بسم الله الرحمن
الرحيم
وصلى الله على
نبينا محمد
وعلى اهل بيته
الطيبين الطاهرين المظلومين
According to a beautiful Hadith, though there is weakness in it:
إِذَا بَكَى الْيَتِيمُ وَقَعَتْ دُمُوعُهُ فِي كَفِّ الرَّحْمَنِ ، فَيَقُولُ
: مَنْ أَبْكَى هَذَا الْيَتِيمَ الَّذِي وَارَيْتُ وَالِدَيْهِ تَحْتَ الثَّرَى ؟
مَنْ أَسْكَتَهُ فَلَهُ الْجَنَّةُ
When the orphan cries, his tears fall into the Palm of
Ar-Rahman, so He says: “Who made this orphan cry? Whoever silences [consoles]
him, for him is Paradise.”
Now I affirm the attribute of the Kaff [Palm] for Allah, as an
essential attribute for Him, based on the sound Hadith in which the Prophet صلى الله عليه
وسلم said:
فَرَأَيْتُهُ وَضَعَ كَفَّهُ بَيْنَ كَتِفَىَّ حَتَّى وَجَدْتُ بَرْدَ أَنَامِلِهِ
بَيْنَ ثَدْيَىَّ
“So I saw Him place His Palm between my shoulders until
I felt the coolness of His Fingertips between my breast.”
[Jami at-Tirmidhi #3235]
From this Hadith we learn that Allah has a Kaff [Palm] and Anamil [Fingertips]
and these are from His essential attributes. The great Hanbali scholar, al-Qadi
Abi Ya’la [d. 458 H] explained that from the correct, orthodox creed is to
affirm the Palm of Allah [Ibtal at-Ta’wilat pp.304, 307]:
The Book of Isaiah likewise affirms kaph [palm] for God:
הֵן עַל-כַּפַּיִם, חַקֹּתִיךְ
Behold, I have graven thee upon My palms
[Isaiah 49:16]
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