Hadiths have been narrated stating that both of Allah's hands are the right hand; are there any hadiths in which the left hand is mentioned?
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The questioner : A second question, which I have asked you several times: regarding Allah, Mighty and Majestic, the hadiths indicate that both of my Lord's hands are the right hand. The hadiths all indicate that He grasped a handful with His right hand, or with the other hand, or struck Adam's shoulder with His right hand, then struck his other shoulder. You mentioned to me that there are hadiths clarifying that Allah has a left hand, or a left side, but you did not mention the hadith. Is the hadith narrated mentioning the right hand?
The Shaykh : You just said a phrase that perhaps I did not understand. You said that all the hadiths say what?
The questioner : Most of the hadiths...
The Shaykh : What do most of the hadiths say?
The questioner : That they do not clarify the image of the term "left hand"...
The Shaykh : Meaning, most of the hadiths mention that Allah has a hand which is the right one.
The questioner : They do not mention the left hand.
The Shaykh : These are the majority, as you say. What does the description with the right hand mean?
The questioner : The right hand.
The Shaykh : What does it mean? What corresponds to it?
The questioner : Regarding Allah, do we stop at the thing, or do we say "left"?
The Shaykh : No, we say... because I am now beginning the answer in this way: the word "right" contains an indication that there is a "left." And of course, we do not say this and stop there, because this is an opinion based on conjecture, and it is not permissible for us to say such an opinion regarding the greatest of the unseen, which is Allah and His attributes. But I say, as if I heard you just now, you also pointed to a hadith, which is the hadith of the grasping Am I mistaken?
The questioner : Yes, I mentioned it.
The Shaykh : What is this?
The questioner : .
The Shaykh : What is this other one?
The questioner : This is the issue, you mentioned to me, my Shaykh...
The Shaykh : I am coming to you with the explanation. The hadith published in the authentic hadiths and then in a hadith that mentions the right and the left. Now, I do not remember the wording of the hadith; then he follows up with his saying, peace and blessings be upon him: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3367Hasan (Darussalam) So this also points to the hadith of the two grasps, in which there is a right and a left. And his saying, peace and blessings be upon him: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3367Hasan (Darussalam) is like a detail regarding this divine attribute, as He, the Exalted, said: [Ash-Shuraa 42:11] So our Lord has two outstretched hands, as is explicit in the Qur'an and as came in the Sunnah, right and left. But our Lord, Mighty and Majestic, is distinguished by this prophetic description, which we can say is a quotation from the Qur'anic text when He said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3367Hasan (Darussalam) So there is nothing like Him. So, it is true that humans have a left and a right, but they are not described as our Lord, Blessed and Exalted, described our Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, by saying: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3367Hasan (Darussalam) Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah 329Sahih (Zubair `Aliza'i) And his saying, peace and blessings be upon him: So this man thinks that exaggeration in praising the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, brings him closer to Allah, but the matter is not so at all, especially when he took this attribute and applied it to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, and the Messenger of Allah reserved it for his Lord, saying: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3367Hasan (Darussalam)
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : You just said a phrase that perhaps I did not understand. You said that all the hadiths say what?
The questioner : Most of the hadiths...
The Shaykh : What do most of the hadiths say?
The questioner : That they do not clarify the image of the term "left hand"...
The Shaykh : Meaning, most of the hadiths mention that Allah has a hand which is the right one.
The questioner : They do not mention the left hand.
The Shaykh : These are the majority, as you say. What does the description with the right hand mean?
The questioner : The right hand.
The Shaykh : What does it mean? What corresponds to it?
The questioner : Regarding Allah, do we stop at the thing, or do we say "left"?
The Shaykh : No, we say... because I am now beginning the answer in this way: the word "right" contains an indication that there is a "left." And of course, we do not say this and stop there, because this is an opinion based on conjecture, and it is not permissible for us to say such an opinion regarding the greatest of the unseen, which is Allah and His attributes. But I say, as if I heard you just now, you also pointed to a hadith, which is the hadith of the grasping
He grasped a handful with His right hand
قبض قبضة بيمينهThe questioner : Yes, I mentioned it.
The Shaykh : What is this?
The questioner :
He grasped a handful for Paradise and I do not care, and He struck with His left shoulder and said for Hell and I do not care, and He grasped with the other, His left shoulder, and said for Hell and I do not care
قبض قبضة في الجنة ولا أبالي ، وضرب بكتفه اليسرى وقال في النار ولا أبالي ، وقبض بالأخرى بكتفه الأيسر وقال في النار ولا أباليThe Shaykh : What is this other one?
The questioner : This is the issue, you mentioned to me, my Shaykh...
The Shaykh : I am coming to you with the explanation. The hadith published in the authentic hadiths
He grasped a handful with His right hand and said, "These are for Paradise and I do not care," and He grasped a handful with His left hand and said, "These are for Hell and I do not care"
قبض قبضة بيمينه فقال هؤلاء إلى الجنة ولا أبالي وقبض قبضة بشماله فقال هؤلاء إلى النار ولا أباليboth of the Hands of my Lord are right
وكلتا يدي ربي يمينboth 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 البصيرboth of the Hands of my Lord are right
وكلتا يدي ربي يمينboth of the Hands of my Lord are right
وكلتا يدي ربي يمينDo not extol me as the Christians extolled [Jesus] the son of Mary. I am merely a servant,’ so say: '[He is] Allah’s servant and His Messenger.’
لا تطروني كما أطرت النصارى عيسى بن مريم إنما أنا عبد فقولوا عبد الله ورسولهBeware of exaggeration in religion, for indeed those before you were destroyed by their exaggeration in their religion
إياكم والغلو في الدين فإنما أهلك الذين من قبلكم غلوهم في دينهمboth of the Hands of my Lord are right
وكلتا يدي ربي يمينThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
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