Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

[Disagreement among Those Who Affirm the Vision concerning Allah’s Exaltedness and Establishment over the Throne]

That being so, he has argued that He cannot be seen on the grounds that He (1) is not in any direction. This is [one of the issues] over which (2) those who affirm the Vision have disagreed. The majority (3) upheld what (4) is indicated by the Prophet’s words—may Allah bless him and grant him peace:

“You will see (5) your Lord as you see the sun and the moon, without crowding one another in seeing Him.”

This hadith is agreed [upon] (6) and has been transmitted through numerous routes (7). [It is] (8) widely transmitted—indeed, mass-transmitted—according to hadith scholars (9). They agreed upon [its authenticity (10), in addition to] (11) its having come through numerous routes

(1) Manuscripts N and M read: *li-kawnihi* (“because He is”). (2) Manuscripts N and M read: “This point is disputed.” (3) Manuscript ʿ reads: *jumhūruhum* (“their majority”). (4) The word *bi-mā* is absent from manuscripts B and A. In N and M, it is written *mimmā*, which is a scribal corruption. (5) Manuscript ʿ reads: *satarawna* (“you will see”). (6) Manuscripts B, A, N, and M read: *manqūl* (“transmitted”). (7) Manuscript M reads: *jihātan* (“directions”). (8) The words *wa-huwa* (“and it is”) are absent from manuscripts N and M. (9) Manuscripts B and A read: “And the hadith is transmitted.” The following is written in the margin of manuscript ʿ: “The hadith, ‘You will see your Lord…,’ is widely transmitted—indeed, mass-transmitted—according to hadith scholars. I say: By this, he indicated that mass-transmitted hadiths are not rare, nor are they confined to the hadith, ‘Whoever deliberately lies about me…,’ as Abū ʿAmr ibn al-Salāh claimed in his book on hadith methodology. Rather, they are frequently found: a hadith may be transmitted through multiple routes that become so numerous that the intellect deems it impossible for its transmitters to have colluded upon a lie. Al-ʿAsqalānī, the seal of the hadith masters, established this point. Jalāl al-Suyūtī said in *Sharh al-Taqrīb*: ‘I compiled a treatise in which I gathered approximately twenty mass-transmitted hadiths,’ and he then listed them individually.” (10) This hadith is narrated through several routes, with similar wordings, from a number of Companions, including ʿAlī ibn Abī Tālib, Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh, and Abū Hurayra. See: *al-Bukhārī*, 6/44–45 (Book of Exegesis, chapter on His saying, “Indeed, Allah does not wrong even by the weight of an atom”) and 9/128–127 (Book of Divine Oneness, chapter on Allah Most High’s saying, “Some faces that Day will be radiant, looking at their Lord”); *Muslim*, 1/164 (Book of Faith, chapter on knowing the manner of the Vision); *Sunan Abī Dāwūd*, 4/322–323 (Book of the Sunna, chapter concerning the Vision); *Sunan al-Tirmidhī*, 4/92–93 (Book on the Description of Paradise, chapter concerning what has been narrated about seeing the Lord, Blessed and Exalted); *Sunan Ibn Mājah*, 1/63–64 (Introduction, chapter concerning what the Jahmiyya denied); and *al-Musnad*, Maʿārif ed., nos. 7703 and 7914, and Halabī ed., 3/16–17 and 4/11. The hadith also appears elsewhere in most of these works and in other books. See also *Miftāh Kunūz al-Sunna*, under “Allah,” and *Darʾ Taʿārud al-ʿAql wa-l-Naql*, 7/29–31. (11) The words *sihhatihi maʿa* (“its authenticity, in addition to”) are absent from manuscript N.
