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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is the seeing of Allah established by explicit text and scholarly consensus?

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The questioner : Is the seeing of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) established by explicit text and scholarly consensus, or not? The question is from al-Ayubi.

The Shaykh : Yes, it is established by consensus.

The questioner : Which explicit text? In the Qur'an and the Sunnah, in the Qur'an, and Allah the Exalted

The Shaykh : the sunnah.

The questioner : The hadith of Ibn Sa'd al-Khudri and the hadith of Anas are mass-transmitted in al-Bukhari. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
(peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Will we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?" They said: "Do we have any difficulty seeing theصلى الله عليه وسلم هل نرى ربكم يوم القيامة؟ قالوا هل تغارنا في
Your seeing of Him, do you have any difficulty seeing the moon on a clear night?

The Shaykh : Yes, the consensus is firm.

The questioner : Every explicit text in the Sunnah, and if there is no disagreement among them regarding it, that indicates their consensus.

The Shaykh : Regarding its implications. Now, the consensus indicates that they did not come with a contrary view, they did not say anything contrary to it, and they were eloquent Arabs, so this indicates that they agreed on it.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 682 - 4600 هل رؤية الله ثابتة بالنص والإجماع؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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