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Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

people! May Allah accept your sacrifices, for I am sacrificing al-Ja‘d ibn Dirham. He claimed that Allah did not take Abraham as an intimate friend and did not speak directly to Moses. Exalted is Allah far above what al-Ja‘d says!” Then he descended and slaughtered him.

It is authentically established in the Sahih that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

“When the people of Paradise enter Paradise, a caller will proclaim, ‘O people of Paradise! Allah has made you a promise that He wishes to fulfil.’

“They will ask, ‘What is it? Has He not brightened our faces, made our scales heavy, admitted us into Paradise, and delivered us from the Fire?’

“He said, ‘Then He will remove the veil, and they will gaze upon Him. Nothing He has given them will be dearer to them than gazing upon Him—and that is the increase.’” (1)

It has also been narrated in the Sunan through more than one chain of transmission (2) that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, would say [in his supplication] (3): “And I ask You (4) for the delight of gazing upon Your Face and the longing to meet You.” (5)

[Imam] Ahmad and al-Nasāʾī [and others] narrated from (6) Ammār ibn Yāsir that the Prophet, may Allah Most High bless him and grant him peace, [would say in] his supplication (7): “I ask You

(1) The hadith is narrated from Suhayb, may Allah be pleased with him, in *Sahih Muslim*, 1:163, Book of Faith, chapter “Affirming That the Believers Will See Their Lord—Glorified and Most High—in the Hereafter,” hadith no. 298; *Sunan al-Tirmidhī*, 4:92, Book of the Description of Paradise, chapter “What Has Been Narrated Concerning the Vision of the Lord—Blessed and Most High”; 4:349, Book of Exegesis, Exegesis of Surah Yūnus; and *Sunan Ibn Mājah*, 1:67, Introduction, chapter “Concerning What the Jahmiyya Denied.” (2) (ʿ) reads: “through multiple chains of transmission.” (3) “In his supplication” is omitted from (N) and (M), while (ʿ) reads: “in the supplication.” (4) (N), (M), and (ʿ) read: “I ask You.” (5) See the discussion of this hadith in note 2 on the following page. (6) (N) and (M) read: “Al-Nasāʾī and Ahmad narrated from.” (7) (N) and (M) read: “would supplicate,” while (ʿ) reads: “would supplicate and say in his supplication.”

النَّاسُ، تَقَبَّلَ اللَّهُ ضَحَايَاكُمْ، فَإِنِّي مُضَحٍّ بِالْجَعْدِ بْنِ دِرْهَمٍ، إِنَّهُ زَعَمَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلًا، وَلَمْ يُكَلِّمْ مُوسَى تَكْلِيمًا، تَعَالَى اللَّهُ عَمَّا يَقُولُ الْجَعْدُ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا " ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فَذَبَحَهُ. وَقَدْ ثَبَتَ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: " «إِذَا دَخَلَ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ الْجَنَّةَ نَادَى مُنَادٍ يَا أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ إِنَّ لَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مَوْعِدًا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُنْجِزَكُمُوهُ، فَيَقُولُونَ: مَا هُوَ؟ أَلَمْ يُبَيِّضْ وُجُوهَنَا، وَيُثَقِّلْ مَوَازِينَنَا وَيُدْخِلْنَا الْجَنَّةَ، وَيُجِرْنَا مِنَ النَّارِ؟ قَالَ: فَيَكْشِفُ الْحِجَابَ فَيَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْهِ، فَمَا أَعْطَاهُمْ شَيْئًا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِمْ مِنَ النَّظَرِ إِلَيْهِ، وَهُوَ الزِّيَادَةُ» ". (١) . وَقَدْ رُوِيَ فِي السُّنَنِ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ (٢) عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ [فِي دُعَائِهِ] (٣) : " «وَأَسْأَلُكَ (٤) لَذَّةَ النَّظَرِ إِلَى وَجْهِكَ، وَالشَّوْقَ إِلَى لِقَائِكَ» " (٥) . وَرَوَى [الْإِمَامُ] أَحْمَدُ وَالنَّسَائِيُّ [وَغَيْرُهُمَا] عَنْ (٦) عَمَّارِ بْنِ يَاسِرٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ [يَقُولُ فِي] دُعَائِهِ (٧) : " «أَسْأَلُكَ

(١) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ صُهَيْبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي مُسْلِمٍ: ١ ١٦٣ كِتَابِ الْإِيمَانِ بَابِ إِثْبَاتِ رُؤْيَةِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ رَبَّهُمْ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى. الْحَدِيثُ رَقْمُ ٢٩٨، سُنَنِ التِّرْمِذِيِّ ٤ ٩٢ كِتَابِ صِفَةِ الْجَنَّةِ، بَابِ مَا جَاءَ فِي رُؤْيَةِ الرَّبِّ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى، ٤ ٣٤٩ كِتَابِ التَّفْسِيرِ تَفْسِيرِ سُورَةِ يُونُسَ، سُنَنِ ابْنِ مَاجَهْ ١ ٦٧ الْمُقَدِّمَةِ بَابِ فِيمَا أَنْكَرَتِ الْجَهْمِيَّةُ. (٢) ع: مِنْ وُجُوهٍ مُتَعَدِّدَةٍ. (٣) فِي دُعَائِهِ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) ، وَفِي (ع) : فِي الدُّعَاءِ. (٤) ن، م، ع: أَسْأَلُكَ. (٥) انْظُرِ الْكَلَامَ عَلَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فِي تَعْلِيقِ \ ٢ فِي الصَّفْحَةِ التَّالِيَةِ. (٦) ن، م: وَرَوَى النَّسَائِيُّ وَأَحْمَدُ عَنْ. (٧) ن، م: كَانَ يَدْعُو، ع: كَانَ يَدْعُو وَيَقُولُ فِي دُعَائِهِ.