A Summary of Hamawiyyah

Creed of Hamawiyyah - Chapter 16 : Affirming Two Eyes (Aynain) for Allaah

Author: Shaikh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah

Source: Aqidat ul-Hamawiyyah

Article ID : AQD070016  [29685]

16.1 ALLAAH HAS TWO EYES THAT BEFIT HIM.

- Ahl-us- Sunnah has agreed upon this - He Sees by them - them being real, not resembling the eyes of the creation.
- They are Attributes that pertain to His Self.

16.1.1 QUR'AAN (54):14

16.1.2 HADEETH:

Muslim Vol. 4, H7006: ""AND your Lord is not one-eyed"; and hadeeth quoted in 14.2.3

16.2 IT DOES NOT MEAN "KNOWLEDGE" OR "THE ABILITY TO SEE"

i.e. al 'Ilm or ar-Ru'yah, for several reasons.

16.2.1 IT DIFFERS FROM WHAT IS APPARENT FROM THE TEXTS.

- And there's no proof for these figurative meanings.

16.2.2 THE EYES ARE DESCRIBED SUCH THAT THEY CAN ONLY BE EYES.

- Refer to hadeeth quoted in 16.1.2