What is the authenticity of the hadith: “Indeed, Allah created Adam in His image”

Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Baz

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Question:
The hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari, in the Book of Seeking Permission:

for Allah created Adam in His own image

إن الله خلق آدم على صورته

Sahih Muslim 2612e

It is in the section on seeking permission and the beginning of creation, but it was narrated with the wording:

for Allah created Adam in His own image

إن الله خلق آدم على صورة الرحمن

Sahih Muslim 2612e

, and Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) said: “It is authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)

Indeed Allah Most High created Adam

أن الله تعالى خلق آدم على صورة الرحمن

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2955Sahih (Darussalam)

What is the authenticity of this hadith?

Answer:
This is the correct version; the hadith is authentic, as stated by Ishaq, Ahmad, and others. Its meaning is that He is All-Hearing and All-Seeing, not that it means like the hearing and sight of the son of Adam. Allah the Exalted says:

There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.

لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ البَصِيرُ

[Surat al-Shura: 11], meaning that Allah created Adam in His image: All-Hearing, All-Seeing, and speaking, with a hand and a foot, but not like the son of Adam. Glorified is Allah above any likeness or equivalent.
So Allah the Exalted says:

There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.

لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ البَصِيرُ

[Ash-Shuraa 42:11]

And He the Exalted says:

Nor is there to Him any equivalent."

وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ

[Surat al-Ikhlas: 4]

Do you know of any similarity to Him?"

هَلْ تَعْلَمُ لَهُ سَمِيًّا

[Surat Maryam: 65] And He the Majestic and Exalted says:

So do not assert similarities to Allah

فَلاَ تَضْرِبُواْ لِلّهِ الأَمْثَالَ

[Surat al-Nahl: 74].

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