And every sound hadith that has come down on this subject from the Messenger ﷺ is exactly as he stated it; its sense is precisely what he intended. We do not meddle with it, forcing our own interpretations upon it or letting our passions imagine things that are not there. What is meant is the direct sight of Allah, Glorified and Exalted, with the very eyes—nothing like the meaning invented by the innovators.

Everything the Prophet ﷺ reported to establish the vision of Allah is true in its literal reality, no different from what is found in the Qur’an, and belief in it is obligatory. The Prophet’s words are revelation from Allah: “Nor does he speak from his own desire; it is nothing but revelation sent down” (An-Najm 53:3-4). For this reason the Sunnah is called the second revelation.

In many mass-transmitted (mutawātir) hadiths the Prophet ﷺ informed us that the believers will see their Lord on the Day of Resurrection. One must believe this without distortion or denial, without likening Allah to creation, and without asking how. It must be taken as the Messenger ﷺ intended it, not as the innovators and distorters would have it—such as the Jahmiyyah, the Muʿtazilah, and those who studied under them and adopted their false exegesis.

Rather, we are obliged to follow the Book and the Sunnah and not intrude with our own intellects and notions, setting them in judgment over what the Qur’an and the Sunnah contain; our duty is to