The ruling on the disagreement among the people of the Sunnah regarding the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) seeing his Lord in this world

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The disagreement among some of the people of the Sunnah: Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) see his Lord in this world? Is this considered a disagreement in creed? And is there disagreement in creed?

Answer:
No, there is no disagreement in creed. And this is not a denial of seeing Allah. Those who denied that the Messenger saw his Lord on the Night of Ascension did not mean a denial of seeing in the Hereafter; rather, it means denying the seeing in this world. He said, "You will not see Me," which is in this world. This is not a disagreement in seeing such that it becomes a disagreement in creed. Rather, it is a disagreement on an issue, on the issue of what is correct and valid. The majority hold that he did not see Him. Yes.
As for those who say that the disagreement on the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) seeing his Lord on the Night of Ascension is a disagreement in creed, we say to them: You have lied. This is not a disagreement in creed. It is not in creed, and it is not among the issues of creed to believe that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw his Lord on the Night of Ascension. All the books of creed do not contain the belief that the Messenger saw his Lord on the Night of Ascension. Rather, this is a collateral issue, a collateral issue only: did it happen or did it not happen? So affirming it or denying it is not among the chapters of creed. The speech that is among the chapters of creed is seeing Allah in the Hereafter. This is what is among the chapters of creed, and the people of the Sunnah and the community have not disagreed on this, praise be to Allah. Yes.