The Difference Between the Servant Feeling That He Sees Allah and Allah Seeing Him
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, what is the difference between a servant feeling that he sees Allah when he worships Him, and feeling that Allah sees him, given that humility is achieved in both cases?
Answer:
The second is less than the first. The one who worships Allah as if he sees Him has a more complete certainty than the one who worships Allah because Allah sees him. For Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, is the one who sees him. This is less than the first, even though it is high, but it is less than the first. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, what is the difference between a servant feeling that he sees Allah when he worships Him, and feeling that Allah sees him, given that humility is achieved in both cases?
Answer:
The second is less than the first. The one who worships Allah as if he sees Him has a more complete certainty than the one who worships Allah because Allah sees him. For Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, is the one who sees him. This is less than the first, even though it is high, but it is less than the first. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 08 من 36/شرح العقيدة الواسطية (مع الأسئلة)/المقسطون/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (56:42)
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