So they should be told:

If you gave due consideration to what the texts signify, you would know that they indicate nothing but the truth. As for (the first example, the statement:

“The Black Stone is Allah’s right hand on earth. Whoever shakes hands with it and kisses it is as though he had shaken hands with Allah and kissed His right hand.”

This explicitly indicates that the Black Stone is neither an attribute of Allah nor His actual right hand, for it says:

“Allah’s right hand on earth,”

and:

“Whoever kisses it and shakes hands with it is as though he had shaken hands with Allah and kissed His right hand.”

It is well known that the thing being compared is not the thing to which it is compared. Thus, the report itself makes clear that whoever touches the Stone is not shaking hands with Allah, and that the Stone is not His actual right hand. How, then, can its apparent meaning be deemed disbelief on the grounds that it requires reinterpretation—especially when this report is known only from Ibn Abbās?

As for the other hadith, it appears in the Sahīh with its meaning explained:

“Allah says, ‘My servant, I was hungry, yet you did not feed Me.’ The servant replies, ‘My Lord, how could I feed You when You are the Lord of all worlds?’ He says, ‘Did you not know that My servant so-and-so was hungry? Had you fed him, you would have found that with Me. My servant, I was ill, yet you did not visit Me.’ The servant replies, ‘My Lord, how could I visit You when You are the Lord of all worlds?’ He says, ‘Did you not know that My servant so-and-so was ill? Had you visited him, you would have found Me with him.’”

This explicitly indicates that Allah, glorified is He, was neither ill nor hungry; rather, His servant was ill and His servant was hungry. He described His servant’s hunger as His own hunger and his illness as His own illness, explaining this with the words, “Had you fed him, you would have found that with Me,” and, “Had you visited him, you would have found Me with him.” Thus, no expression in the hadith remains that requires reinterpretation.