817 — Ahmad ibn ‘Ubayd informed us; ‘Ali ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Mubashshir informed us; Ahmad ibn Sinan narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Abi Nu‘aym narrated to us; Ibrahim ibn Sa‘d narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from ‘Ata’ ibn Yazid al-Laythi, from Abu Hurayrah, who informed him that the people said, “O Messenger of Allah, will we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?”

He said, “Do you have any difficulty seeing the sun when no clouds cover it? Do you have any difficulty seeing the moon on the night of the full moon?” They said, “No.” He said, “You will see Him in the same way.”

Abu Sa‘id said, “But I bear witness that I memorized it from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.” It was recorded by al-Bukhari ⦗523⦘ through ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn ‘Abd Allah, from Ibrahim; and by Muslim through Zuhayr, from Ya‘qub ibn Ibrahim ibn Sa‘d, from his father.