Is it permissible for us to visualize unseen things such as the Throne, the Footstool, Paradise, and the Fire?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for us to visualize or imagine the created unseen things, such as the Throne, the Footstool, Paradise, and the Fire?
Answer:
We do not visualize them, but we know their meaning. We know that the Throne is the bed, the bed upon which one sits. This is with respect to the created beings, the throne of the king and the ruler. But the Throne of Allah, none knows it except He (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for us to visualize or imagine the created unseen things, such as the Throne, the Footstool, Paradise, and the Fire?
Answer:
We do not visualize them, but we know their meaning. We know that the Throne is the bed, the bed upon which one sits. This is with respect to the created beings, the throne of the king and the ruler. But the Throne of Allah, none knows it except He (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [436 -1024] هل يجوز لنا أن نتصور الأشياء الغيبية مثل العرش والكرسي والجنة والنار؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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