than he narrated. Then Abū Sa‘īd said:

“These hadiths, and many more, have been narrated concerning seeing Allah. We found the scholars among our teachers affirming their truth and believing in them. Muslims, past and present, have continually narrated them and believed in them, neither finding them objectionable nor denying them. They deemed anyone among the people of deviation who denied them to be astray. Indeed, among their greatest hopes and what they considered the richest rewards from Allah—blessed and exalted is He—was to behold the noble face of Allah, their Creator, on the Day