What is the ruling on negating the Left Hand of the Master, Exalted and Majestic is He?
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Question:
His statement: "There is no Left (Hand) for our Creator"?
Answer:
There is a dispute regarding this, and the correct view is that it is established, as in the hadith of Ibn 'Umar: "He grasps the heavens with His Right Hand and the earth with His Left Hand." Although there is some weakness in it, because it is narrated by some of 'Umar's sons, and there is some weakness in that, the other narrations support it; because naming one of them the Right Hand indicates that the other is named the Left Hand. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3367Hasan (Darussalam), both are Right in excellence and honor, and even if the second is named the Left or the Left Hand, it is a Right Hand in honor: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3367Hasan (Darussalam), as in the authentic hadith: , and Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, says: [Az-Zumar: 67], and in the hadith: "The earth with His Left Hand." Yes.
Q: He says: Since the Left is an attribute of the created beings?
A: It seems the hadith was hidden from him, may Allah have mercy on him. What did he comment on?
The student: No.
Q: Is the author's expression "the Left" correct?
A: The Left is the Left Hand. Yes.
His statement: "There is no Left (Hand) for our Creator"?
Answer:
There is a dispute regarding this, and the correct view is that it is established, as in the hadith of Ibn 'Umar: "He grasps the heavens with His Right Hand and the earth with His Left Hand." Although there is some weakness in it, because it is narrated by some of 'Umar's sons, and there is some weakness in that, the other narrations support it; because naming one of them the Right Hand indicates that the other is named the Left Hand. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
both of the Hands of my Lord are right, blessed
وكلتا يدي ربي يمين مباركةboth of the Hands of my Lord are right, blessed
كلتا يدي ربي يمين مباركةAnd the just ones will be on minbars of light on the Day of Resurrection, to the Right of the Most Merciful, and both hands of my Lord are a blessed Right Hand
والمقسطون على منابر من نورٍ يوم القيامة عن يمين الرحمن، وكلتا يدي ربي يمين مباركةand the heavens will be folded in His right hand
وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ مَطْوِيَّاتٌ بِيَمِينِهِQ: He says: Since the Left is an attribute of the created beings?
A: It seems the hadith was hidden from him, may Allah have mercy on him. What did he comment on?
The student: No.
Q: Is the author's expression "the Left" correct?
A: The Left is the Left Hand. Yes.
Source
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