(Allah folds the heavens and then takes them in His right hand, and He folds the earths and then takes them in His left hand)
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The questioner: Hadith: narrated by Muslim through the route of 'Umar ibn Hamzah ... and this is weak; so how is this reconciled with the hadith: reported in "al-Sahihayn"?
The Shaykh: It is true that this 'Amr has weakness in him and he is not relied upon alone, but the fact that the Lord of the worlds is described with two hands, a right and a left, has come in other than this weak man's hadith. So the reconciliation between this attribute of right and left and his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3367Hasan (Darussalam) is very easy. Indeed, this second hadith is an explanation and interpretation of His saying (Blessed and Exalted is He): [Ash-Shuraa 42:11]; in this verse there is negation and affirmation, and the negation was placed before the affirmation so that the Muslim would not fall into likening the Creator to the created. So he placed this preamble of negation and said: [Ash-Shuraa 42:11] Thus he affirmed for His Self (Blessed and Exalted is He) these two attributes and clarified that it is necessary to purify Him (Mighty and Majestic) from being likened to the creations, as the scholars say. In this manner came his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3367Hasan (Darussalam); meaning: His right and left are not as we humans imagine, so His right and left are purified from being likened to humans. And to confirm this purification, He said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3367Hasan (Darussalam) and this is not ... a likeness; so it is a confirmation of the principle of [Ash-Shuraa 42:11] This is the answer, and I do not say there is a contradiction between the hadiths that affirm the right and left and his saying (peace be upon him): Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3367Hasan (Darussalam); rather, he (peace and blessings be upon him) in this phrase purifies his Lord (Mighty and Majestic) with the attribute of right and left from being as it is known among humans.
This is the answer.
Indeed, Allah folds the heavens and then takes them in His right hand, and He folds the earths and then takes them in His left hand
إن الله يطوي السموات ثم يأخذهنَّ بيمينه ، ويطوي الأرضين ثم يأخذهنَّ بشمالهBoth His hands are right
كلتا يديه يمينThe Shaykh: It is true that this 'Amr has weakness in him and he is not relied upon alone, but the fact that the Lord of the worlds is described with two hands, a right and a left, has come in other than this weak man's hadith. So the reconciliation between this attribute of right and left and his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
both of the Hands of my Lord are right
وكلتا يدي ربي يمينThere is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
ليس كمثله شيء وهو السميع البصيرThere is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
ليس كمثله شيء وهو السميع البصيرboth of the Hands of my Lord are right
وكلتا يدي ربي يمينboth of the Hands of my Lord are right
كلتا يدي ربي يمينThere is nothing like unto Him
ليس كمثله شيءboth of the Hands of my Lord are right
كلتا يدي ربي يمينThis is the answer.
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