It is mentioned in a hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) grasped a handful with His right hand and a handful with His left hand.
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The questioner : It is mentioned in a hadith that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) grasped a handful with His right hand and a handful with His left hand.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And I returned and said: Both of His hands are right hands.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So how did you mention the example... that both of His hands are right hands?
The Shaykh : Because in some hadiths, the Messenger (peace be upon him) says, by way of explanation, by way of detailing, or some detailing, of His saying (Mighty and Majestic):[Ash-Shuraa 42:11], so Allah has two hands, [Sad 38:75] this is in the text of the Qur'an, and many, many texts contain this, yes, affirming the two hands for Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So in some hadiths, like this hadith of the two handfuls, right and left, it came in some other hadiths as an affirmation of His saying: [Ash-Shuraa 42:11]: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3367Hasan (Darussalam) ... .
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Do you understand?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This means it is among the attributes of Allah, and among what distinguishes Him from His servants and His creation, and among what signifies His perfection is that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has both hands as right hands. What did I say?
Another questioner : The just ones on the pulpits.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
Another questioner : He says... right and left.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Then I said: And both of His hands are right hands.
The Shaykh : Yes, we reconcile between them.
The questioner : Contradictions?
The Shaykh : No, there is no contradiction; because...
The questioner : This is our understanding, is it not?
The Shaykh : This is not permissible; the error comes from here, when you say: Allah exists.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But it is not permissible to imagine that His existence is like our existence; rather, this is a common quality between you and Him. Your existence is not His existence; the reality of your existence is not the reality of His existence. And so:[Ash-Shuraa 42:11], but Allah (Mighty and Majestic) described man as hearing and seeing, so He said: [Al-Insan 76:2]; does that mean that the hearing of Allah is like the hearing of man? Or conversely; is the hearing of man like the hearing of Allah? No; this is, as the scholars say, a verbal sharing, whereas the reality is different to the greatest degree of difference.
Yes, among the differences in some of the attributes of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is that both hands of my Lord are right hands; this is what distinguishes Him from His creation. And what affirms this attribute is His saying (Blessed and Exalted is He):[Ash-Shuraa 42:11] ... the greatest lie against Allah, and He mentioned the seeing of Allah.
The questioner : You mentioned two for us, the second one.
The Shaykh : Then the second one, no; you did not mention anything but one.
"And whoever tells you that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) knew what was in tomorrow has told the greatest lie against Allah," then he recited the saying of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He):[An-Naml 27:65] "And the earth, did He not give dominion over what is in the earth?"
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The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And I returned and said: Both of His hands are right hands.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So how did you mention the example... that both of His hands are right hands?
The Shaykh : Because in some hadiths, the Messenger (peace be upon him) says, by way of explanation, by way of detailing, or some detailing, of His saying (Mighty and Majestic):
There is nothing like unto Him
لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌwhat prevented you from prostrating to that which I created with My hands?
مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّThere is nothing like unto Him
لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌboth of the Hands of my Lord are right
وكلتا يدي ربِّي يمينThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Do you understand?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This means it is among the attributes of Allah, and among what distinguishes Him from His servants and His creation, and among what signifies His perfection is that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has both hands as right hands. What did I say?
Another questioner : The just ones on the pulpits.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
Another questioner : He says... right and left.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Then I said: And both of His hands are right hands.
The Shaykh : Yes, we reconcile between them.
The questioner : Contradictions?
The Shaykh : No, there is no contradiction; because...
The questioner : This is our understanding, is it not?
The Shaykh : This is not permissible; the error comes from here, when you say: Allah exists.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But it is not permissible to imagine that His existence is like our existence; rather, this is a common quality between you and Him. Your existence is not His existence; the reality of your existence is not the reality of His existence. And so:
There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُand We made him hearing and seeing.
فَجَعَلْنَاهُ سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًاYes, among the differences in some of the attributes of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is that both hands of my Lord are right hands; this is what distinguishes Him from His creation. And what affirms this attribute is His saying (Blessed and Exalted is He):
There is nothing like unto Him
لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌThe questioner : You mentioned two for us, the second one.
The Shaykh : Then the second one, no; you did not mention anything but one.
"And whoever tells you that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) knew what was in tomorrow has told the greatest lie against Allah," then he recited the saying of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He):
Say, "None in the heavens and earth
قُلْ لَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ...
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