Fourth: It is established in Sahīh Muslim that Abū Dharr said: “I asked the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, ‘Did you see your Lord?’ He replied, ‘Light—how could I see Him?’”

It is also established in Sahīh Muslim that Abū Mūsā al-Ash‘arī said: “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, stood among us and made four statements, saying: ‘Allah does not sleep, nor does it befit Him to sleep. He lowers the balance and raises it. The deeds of the night are raised to Him before the deeds of the day, and the deeds of the day before the deeds of the night. His veil is light—or he said, fire. Were He to remove it, the radiance of His Face would burn all of His creation that His sight encompasses.’”

‘Abd Allāh ibn Mas‘ūd said: “Indeed, with your Lord there is neither night nor day. The light of the heavens comes from the light of His Face.”

Thus, this authentic hadith states that He has a veil of light or fire. This is not the light of His Face, whose radiance would burn all of His creation that His sight encompasses were He to remove this veil.

Likewise, ‘Uthmān ibn Sa‘īd al-Dārimī narrated: “We were told by Muhammad ibn