Seeing Allah - Abu Usamah

Seeing Allah - Abu Usamah

Definition of Ru'yah In the Arabic language:
(The letter) Ra', (The letter) Hamzah, (The letter) Ya', make a root that indicates sight and vision with the eye or mind (baseerah).
And Ru'yah with the eye (seeing) has one object, while Ru'yah with knowledge has two objects (meaning in sentence structure).


The belief of the Pious Salaf (Predecessors), Ahl As-Sunnah and Jama'ah, in regards to Seeing Allah:
He is not seen in this worldly life because of Allah's saying, when Musa (Moses) alayhi assalam asked to see Allah: {You cannot see Me} [7:143], and for the saying of the Prophet --sallallahu alayhi wa sallam- in the hadith about the Dajjal: "You will not see your Lord until you die".
As for the believers seeing Allah on the day of Judgement, then it is confirmed by the Quran, Sunnah, and consensus of the Pious Salaf, and this sight will be with the eyes.


Evidence from the Quran:

Allah Ta'la said --translation of the meaning- {Some faces that Day shall be radiant * Looking at their Lord (Allâh)} [75:22-23:]
{For those who have done good is the best (reward) and even more} [10.26]
The Prophet -sallallahu alayhi wa sallam- explained the "even more" (ziyadah) to mean: looking at Allah Azza wa Jal, the hadith is quoted under the evidence from the Sunnah.
{Nay! Surely they will be veiled from their Lord that Day} [83:15]
Meaning the kuffar (disbelievers) will be veiled from seeing Allah --Azza wa Jal-, as the Salaf and Imams of Sunnah explained.


Evidence from the Sunnah (Hadiths)

The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said:
"When those deserving of Paradise would enter Paradise, the Blessed and the Exalted would ask: Do you wish Me to give you anything more? They would say: Hast Thou not brightened our faces? Hast Thou not made us enter Paradise and saved us from Fire? He (the narrator) said: He (Allah) would lift the veil, and of things given to them nothing would be dearer to them than the sight of their Lord, the Mighty and the Glorious. He then recited the verse: {For those who do good is the best reward and even more} " [Sahih Muslim]

He --sallallahu alayhi wa sallam -- also said: "You will see your Lord with your eyes." [Sahih Bukhari]

Jarir said: The Messenger of Allah --Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam- came out to us on the night of the full moon and said: "On the day of rising you will see your Lord as you see this (moon). You will not be harmed by seeing Him." [Sahih Bukhari]

Abu Hurairah --radiyallahu anhu- narrated that the people asked: "Messenger of Allah, will we see our Lord on the Day of Judgement?" The Prophet --sallallahu alayhi wa sallam- said, "Do you dispute with one another about seeing the moon on the night of the full moon?"
They said: "No, Messenger of Allah."
He asked: "Do you dispute with one another about seeing the sun when there are no clouds?" They answered: "No, Messenger of Allah."
He said: "You will see Him like that." [Sahih al Bukhari]

The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam also said: "There is none among you but that his Lord will speak to him without any interpreter between Him and him, or a veil to veil him." [Sahih al Bukhari]


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