Allah's Hands are NOT Metaphorical - Clearing Misconceptions #7 || Ustadh AbdulAziz Al-Haqqan

Added: 2026-05-18

[00:00:00]But somebody might come to us and say, "Why are you affirming hands to Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala?" Because we say the Quran Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala said in the Quran that he has two hands. That's what he exactly literally said. And also the messenger Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam in the Hadith.

[00:00:13]And you came along and said, "No, this is not what they mean." And you started making far-fetched and twisting the text and then you started not taking the authentic Hadith, rejecting them altogether. So the people of Sunnah and Jama'ah said, "No, this is dangerous.

[00:00:28]Now we don't tell you what the deen of Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala this is absolutely dangerous. And the messenger Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam cautioned us against that. The Sheikh says, "And what they have said is false from many aspects." And I will And I think it suffices to mention the following. Number one.

[00:00:49]Establishing the hands the two hands for Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala does not necessitate that any likening with his creatures.

[00:01:05]For the hand that is attributed to Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala is befitting of his perfection and majesty Subhana Wa Ta'ala. And the hand attributed to the creature and the hand that is attributed to a creature is befitting of the imperfection and weakness of a creature.

[00:01:30]And having the same name does not necessitate that they are the same.

[00:01:40]That the how is the same.

[00:01:43]This is crucial ya ikhwaan.

[00:01:46]This is crucial.

[00:01:50]And this is apparent in all creatures.

[00:01:52]For the hand of a person for example the hand of a person is not like the hand of the horse.

[00:01:59]They're not the same in how they are.

[00:02:02]Even though both of them are called hands.

[00:02:11]Then if there is this difference between them and they are creatures then how far would it be between the creator exalted is he and the creation?

[00:02:36]Is this understood? Do you have what?

[00:02:47]We have eyes.

[00:02:50]The the falcon has eyes.

[00:02:53]And an ant has eyes.

[00:02:58]We have a head.

[00:03:00]An elephant has a head.

[00:03:04]A mouse has a head.

[00:03:07]We have legs.

[00:03:09]Tigers have legs.

[00:03:12]Giraffes have legs.

[00:03:15]Uh a spider has legs.

[00:03:19]They have the same name, don't they?

[00:03:22]Are they the same thing?

[00:03:24]Of course not.

[00:03:28]If you said I have a leg and then somebody stopped you and said no, no, don't say that.

[00:03:34]If you say so, then people are going to liken you to spiders. They're going to think that you are a spider because spider has legs.

[00:03:41]You would say this is this isn't I mean this is unrealistic. This illogical in any way, shape or form.

[00:03:52]This is obscene, absurd to say.

[00:03:56]It should be more absurd to say that when it comes to the creator of the heavens and the earth and everything in between.

[00:04:09]It should be more so.

[00:04:11]So, why do we need to negate them from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala just because they share the same name?

[00:04:17]The name itself does not mean that they are the same. It's just the name.

[00:04:21]The hand Our dear doctor Akbar is saying frogs have kidneys and they're not the same as humans.

[00:04:27]So, when we say kidneys they are befitting. When we say kidneys, we say the kidneys of whom?

[00:04:34]Say the kidneys of frogs. We understand they are kidneys befitting of frogs.

[00:04:39]So, humans we know that they are different.

[00:04:41]We say the legs of the spider. We understand there are eight legs or and how they are and they stick to to the to the web that they make and so on.

[00:04:50]They're different.

[00:04:52]You've never seen a human sticking uh walking on a on on on threads on the silk threads because uh his legs are similar to the spider. No, they're different.

[00:05:03]So, when you say the legs of a human being, they're different. If you say the hand of a human being is a lot different and where the thumb is and so on.

[00:05:11]Like when we say Allah's the hand of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is different because we attributed it we added it to Allah.

[00:05:19]Yani and take this as a rule.

[00:05:22]Sheikh ul-Islam ibn Taymiyyah mentioned this. Sheikh ibn Uthaymeen mentioned this. All the all the mashaikh and the ulama they always mention They say the meaning is taken from what you attribute the words to.

[00:05:34]What are you are describing?

[00:05:39]So, when you say the existence of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, we know what?

[00:05:44]We know that the existence of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is doesn't need a creator.

[00:05:49]Doesn't have a beginning. Doesn't have an end. Does is not in need of anyone.

[00:05:55]Like when you say the existence of a human being, we know that it has a has a start. It is in need of Allah subhana wa ta'ala. Need It is in need for a food.

[00:06:03]It is in need of a and it will end and it will You understand barakallahu feekum.

[00:06:10]So, no one can dare and say Allah does not exist just because we say humans exist. So, because this name existence or this terminology, we can add it to Allah and add it to human beings. So, we have to deny the existence of Allah azza wa jalla.

[00:06:30]No, we don't have to.

[00:06:31]Same thing with his mercy. Allah subhana wa ta'ala has mercy. Yes.

[00:06:34]But when we say the mercy of Allah is nothing like our mercy.

[00:06:40]Cuz you're talking about Allah subhana wa ta'ala.

[00:06:43]Laisa kamithlihi shay'un subhana wa ta'ala. There is nothing like him subhana wa ta'ala. Nothing at all that is like Allah subhana wa ta'ala.

[00:06:56]Uh Rabbus samawati wal ardhi wama baynahuma.

[00:07:02]Fa'budhu wastabir li'ibadatihi hal ta'lamu lahu samiyya.

[00:07:06]La wallah.

[00:07:12]The lord of the heavens and the earth and everything in between.

