with his heart,” referring to His words:

“And he certainly saw Him in another descent” (13) [al-Najm 13].

As for the hadith of Abū Dharr, Muslim narrated it in his Sahīh from Qatādah, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Shaqīq al-ʿUqaylī, from Abū Dharr, who said: “I asked the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), ‘Did you see your Lord?’ He replied, ‘Light—how could I see Him?’”

As for what some common people relate—that Abū Bakr asked him and he replied, “I saw Him,” whereas ʿĀʾishah asked him and he replied, “I did not see Him”—this is a lie by the consensus of the scholars. ʿĀʾishah had no hadith on this matter traced back to the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace); rather,