Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3045

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘The Right Hand of the Most Merciful is full, pouring out without ceasing; neither night nor day diminishes it. Consider what He has spent since creating the heavens and the earth: it has not diminished what is in His Right Hand. His Throne is above the water, and in His other Hand is the Scale, which He raises and lowers.’ Abu ‘Isa graded this hadith hasan sahih and cited it in explaining Allah’s words: “The Jews say, ‘Allah’s hand is tied.’ May their hands be tied, and may they be cursed for what they say. Rather, both His hands are extended; He gives as He wills” (Qur’an 5:64). He said that the leading scholars transmitted this hadith and affirmed it as it came, without explaining how or imagining its modality. He named Sufyan al-Thawri, Malik ibn Anas, Ibn ‘Uyaynah, and Ibn al-Mubarak among those who said such reports should be transmitted and affirmed without asking how.