We request clarification of the hadith (Indeed, Allah created Adam in His image) and to whom the pronoun refers?
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The questioner : We request clarification of the meaning of the hadith: Sahih Muslim 2612e, and to whom does this pronoun refer?
The Shaykh : The pronoun refers to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), meaning: that Allah created Adam in His image (Blessed and Exalted is He), as that came explained in some narrations:.
And this does not necessitate that he be similar to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), because Allah said:[Ash-Shuraa 42:11], so we say that Allah created Adam in His image without similarity, and this is not strange.
So this first group of the people of Paradise enter Paradise in the image of the moon on the night of the full moon without similarity, so if this is permissible between the created beings, then between the Creator and the created it is even more so.
And know that what has come in the Book and the Sunnah regarding the attributes of Allah, it is obligatory to carry them out according to their apparent meaning without likening Allah to creation, and it is not permissible for us to deal with them by distorting their meaning, rather we affirm the meaning and deny similarity, and by that we are safe from evil and from distorting the words from their places.
for Allah created Adam in His own image
إن الله خلق آدم على صورتهThe Shaykh : The pronoun refers to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), meaning: that Allah created Adam in His image (Blessed and Exalted is He), as that came explained in some narrations:
in the image of the Most Merciful
على صورة الرحمنAnd this does not necessitate that he be similar to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), because Allah said:
There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
ليس كمثله شيء وهو السميع البصيرSo this first group of the people of Paradise enter Paradise in the image of the moon on the night of the full moon without similarity, so if this is permissible between the created beings, then between the Creator and the created it is even more so.
And know that what has come in the Book and the Sunnah regarding the attributes of Allah, it is obligatory to carry them out according to their apparent meaning without likening Allah to creation, and it is not permissible for us to deal with them by distorting their meaning, rather we affirm the meaning and deny similarity, and by that we are safe from evil and from distorting the words from their places.