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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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(The Naming of the Attributes of Allah by the People of Denial of Attributes as Limbs, Parts, and Organs, and the Refutation of Them) And likewise the Face of the Lord, Exalted is His Majesty*** And likewise the term "hand" and the term "two hands"

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The Shaykh :" And likewise the Face of the Lord, Exalted is His Majesty *** And likewise the term "hand" and the term "two hands"
You have named all of this limbs, rather *** You have named them the organs of man "

They said: If we say that Allah has a Face and that He has a hand or two hands, then it follows that we must affirm for Him what? Parts and limbs, and Allah is free from that. Or they call them organs, saying: The hand is an organ like the organ of man, and the organ of man is a means of acquisition, as Allah the Exalted said:
[game caught by] what you have trained of hunting animals وما علمتم من الجوارح مكلبين
[Al-Ma'idah 5:4]
meaning from the grasping ones. So you have made the Lord, Mighty and Majestic, you have made the hand of Allah like the hand of the created being. If they had been free from likening, they would have known that Allah has a hand that is not like the hands of the created beings. Now, if they say that the hand is a limb, or that the hand is a part of the whole, or the like of that, what do we say? We say: We affirm for Allah what Allah has affirmed for Himself of the hand, and we do not say that it is a part of Allah or a limb of Allah. Even though the counterpart of its name, in relation to us, is a part and a limb, but in relation to Allah, we do not say it is a part, nor do we say it is a limb. Rather, we say it is the hand of Allah, and it is true in its reality. And if we adhere to proper conduct with Allah and with His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and we affirm what Allah has affirmed without adding anything, we are safe from these estimations.
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