A Response to Those Who Interpret the Verses on Seeing Allah and Reject the Addition
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some of the obstinate reject the verses that affirm the attribute of seeing Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
The Shaykh:
Reasonable, what?
The questioner:
Some of the obstinate reject the verses that affirm the attribute of seeing Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
The Shaykh:
There is no shirk (associating partners with Allah).
The questioner:
They interpret them, with Allah’s permission, such as His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He)[Yunus 10:26] that the addition is the increase of pleasure and joy. So what do we say to them?
The Shaykh:
Praise be to Allah. If they deny the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in Sahih Muslim that the addition is seeing Allah, then this is kufr (disbelief), and may Allah protect us from it. The Messenger interpreted it, and if the Messenger interpreted it, then there is no interpretation by anyone else, ever. The Messenger interpreted the addition as the believers seeing their Lord, and the hadith is in Sahih Muslim. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some of the obstinate reject the verses that affirm the attribute of seeing Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
The Shaykh:
Reasonable, what?
The questioner:
Some of the obstinate reject the verses that affirm the attribute of seeing Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
The Shaykh:
There is no shirk (associating partners with Allah).
The questioner:
They interpret them, with Allah’s permission, such as His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He)
For them who have done good is the best [reward] and extra
لِّلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا الْحُسْنَىٰ وَزِيَادَةٌThe Shaykh:
Praise be to Allah. If they deny the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in Sahih Muslim that the addition is seeing Allah, then this is kufr (disbelief), and may Allah protect us from it. The Messenger interpreted it, and if the Messenger interpreted it, then there is no interpretation by anyone else, ever. The Messenger interpreted the addition as the believers seeing their Lord, and the hadith is in Sahih Muslim. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 24 من 36/شرح العقيدة الواسطية (مع الأسئلة)/القرآن كلام الله/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (48:26)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.