Does it not appear that their interpretation of the foot as the foremost of the people of the Fire is refuted by the fact that at the end of the hadith, when he intended to speak about the creation of the creatures, he stated it explicitly?

The questioner : In the aforementioned hadith of Anas, the Lord of Majesty places His foot, and in a narration, His leg, which they have interpreted. They went to the extent of saying that the foot and the leg are the foremost of the creation. But what do they answer at the end of the hadith when the creation was intended? He stated explicitly: .

The Shaykh : Even in the same hadith, it says, "some of it will shrink toward some of it," in the same hadith, "upon the Fire." Say, "I seek refuge in You that You seal my heart." The human being, may Allah protect us, if he is deprived of good and light, light becomes darkness for him. The cause of that, O people, the cause of that, as the Shaykh al-Islam said, and I say, and I think you say it too, is turning away from the Book and the Sunnah and returning to the intellect. This is what destroyed them. If they had returned to the Book and the Sunnah and adhered to what the Book and the Sunnah indicated, and turned away from everything else, they would have been at ease. By Allah, Abu Bakr did not ask about this, nor 'Umar, nor 'Uthman, nor 'Ali, nor Ibn Mas'ud, nor Ibn 'Abbas, nor Hudhayfah, nor anyone else. None of them asked about this, and they are undoubtedly more knowledgeable about Allah than these people, more mindful of Allah, and their love for Allah is greater than the love of these people. This is a known matter. If we had followed this path, we would have been at ease. And you should follow it first in yourselves, then in those who ask you. Say to him, "My brother, fear Allah, do not ask this question. This is a religious innovation. Who among the Companions asked about it? Who asked?! And warn him of Allah. Do not ask this. Say, 'I believe in Allah. I believe that Allah has a foot which He places upon the Fire, and some of it will shrink toward some of it.' And I will not say more than that. Then, the Lord, Mighty and Majestic, as the Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "It is not from any material, such as the material of the human being". The material of the soul is not from the material created by the human being. It is not from fire, nor from light, nor from clay. We do not know the material of the soul, which is the reality of the soul and its essence. It is not like the nature of the body; it differs greatly, even though it is a body according to the stronger opinion. But it is a body that does not resemble bodies, and it is from another material. We do not know about it. Did you understand? How about the Creator, Mighty and Majestic? The Creator cannot be imagined. Even if you affirm for Him a leg in reality, or a foot in reality, you cannot imagine that it is of the same kind as your hand or your leg, not in reality and essence, nor in manner, nor in likeness, ever. It is something we do not know, greater than our minds and more magnificent. And I fear that Satan, may Allah protect us from him, and we ask Allah to protect you from him, I fear that Satan comes to the human being and makes him imagine that this leg, in terms of essence and reality, is like the leg of the created being, regardless of the manner. We say that this is not permissible. This is forbidden. We know that the Creator is not like the created in every respect. And He, Exalted and Majestic is He, is the Light of the heavens and the earth. And we do not imagine how the Light of the heavens and the earth was. It is greater than that. So the important thing is that the obligatory in these matters is submission. We say, "We believe and we affirm," and we do not imagine anything beyond that. Take these attributes and what they imply of meanings, and what is in them of greatness and majesty, and be at ease. As for burdening yourself with something Allah has not burdened you with, but rather prohibited you from, in the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): .