Is it established for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) that He has two feet?
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The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : This is a question outside the scope of the Hajj, and there is no harm in it.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : As for the attributes of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He), they are matters of suspension (taqif); there is no room for opinion or independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) in them. So, regarding the issue of affirming that Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) has two feet, based on the statement of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) when he was asked about the Footstool (Kursi), he said, "It is the place of the feet." Knowing that the texts transmitted in the Sunnah came with the singular attribute of the leg (Rijl) for Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), if we affirm that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has two feet, have we contradicted the aforementioned rule, which is that the attributes of Allah are matters of suspension with no room for opinion or independent legal reasoning? Or do we restrict ourselves to affirming the leg alone and suspend affirming the dual feet?
The Shaykh : The hadith of Ibn Abbas, as you know, is a report stopping at a Companion (mawquf).
The Shaykh: Yes.
The Shaykh : And for hadiths that are reports stopping at a Companion, one does not simply state that they are in the ruling of a report traced to the Prophet (marfu') or that they are not in the ruling of a report traced to the Prophet.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Rather, it is necessary to detail the matter, and what my knowledge has reached is the following: If a report stopping at a Companion cannot be said to be from opinion and independent legal reasoning, and it is not possible that it is from the Isra'iliyyat (narrations from the People of the Book), then it has the ruling of a report traced to the Prophet.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This hadith is not of that type, because it is possible that it is from the Isra'iliyyat!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Unlike, for example, the other hadith from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) which states that the Qur'an was sent down in one piece to the House of Glory in the lowest heaven, then sent down in parts. This cannot be an Isra'iliyyah because it speaks about the Qur'an.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And it cannot be from opinion and independent legal reasoning because it speaks about a matter of the unseen. Therefore, it has the ruling of a report traced to the Prophet. But this one is not so!
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And this extent is sufficient, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
Another questioner : May Allah preserve you, O Shaykh, and bless you.
The questioner : This is a question outside the scope of the Hajj, and there is no harm in it.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : As for the attributes of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He), they are matters of suspension (taqif); there is no room for opinion or independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) in them. So, regarding the issue of affirming that Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) has two feet, based on the statement of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) when he was asked about the Footstool (Kursi), he said, "It is the place of the feet." Knowing that the texts transmitted in the Sunnah came with the singular attribute of the leg (Rijl) for Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), if we affirm that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has two feet, have we contradicted the aforementioned rule, which is that the attributes of Allah are matters of suspension with no room for opinion or independent legal reasoning? Or do we restrict ourselves to affirming the leg alone and suspend affirming the dual feet?
The Shaykh : The hadith of Ibn Abbas, as you know, is a report stopping at a Companion (mawquf).
The Shaykh: Yes.
The Shaykh : And for hadiths that are reports stopping at a Companion, one does not simply state that they are in the ruling of a report traced to the Prophet (marfu') or that they are not in the ruling of a report traced to the Prophet.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Rather, it is necessary to detail the matter, and what my knowledge has reached is the following: If a report stopping at a Companion cannot be said to be from opinion and independent legal reasoning, and it is not possible that it is from the Isra'iliyyat (narrations from the People of the Book), then it has the ruling of a report traced to the Prophet.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This hadith is not of that type, because it is possible that it is from the Isra'iliyyat!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Unlike, for example, the other hadith from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) which states that the Qur'an was sent down in one piece to the House of Glory in the lowest heaven, then sent down in parts. This cannot be an Isra'iliyyah because it speaks about the Qur'an.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And it cannot be from opinion and independent legal reasoning because it speaks about a matter of the unseen. Therefore, it has the ruling of a report traced to the Prophet. But this one is not so!
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And this extent is sufficient, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
Another questioner : May Allah preserve you, O Shaykh, and bless you.
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