The Innovators’ Figurative Interpretation of the Verses on Seeing Allah
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The questioner:
May Allah make you truthful, some of the innovators count the verses that contain the issue of seeing Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)
The Shaykh:
for the most part.
The questioner:
So they are specific in rejecting the verses that contain the basis of seeing Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
They interpret His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He) that those who do good will have an increase, adding that the increase is an increase in pleasure and the Qur’an. So what do we say to them?
The Shaykh:
Praise be to Allah. If he denies the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in Sahih Muslim that the increase is seeing Allah, then this is disbelief, may Allah protect us from it. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) interpreted it, and if the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) interpreted it, then there is no interpretation by anyone else, ever. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) interpreted the increase as the believers seeing their Lord, and the hadith is in Sahih Muslim. Yes.
May Allah make you truthful, some of the innovators count the verses that contain the issue of seeing Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)
The Shaykh:
for the most part.
The questioner:
So they are specific in rejecting the verses that contain the basis of seeing Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
They interpret His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He) that those who do good will have an increase, adding that the increase is an increase in pleasure and the Qur’an. So what do we say to them?
The Shaykh:
Praise be to Allah. If he denies the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in Sahih Muslim that the increase is seeing Allah, then this is disbelief, may Allah protect us from it. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) interpreted it, and if the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) interpreted it, then there is no interpretation by anyone else, ever. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) interpreted the increase as the believers seeing their Lord, and the hadith is in Sahih Muslim. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 24 من 36 /شرح العقيدة الواسطية (شرح قديم)/الإيمان بأن القرآن كلام الله/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة — youtube.com (1:02:07)
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