The ruling on using gestures while speaking about the attributes of Allah or His actions
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Some people, when they speak about the attributes of Allah or His actions, use gestures along with the phrase. Is that befitting Him, (Glorified and Exalted is He)?
Using gestures in matters related to the attributes of Allah: if the people around him are common folk, it is not permissible for him to do so; because they will move from the magnification of the heart to likening Allah to creation, since the common person does not distinguish between this and that. However, if it is for students of knowledge, then there is nothing wrong with what has come in the explicit text.Like the hadith of Abu Hurayrah and His saying, the Exalted: [al-Nisa:58] And as for what has not come in the explicit text, it is not permissible, because we do not know the manner of what has not come in the explicit text, so it is not permissible for us to speak about it.
For example, he says: “The hearts are between two fingers of the Most Merciful,” and he gestures between his fingers. This is forbidden, because he does not know the manner of their being between two fingers of the Most Merciful, and then he does not know which of the two fingers it is. So it is never permissible, whether among common folk or students of knowledge.Rather, he says: Between two fingers, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said.
Using gestures in matters related to the attributes of Allah: if the people around him are common folk, it is not permissible for him to do so; because they will move from the magnification of the heart to likening Allah to creation, since the common person does not distinguish between this and that. However, if it is for students of knowledge, then there is nothing wrong with what has come in the explicit text.Like the hadith of Abu Hurayrah and His saying, the Exalted:
Indeed, Allah is ever Hearing and Seeing.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ سَمِيعاً بَصِيراًFor example, he says: “The hearts are between two fingers of the Most Merciful,” and he gestures between his fingers. This is forbidden, because he does not know the manner of their being between two fingers of the Most Merciful, and then he does not know which of the two fingers it is. So it is never permissible, whether among common folk or students of knowledge.Rather, he says: Between two fingers, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said.