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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Clarification of the referent of the pronoun in the hadith: (Allah created Adam in His image).

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The Shaykh : For this reason, scholars have differed, both in the past and in the present, regarding the referent of the pronoun in the authentic narration
for Allah created Adam in His own image إنّ الله خلق آدم على صورته
Sahih Muslim 2612e
In my opinion, this disagreement must be resolved now that we have come upon the narration of Imam al-Bukhari in his Sahih, worded as
Allah created Adam in His picture, sixty cubits (about 30 meters) in height. خلق الله آدم على صورته طوله ستّون ذراعا
Sahih al-Bukhari 6227
Thus, al-Bukhari’s authentic narration serves as an explanation and clarification of the other authentic narration, which is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him)
Allah created Adam in His picture خلق الله آدم على صورته
Sahih al-Bukhari 6227
Therefore, the referent of the pronoun in "His image" becomes clear in the narration of Imam al-Bukhari, worded as
Allah created Adam in His picture, sixty cubits (about 30 meters) in height. خلق الله آدم على صورته طوله ستون ذراعا
Sahih al-Bukhari 6227
Because this description, with its length, cannot possibly refer to anyone other than Adam (peace and blessings be upon him). And with that, we are done with the problem of questioning and delving into the hadith
Allah created Adam in His picture خلق الله آدم على صورة الرحمن
Sahih al-Bukhari 6227
whether from the perspective of the narration, which indicated the weakness of its chain, or from the perspective of understanding, which indicated its anomaly and its contradiction of the narration agreed upon in its chain, and its contradiction of al-Bukhari’s authentic narration, which contradicts it in its text. This is what I have in answer to this question, other than that.
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