Is it permissible to make an analogy based on the statement of Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, may Allah have mercy on him: "Indeed, Allah, the Almighty, has a Face, and He has an Eye, and He has a Hand, and He has a Foot – Glorified be He – but it is not necessary for these attributes to be similar to those of a human; there is some resemblance, but it is not in the way of exact similitude," by saying: "Indeed, Allah, the Almighty, has a Face, and He has an Eye, and He has a Hand, and He has a Foot – Glorified be He – but it is not necessary for these attributes to be similar to those of an animal; there is some resemblance, but it is not in the way of exact similitude – Allah forbid"?

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The answer given by the scholar Ibn 'Uthaymeen, in his explanation of Al-Aqeedah Al-Wasitiyyah, revolves around the statement of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah: "without tamtheel (likening)." Ibn 'Uthaymeen clarifies that the Ahlus-Sunnah disavow likening Allah to His creation. He affirms that the safest approach is to take Allah's attributes according to their apparent meaning while negating mumathalah (resemblance). So, He has a Face, an Eye, a Hand, and a Foot, but this does not necessitate resemblance, just as the first group to enter Paradise is likened to the moon without resembling it.

Ibn 'Uthaymeen explains that using the term "tamtheel" (likening) is more appropriate than "tashbeeh" (resemblance/comparison) for three reasons: 1. The Holy Quran uses this term: "There is nothing like unto Him" (Surat Ash-Shura, 42:11) and "So do not set up rivals to Allah" (Surat Al-Baqarah, 2:22). 2. The term "tashbeeh" might convey a corrupted meaning to some, as they interpret it as negating the affirmation of attributes. 3. Negating tashbeeh absolutely is incorrect because there is a commonality between the Creator and the created in the origin of some attributes, such as existence and hearing, but with a difference in the manner.