Is it permissible to clench one's hand when reciting the verse of Allah the Exalted: "And the earth, all of it, will be in His grip on the Day of Resurrection"?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh. Is it permissible for a person, when reciting the verse of Allah the Exalted: [Az-Zumar 39:67], to clench his hand?
The Shaykh : If he clenches his hand in front of people, that is likening Allah to creation and comparing Him to creation, and it is not permissible for a person to do anything that suggests likening or comparing, especially in front of the general public.
Furthermore, it is a lie. Does he know that Allah the Exalted will grasp the earth in the same manner in which he grasped it?
He may be grasping it in a different manner, for the manner of grasping varies even among people. Therefore, it is not permissible for him to do that.
Someone might say: إن الرسول عليه الصلاة والسلام لما قرأ : إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ سَمِيعاً بَصِيرا وضع إصبعه على عينه وأذنه When the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) recited: "Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Seeing," he placed his finger on his eye and his ear. We say: This was established by the Sunnah and it is the truth. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to emphasize these two attributes, hearing and seeing, by mentioning their locations on the human body.
As for describing the manner of the grasping when he does not know it, that is forbidden and a lie about Allah. Yes.
They have not appraised Allah with true appraisal, while the earth entirely will be [within] His grip on the Day of Resurrection
وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ وَالْأَرْضُ جَمِيعاً قَبْضَتُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِThe Shaykh : If he clenches his hand in front of people, that is likening Allah to creation and comparing Him to creation, and it is not permissible for a person to do anything that suggests likening or comparing, especially in front of the general public.
Furthermore, it is a lie. Does he know that Allah the Exalted will grasp the earth in the same manner in which he grasped it?
He may be grasping it in a different manner, for the manner of grasping varies even among people. Therefore, it is not permissible for him to do that.
Someone might say: إن الرسول عليه الصلاة والسلام لما قرأ : إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ سَمِيعاً بَصِيرا وضع إصبعه على عينه وأذنه When the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) recited: "Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Seeing," he placed his finger on his eye and his ear. We say: This was established by the Sunnah and it is the truth. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to emphasize these two attributes, hearing and seeing, by mentioning their locations on the human body.
As for describing the manner of the grasping when he does not know it, that is forbidden and a lie about Allah. Yes.