The eighth argument: It has been established by the mass-transmitted Sunnah and by the agreement of the early generations of this ummah and its imams—the Companions, the Successors, and the later imams of Islam whom Muslims followed in their religion—that Allah, glorified and exalted be He, will be seen directly with the eyes in the Hereafter. The Quran also indicates this in several passages, as explained in the relevant discussions. The authentic hadiths concerning this are numerous and mass-transmitted, appearing in the Sahīh, Sunan, and Musnad collections. Imams who devoted particular attention to compiling them include al-Dāraqutnī in his Book on the Vision of Allah, Abū Nu‘aym al-Asbahānī, and Abū Bakr