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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is meant by affirming the vision of Allah as reported from Ibn 'Abbas?

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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If the correct position regarding the vision is that it is a spiritual vision, and that whoever disagrees with this is considered an innovator, how do we reconcile this with the statement of Ibn 'Abbas?

The Shaykh:
Perhaps he means the night of the Mi'raj, that he saw his Lord with his eye. Ibn 'Abbas holds this view, but it is true that he did not see his Lord with his eye. This is the position of the majority of the people of the Sunnah and the community: that he did not see his Lord with his eye, but rather he saw him with his heart. He saw him with his heart, a spiritual vision, not a visual one. Yes.

The presenter:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, you mentioned.

The Shaykh:
A hadith that reconciles the hadiths. As for the opinion of Ibn 'Abbas, this is not a hadith, but rather an opinion. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [633 -1024] ما المقصود بإثبات رؤية الله كما جاء عن ابن عباس؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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