports transmitted from them necessitate. Why? Because, through our study of the statements of the later generations regarding the attributes, we know that they say in interpreting His saying, the Exalted: , it is His power. So why do you not say: His hand? He said: That means affirming limbs and organs for Him, and that is likening Allah, Mighty and Majestic, to creation, and Allah has no limbs. So Allah has no hand. This is a negation, as stated here among the schools: the negation that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has limbs, parts, or instruments. And behold, these who negate that Allah has such things intend by this negation to negate what is established in the Book and the Sunnah of the description of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, that He has two hands. So, out of fear that the one who affirms the attributes of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will fall into such a negation of what is established in the Qur'an, it is not permissible for him to say: Allah has no limbs. Because those who say this negation intended by it the negation that Allah has a hand, and this is established in the Book and the Sunnah. This negation is invalid. Likewise, the opposite should not be said. It is not permissible to say: Allah has limbs. Here "limbs" is plural, while "hand" and "two hands" are dual. It is established in the Sunnah that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, on the Day of Resurrection, when He admits the people of Paradise to Paradise and the people of the Fire to the Fire, the Fire will not be filled with its people. So Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, says to it: , and it says: . So the Lord, Blessed and Exalted is He, places His foot, and it says: Enough, enough. So do we affirm for Allah, Mighty and Majestic, the foot?
The way of the Salaf, as we have learned, is to affirm everything that Allah has affirmed for Himself, including what we are currently discussing: Allah has two hands and Allah has a foot. Some call these things that Allah affirmed in His Book and His Messenger affirmed in his Hadith "limbs," and then they build upon this that Allah is exalted above having limbs. So Allah has no hand, and Allah has no leg. We do not say "Allah has no [limbs]." We do not first affirm that Allah has limbs, because that implies likening the Creator to the created. Allah did not say of Himself that He has limbs, but He said: He has two hands, He has a foot, He has hearing, He has sight, and so on. So it is not correct to use the general negation or the general affirmation. Because the general use of these terms as a negation, meaning to say: Allah has no limbs, was taken by the innovators as a pretext to deny the divine attributes. And we do not say, on the other side of this negation: Allah has limbs, because in this affirmation there is likening. Rather, the truth is to use the terms that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, affirmed for Himself and say: He has a hand, we do not say: He has a limb. He has a foot, we do not say: He has a limb. And we do not say: He has limbs. This includes sight and hearing, because merely saying this opens the way for the innovators. So you are likening. And Allah says: . So Allah has no limbs. So block the way for the those who interpret figuratively and the innovators, so they do not affirm a term that the Book and the Sunnah have not affirmed. And this is faith and submission to what came from Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).

The questioner: A question, O Shaykh?

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : ... in it ... "Sahih Muslim" ... Allah has a Hand, a Hand, so what He has affirmed is that, and in the hadith ... .
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