It is rationally known that a human being among humans does not possess the ability to be a god, but the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), which we seek refuge in Allah from, causes hearts to deviate and minds to wander; therefore
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The Shaykh : It is rationally known that a human being among humans does not possess the ability to be a god, but the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), which we seek refuge in Allah from, causes hearts to deviate and minds to wander; therefore he (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned a tangible sign. And in this hadith is evidence that Allah has only two eyes. Some people have asked: How do you affirm that Allah has two eyes, when it is said: and it is said: ? Only the singular and the plural are mentioned? The answer to this is to say: First: The Sunnah (the Prophet's way) has come that Allah has only two eyes, but the hadith regarding this is mursal (a report missing the Companion link) but the hadith is weak. Second: Both the singular and the plural do not contradict the dual, because when the singular is made possessive, it becomes inclusive of everything established of its type. So the word "eye," when made possessive of Allah, becomes inclusive of whatever is established for Allah of eyes. As for the plural, there is no contradiction with the dual either, because the intention in it is magnification. And behold, the hand of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is only two by the explicit text of the Qur'an, and yet it is said: [Ya-Sin 36:71] So the dual may be expressed by the plural by way of magnification. Moreover, some linguists say that the minimum of the plural is two. On this basis, there is absolutely no problem. Then we say: If someone says that Allah has more than two eyes, we say: If Allah had more than two eyes, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would have clarified it in this hadith, because if Allah had more than two, that would be a perfection, would it not? Because it would be an attribute among the attributes of Allah and an attribute of perfection. And if it is an attribute of perfection and the occasion is one of clarification, it is obligatory that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) mention it, saying, for example, that He has two eyes, or that Allah has three eyes, or four, or more. Since he did not say anything other than this difference, we know that Allah does not have more than two eyes. The scholars of the people of the Sunnah and the community have used this hadith as evidence for what they stated, and al-Ash'ari transmitted their consensus on this in his book *Al-Ibanah*, and I think al-Baqillani did so as well, and Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah transmitted it from him and approved it. There is no problem in this, and we have not known anyone from the Salaf (the earliest generations) who is relied upon in the chapter of attributes to say that Allah has more than that. On this basis, we say in this hadith that there is evidence that Allah has only two eyes, because if He had three, it would be said that Allah has three eyes, and by this the distinction would be achieved. And it is not possible to conceal some of the perfection established for Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Some of the contemporary scholars said that the Dajjal (the false messiah) is one-eyed, meaning defective, and "one-eyed" may be used to mean the eye. We say: Subhan Allah (Glory be to Allah)! The Messenger clarified that he is one-eyed in the right eye, and the Arabs do not know "one-eyed" except in the eye, especially when he said "one-eyed in the eye," because they do not know anything else.
