The Refutation of Those Who Deny the Vision on the Day of Resurrection

The Shaykh : The Mu'tazilah persisted in their misguidance; they persisted until they reached the denial that the believers will see their Lord on the Day of Resurrection. The Asha'irah were inconsistent, unlike the Mu'tazilah. The Mu'tazilah carried out their misguidance and said: "Our Lord is not seen; because if we saw Him, it would mean we saw Him in a place." The Asha'irah said: "No, the vision of Allah is established in the Book of Allah and in the hadith of the Messenger of Allah." Fine; bring it so we can see if it fits the intellect that you... Do not liken the Lord of the Worlds; how will the believers see Him on the Day of Resurrection, as one of the Maturidiyyah said? Truly, he said this statement contrary to many of them:
"The believers see Him without any how, without likening, and without any example."
But what is certain for us is that the one who sees a thing necessitates the limitation of the seen thing; this is with regard to what is customary for us. Fine; so what is your position when you establish that the believers will see their Lord on the Day of Resurrection? Why do you not deny the vision as the Mu'tazilah did, so that you would be consistent with your interpretation of the verses regarding the attributes? What are you afraid of? Likeness. In their claim, likeness is present here. But the customary vision between us and our like among the created beings is not the same as the non-customary vision between us and our Lord, the Creator of the created beings; especially since this is among the matters of the Hereafter, not the matters of this world. So they proceeded on the correct principle: so they established the vision. The Mu'tazilah denied it, but they did not deny the Qur'anic text: , they did not deny the Qur'anic text, but they denied its meaning by twisting and turning the text, which is ta'wil (figurative interpretation).

Another questioner : Fine; and what about the hadith?

The Shaykh : They do not authenticate the hadith; they demolish it with a hammer: "A hadith of ahad (limited chain)!! Once we are done with it." And this is the method of the innovators; whatever was not a proof for them in the Qur'an, they interpreted it. Like this misguided one yesterday, who brings meanings to verses that do not cross anyone's mind.