82: Denying the believers’ seeing Allah with their eyes in Paradise is disbelief

Know that the first to see Allah, the Most High, in Paradise are the blind [1], then the men, and then the women. (They) will see (Allah) with their physical eyes, just as Allah’s Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “Indeed, you will see your Lord just as you see the moon on the night it is full. You will have no difficulty in seeing Him” [2]. It is obligatory to believe in this; to deny it is disbelief.

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NOTES

[1] This occurs in a hadeeth reported from the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) that is not authentic. It is mentioned by ad-Daylamee in Firdawsul-Akhbaar (1/55) from Samurah ibn Jundub, reporting it in marfoo’ form. It is also reported by al-Laalikaa’ee in as-Sunnah (no.924) with a weak isnaad from al-Hasan al-Basree, as his own saying.

[2] Reported by al-Bukhaaree (Eng. trans. 1/310/no.529), Muslim (Eng. trans. 1/307/no.1322), Abu Daawood (Eng. trans. 3/1324/no.4711) and ‘Abdullah ibn Ahmad in as-Sunnah (no.412). The hadeeth does not mention that men will see Allah before the women.

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