Aqeedah on The Prophet ﷺ  Seeing  Allah ﷻ

Most of the Sahaabah were of the view

that the Prophet (ﷺ) did not see Allaah

with his eyes on the night of the Miraaj.

The below given few Hadith's show us the

authenticity that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ did

not see Allah.

It was narrated that 'Aa'ishah (may Allaah be

pleased with her) said:

"Whoever told you that Muhammad (ﷺ) saw his

Lord was lying. He said that no vision can grasp

him"

(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, al-Tawheed, 6832)

It was narrated that Abu Dharr said: "I asked the

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)

"Did you see your Lord?'

He (ﷺ) said, "He is veiled by Light, how could I

see Him."

(Narrated by Muslim, al-Eeman, 261)

It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbaas said: "'The

(Prophet's) heart belied not what he saw, and

indeed he saw Him at a second descent.

[al-Najm 53:11-12)

(This means that) he saw Him twice with his

heart.

(Narrated by Muslim, al-Eemaan, 258)

The different scholar opinion says that He  ﷺ  saw Light.

Ibn al-Qayyim said:

" «Uthmaan ibn Sa'eed al-Daarimi said in his book al-Ru'yah

that there was consensus among the Sahaabah that he

[the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)]

did not see his Lord on the night of the Mi'raaj. Some of

them excluded In 'Abbaas and said that he was not one

of those who said that. Our Shaykh says that this does not

go against the facts, for Ibn "Abbaas did not say that he

saw Him with the eyes in his head, and Ahmad relied upon

this in one of the two reports narrated from him, where he

says that he saw Him but he did not say that that was with

the eyes in his head. The wording used by Ahmad is the

same as that used by Ibn "Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased

with them both). What indicates that what our Shaykh

said about the meaning of the hadeeth of Abu Dharr is

correct is the fact that in another hadeeth he said that His

veil is Light. And Allaah knows best what the Light is that

is mentioned in the hadeeth of Abu Dharr (may Allah be

pleased with him) where it says, "I saw Light."

(Ijtimaa* al-Juyoosh al-Islamiyyah, vol. 1, p. 12)

There is nothing in the Qur'aan or Sunnah to

indicate that He ﷺ saw Allah.

Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

"Chapter: with regard to seeing Allaah, what was proven in al-

Saheeh from Ibn 'Abbaas is that he said: "Muhammad saw his Lord

with his heart twice, and Aa'ishah denied that he had seen Him.

Some people reconciled these two reports by saying that 'Aa'ishah

denied that he saw Him with his eyes and Ibn "Abbaas affirmed that

he saw Him with his heart. Some versions of the report narrated

from Ibn "Abbaas refers to seeing without specifying how, and

others indicate that it was with the heart. Sometimes he says that

Muhammad saw his Lord, and sometimes he says that Muhammad

saw Him. There is no clear statement from Ibn 'Abbaas which says

that he saw Him with his eyes. Similarly Imaam Ahmad sometimes

says that he saw Him and sometimes says that he saw Him with his

heart. No one whom Ahmad heard said that he saw Him with his

eyes. But some of his companions heard some of the words that did

not specify how, and understood from that that he had seen Him

with his eyes, just as some people heard the words of Ibn "Abbaas

that did not specify how, and understood from that that he had

seen Him with his eyes. But there is nothing in the evidence to prove

that he saw Him with his eyes, and that was not narrated from any

of the Sahaabah. There is nothing in the Qur'aan or Sunnah to

indicate that, rather the saheeh texts which indicate that he did not

see Him are more definitive. In Saheeh Muslim it is narrated that

Abu Dharr said: 1 asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , "Did you see

your Lord?" He said, "He is veiled with Light, how could I see Him?"

Allah Ta'la says in Quran :

"Glorified (and Exalted) be He (Allah) [above

all that (evil) they associate with Him] Who

took His slave (Muhammad #'*) for a journey

by night from Al-Masjid Al-Haraam (at Makkah)

to Al-Masjid Al-Aqsaa (in Jerusalem), the neigh-

bourhood whereof We have blessed, in order

that We might show him (Muhammad) of Our

Ayaat (proofs, evidences, lessons, signs, etc.)"

[al-Isra'17:1)

If He (a) had seen Him with his own eyes,

that He would have mentioned that. The same

applies to the words "Will you then dispute with

him (Muhammad) about what he saw [during the

Mi'raaj]?"

[al-Najm 53:12 - interpretation of the meaning]. If he had seen

Him with his own eyes, that would have been mentioned]

It is proven that no one can see Allaah with his

eyes in this world:

It is proven from the saheeh texts and from the

consensus of the salaf (first generations) of this

ummah that no one can see Allaah with his eyes in

this world, with the exception of the claim made

by some that our Prophet Muhammad  ﷺ  alone

saw Him. But they are agreed that the believers

will see Allah on the Day of Resurrection with

their own eyes just as they see the sun and the

moon (in this world)."