[تنازع مثبتة الرؤية في العلو والاستواء] وَإِذَا كَانَ كَذَلِكَ، فَهُوَ قَدِ اسْتَدَلَّ عَلَى عَدَمِ الرُّؤْيَةِ بِكَوْنِهِ (١) لَيْسَ فِي جِهَةٍ. وَهَذَا الْمَوْضِعُ [مِمَّا] تَنَازَعَ فِيهِ (٢) مُثْبِتُو الرُّؤْيَةِ، فَقَالَ الْجُمْهُورُ (٣) بِمَا (٤) دَلَّ عَلَيْهِ قَوْلُ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: " «إِنَّكُمْ تَرَوْنَ (٥) رَبَّكُمْ كَمَا تَرَوْنَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ لَا تُضَامُّونَ فِي رُؤْيَتِهِ» " . وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ مُتَّفَقٌ [عَلَيْهِ] (٦) مِنْ طُرُقٍ (٧) كَثِيرَةٍ، [وَهُوَ] (٨) مُسْتَفِيضٌ بَلْ مُتَوَاتِرٌ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ بِالْحَدِيثِ (٩) ، اتَّفَقُوا عَلَى [صِحَّتِهِ (١٠) ، مَعَ] (١١) أَنَّهُ جَاءَ مِنْ وُجُوهٍ كَثِيرَةٍ قَدْ
(١) ن، م: لِكَوْنِهِ. (٢) ن، م: وَهَذَا الْمَوْضِعُ يُنَازَعَ فِيهِ. (٣) ع: جُمْهُورُهُمْ. (٤) بِمَا: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ب) ، (أ) ، وَكُتِبَتْ فِي (ن) ، (م) : مِمَّا، وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ. (٥) ع: سَتَرَوْنَ. (٦) ب، أ، ن، م: مَنْقُولٌ. (٧) م: جِهَاتٍ. (٨) وَهُوَ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٩) ب، أ: وَالْحَدِيثُ مَنْقُولٌ. وَفِي هَامِشِ نُسْخَةِ (ع) كُتِبَ مَا يَلِي: " حَدِيثُ إِنَّكُمْ سَتَرَوْنَ رَبَّكُمْ. . . وَهُوَ مُسْتَفِيضٌ بَلْ مُتَوَاتِرٌ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ بِالْحَدِيثِ. قُلْتُ: أَشَارَ بِذَلِكَ إِلَى أَنَّ الْحَدِيثَ الْمُتَوَاتِرَ لَيْسَ بِعَزِيزِ الْوُجُودِ وَلَا مُنْحَصِرًا بِحَدِيثِ مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا. . إِلَخْ كَمَا زَعَمَ بِذَلِكَ أَبُو عَمْرِو بْنُ الصَّلَاحِ فِي كِتَابِهِ فِي عُلُومِ الْحَدِيثِ، بَلْ هُوَ كَثِيرُ الْوُجُودِ بِأَنْ تَعَدَّدَ طَرِيقُ الْحَدِيثِ وَتَكْثُرَ بِحَيْثُ يَسْتَحِيلُ الْعَقْلُ تَوَاطُؤَ رُوَاتِهِ عَلَى الْكَذِبِ، وَقَدْ حَقَّقَ خَاتِمَةُ الْحُفَّاظِ الْعَسْقَلَانِيُّ ذَلِكَ، وَقَالَ الْجَلَالُ السُّيُوطِيُّ فِي شَرْحِ التَّقْرِيبِ: جَعَلْتُ رِسَالَةً جَمَعْتُ فِيهَا مِقْدَارَ عِشْرِينَ حَدِيثًا مِنَ الْمُتَوَاتِرَاتِ، فَذَكَرَهَا فَرْدًا فَرْدًا ". (١٠) هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ مَرْوِيٌّ مِنْ وُجُوهٍ عِدَّةٍ وَبِأَلْفَاظٍ مُتَقَارِبَةٍ عَنْ عَدَدٍ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ، مِنْهُمْ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَجَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَأَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٦/٤٤ - ٤٥ (كِتَابُ التَّفْسِيرِ، بَابُ قَوْلِهِ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَظْلِمُ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ) ، ٩/١٢٨ - ١٢٧ (كِتَابُ التَّوْحِيدِ بَابُ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاضِرَةٌ إِلَى رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ) ; مُسْلِمٍ ١/١٦٤ (كِتَابُ الْإِيمَانِ، بَابُ مَعْرِفَةِ طَرِيقِ الرُّؤْيَةِ) ; سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ ٤/٣٢٢ - ٣٢٣ (كِتَابُ السُّنَّةِ، بَابٌ فِي الرُّؤْيَةِ) ; سُنَنِ التِّرْمِذِيِّ ٤/٩٢ - ٩٣ (كِتَابُ صِفَةِ الْجَنَّةِ، بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي رُؤْيَةِ الرَّبِّ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى) ; سُنَنِ ابْنِ مَاجَهْ ١/٦٣ - ٦٤ (الْمُقَدِّمَةُ، بَابُ فِيمَا أَنْكَرَتِ الْجَهْمِيَّةُ) ; الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْمَعَارِفِ) الْأَرْقَامُ: ٧٧٠٣، ٧٩١٤، (ط. الْحَلَبِيِّ) ٣/١٦ - ١٧، ٤/١١. وَالْحَدِيثُ فِي أَكْثَرِ هَذِهِ الْكُتُبِ فِي مَوَاضِعَ أُخْرَى وَيُوجَدُ فِي كُتُبٍ أُخْرَى، وَانْظُرْ: مِفْتَاحَ كُنُوزِ السُّنَّةِ (اللَّهُ) . وَانْظُرْ دَرْءَ تَعَارُضِ الْعَقْلِ وَالنَّقْلِ ٧/٢٩ - ٣١. (١١) صِحَّتِهِ مَعَ: سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (ن) .

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