Explanation of the author's statement: "Chapter Sixteen on the Eyes of Allah the Exalted: The position of the people of the Sunnah and the community is that Allah has two eyes, with which He sees in reality in the manner befitting Him."
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The Shaykh :"Chapter Sixteen on the Eyes of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). He said: The position of the people of the Sunnah and the community is that Allah, -in my opinion-, that Allah has two eyes with which He sees in reality in the manner befitting Him", yes, the position of the people of the Sunnah and the community is that Allah has two eyes. And his statement "with which He sees in reality," this is derived from the meaning, because seeing is done with what? With the eyes. Otherwise, for example, there is no text in the Qur'an or the Sunnah that says "Allah has two eyes with which He sees" in these exact words, but it is derived from the meaning. Therefore, Ibn Khuzaymah expressed it in similar terms in his book *Tawhid*, saying "Indeed, Allah has two real eyes with which He sees", yes. He said "in the manner befitting Him", to guard against the idea that these two eyes are similar or resembling the eyes of created beings. You have done well. Rather, it is in the manner befitting Him (Blessed and Exalted is He). The eyes of created beings are different, are they not? In what way?
The student: In size.
The Shaykh : In size, and in color, and in strength, and in strength and weakness, and also in the slit itself, the slit. Are all the eyes of the Arabs like the eye of a human?
The student: ... The eyes of the jinn are approximately long.
The Shaykh : Approximately, not as a confirmed fact.
The student: As a confirmed fact...
The Shaykh : The brother Hajjaj confirmed for us that the eyes of the jinn are elongated in length, not in width. And this requires proof. Yes, it requires proof. If he claims that he has seen them, we would say there is doubt in you now. And if he says he has not seen them, then there is doubt in his statement. Yes?
The student: Who has seen them...
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: Who has seen them...
The Shaykh : Who has seen them? I don't think so at all. In any case, we do not know about them, but regarding other than the jinn.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Who are these people?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : A common person narrates this hadith?! Well, in any case, the eyes of created beings are different. So if it is permissible for there to be difference between the eyes of created beings, even though they agree in being created, then the difference between the eye of the Creator and the eye of the created is even more so, and there is no doubt in this.
The student: In size.
The Shaykh : In size, and in color, and in strength, and in strength and weakness, and also in the slit itself, the slit. Are all the eyes of the Arabs like the eye of a human?
The student: ... The eyes of the jinn are approximately long.
The Shaykh : Approximately, not as a confirmed fact.
The student: As a confirmed fact...
The Shaykh : The brother Hajjaj confirmed for us that the eyes of the jinn are elongated in length, not in width. And this requires proof. Yes, it requires proof. If he claims that he has seen them, we would say there is doubt in you now. And if he says he has not seen them, then there is doubt in his statement. Yes?
The student: Who has seen them...
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: Who has seen them...
The Shaykh : Who has seen them? I don't think so at all. In any case, we do not know about them, but regarding other than the jinn.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Who are these people?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : A common person narrates this hadith?! Well, in any case, the eyes of created beings are different. So if it is permissible for there to be difference between the eyes of created beings, even though they agree in being created, then the difference between the eye of the Creator and the eye of the created is even more so, and there is no doubt in this.