The second example: "The hearts of the servants are between two fingers of the fingers of the Most Merciful."

The Shaykh :"The second example:

Hearts are between two of the fingers of the Most Merciful

قلوب العباد بين أصبعين من أصابع الرحمن

Sunan Ibn Majah 3834

" O Allah, make us firm " The answer is: This hadith is authentic. Muslim narrated it in the second chapter of the Book of Divine Decree from Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say:

The hearts of all men are between two of the Compassionate’s fingers as if they were one heart

إن قلوب بني آدم كلها بين أصبعين من أصابع الرحمن كقلب واحد

Mishkat al-Masabih 89Sahīh (Zubair `Aliza'i)

" Allah is greater than one who can count the hearts, and they are, in relation to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), like one heart between two fingers of His fingers. Yes. "

which He turns wherever He wills

يصرفه حيث يشاء

Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

0 Allah, the Turner of the hearts, turn our hearts to Thine obedience.

اللهم مصرف القلوب صرف قلوبنا على طاعتك

Sahih Muslim 2655

" O Allah, send blessings and peace upon him. This is the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) who feared the turning of the heart, so he asked Allah to turn his heart toward His obedience. In this hadith, he said: Is this will a bare will, or a will based on wisdom? The answer is the latter, because Allah said: And Allah cannot cause the heart of a person who turns to his Lord with sincerity and pure intention to deviate, because Allah the Exalted is more generous than His servants. Whoever draws near to Him by a handspan, He draws near to him by an arm's length; whoever draws near to Him by an arm's length, He draws near to him by a cubit; and whoever comes to Him walking, He comes to him running. So Allah is more generous than His servant to let him fail while his dealing with Allah is sincere and his intention is sincere. This is impossible. However, there may be a hair of hypocrisy, arrogance, or something similar in the heart that hinders him from safety, and the heart deviates because of this. He says: Consider "two fingers of the fingers." If He has more than two, which two do we take? The word "fingers" is plural, and then He attached it to His noble name, the Most Merciful, to indicate that He (Glorified and Exalted is He) does not deal with the servants except in accordance with mercy. And in His saying: there is an indication of the vastness of His knowledge, His power, and His control over His servants; He turns it however He wills. Then he said: The Salaf, the people of the Sunnah, took the apparent meaning of the hadith and said: "Indeed, Allah has real fingers. We affirm them for Him as His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) affirmed them for Him." Did you understand? It is obligatory for us to believe in this: that Allah the Exalted has real fingers, but we do not limit them by number, and we do not know of their number except what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us of.