[00:07:17]Do you know anyone like him subhana wa ta'ala? No, we don't know any lord of the heavens and the earth and everything that you need to worship and be patient upon his worship. No.

[00:07:27]Only Allah subhana wa ta'ala. The creator of the heavens and the earth.

[00:07:33]Tayyib.

[00:07:34]The most So, so, the same thing with hands.

[00:07:39]The hand of Allah subhana wa ta'ala.

[00:07:41]Tayyib. Just like we say the existence of Allah, the mercy of Allah, the hand of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is not like our hands.

[00:07:48]But somebody might come to us and say, "Why are you affirming hands to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala?" Because we say the Quran Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said in the Quran that he has two hands. That's what he exactly literally said.

[00:07:58]And also the messenger sallallahu alayhi wasallam in the ahadith.

[00:08:01]And you came along and said, "No, this is not what they mean." And you started making far-fetched and twisting the text and then you started not taking the authentic ahadith, rejecting them altogether. So, the people of sunnah and jama'ah said, "La, this is dangerous.

[00:08:16]Now we we don't toy with the deen of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. This is absolutely dangerous." And the messenger sallallahu alayhi wasallam cautioned us against that.

[00:08:25]And if we were to if we were to reject the ahadith, we can reject any hadith then. Because the ahadith you're rejecting are the most authentic of the ahadith. They are mutawatir ahadith. They are both in Bukhari and Muslim. We don't know of any more authentic ahadith. And if these can be rejected, then we can reject anything else in the deen of Allah azza wa jal.

[00:08:48]And this is na'udhubillah a dangerous and a grave sin.

[00:08:54]And it's very and it varies. It's very and it can reach kufr that gets one outside the fold of Islam.

[00:09:02]It can reach one of the most dangerous and deadliest of sins.

[00:09:10]Most transgressant.

[00:09:13]Wa man adzlamu mimman iftara 'ala Allahi kadhiba.

[00:09:17]And and so on. It could be a major sin.

[00:09:20]It could and so on, ya ikhwah. But this is not something easy for the 'ulama' to say uh to remain silent on. La. That's why you see libraries have been written.

[00:09:29]>> [clears throat] >> Uh books, ya ikhwah. You fill libraries with that with the books that have been written in replying to this grave and dangerous mistake.

[00:09:42]Wait, number two.

[00:09:44]He says that when you say ability and bliss using that for the word hand is correct.

[00:09:56]You can say hand and mean by it ability, or you can say hand and mean by it bliss.

[00:10:05]However, you'll never give it this meaning unless there is evidence that shows us that, that indicates that.

[00:10:17]And this is non-existent in the ayat and the ahadith that have the two hands of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

[00:10:25]And what will clarify is number three.

[00:10:30]Like we have Yasin is asking, he's saying by consequence they should negate that the food of Jannah is actual food that we have no conception of except in name. Yeah, and they can negate not just that, they can negate the angels.

[00:10:42]They can negate the heavens and hell and they would say, um, you know, bliss and and torment that we get in this life.

[00:10:51]They can claim that there are truths that don't exist, they're just powers.

[00:10:56]They can go even to acts of worship and start applying that they can say they can say look salah means in the Arabic language supplication. By the way, that way this is what it means.

[00:11:06]Salah means supplication in the Arabic language. So, why are we making five salah with the takbirat and and sawm means to hold off.

[00:11:18]And we will hold off and hajj means intending al-qasdu.

[00:11:23]So, we just intend and we just make qasd and to a certain place and that's it. We don't have to make tawaf, we don't have to make ihram and tawaf and sa'i and we don't have to do any of that and we don't have to fast and we don't have to pray and we don't have and we don't have because all of these things we can look for something in the language we say la la la.

[00:11:45]We say this is then then the I see the best reply for them ya is to say look if you accept this for Allah Azza wa Jal you accept this then I want you to work for me and I will give you wealth.

[00:12:06]And by wealth I mean after he works for you you say yeah I didn't mean money.

[00:12:11]I did not mean money.

[00:12:13]I meant something else.

[00:12:15]Let him work and instead of getting money let him get something else.

[00:12:20]They accept for Allah but they don't accept for themselves.

[00:12:26]Let him go work and after work he goes and says where is my salary they say yeah but we did not mean by by a salary we did not mean uh we did not mean money.

[00:12:38]We meant something else.

[00:12:40]A salary we meant whatever it is you can give me a a a an example that what they meant by a salary they meant a a monthly praise.

[00:12:52]We're going to praise you and say very good work that you have done. We really appreciate what you have done.

[00:13:00]Something like that.

[00:13:04]Whatever it is they will never accept it on themselves.

[00:13:08]No one is ever going to accept that he says I want to get married they say okay and then they tell him yeah but we meant by marriage something else and you're not really married.

[00:13:16]You're going to we're going to give you money and by money we meant something else. We did not mean actual money that we are going to give you.

[00:13:25]I'm going to give you a thousand and then you say yeah I we're going to give you a thousand dollars or we're going to give you a thousand praises.

[00:13:31]He's never going to accept this. We say but for Allah you accept no problem.

[00:13:37]Allah tells you himself that he has hands and you say that it means something else.

[00:13:41]Where did you get this from?

[00:13:43]Well it could be in the language this is meant to say okay fine in the language.

[00:13:50]So many things we can look for so many things that could mean something else and by the end of the day we don't give you what you need.

[00:13:56]As a or what you have asked.

[00:14:01]As a someone who has a business or someone who has a something to establish.

[00:14:09]Anyway the the the example you get the example. Thank you.

[00:14:19]Okay.