Hadith 75

Al Husayn Bin Ali, from Haroun Bin Musa, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan, from Al Safar, from Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham who said, ‘I was in the presence of Al-Sadiq Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws when Muawiya Bin Wahab and Abdul Malik Bin Ayn entered. Muawiya Ibn Wahab said to him-asws, ‘O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww! What are you-asws saying regarding the Hadeeth which reports that Rasool-Allah-saww saw his-saww Lord-azwj, upon which image did he-saww see Him-azwj? And about the Hadeeth that the Momineen would be seeing their Lord-azwj in the Paradise, upon which image would they see Him-azwj? ’
He-asws smiled, then said: ‘O Muawiya! How ugly it is with the man upon whom seventy years have come, or eighty years, living in the Kingdom of Allah-azwj and eating from His-azwj bounties, then he does not recognise Allah-azwj as is the right of recognising Him-azwj. Then he-asws said: ‘O Muawiya! Muhammad-saww did not see the Lord-azwj with the witnessing of the eyes, and the sighting is upon two aspects – visualisation of the heart and visualising of the sight. So, the one who mean the visualisation of the heart, then he is correct, and one who mean the visualisation of the sight, then he has disbelieved in Allah-azwj and His-azwj Verses, as per the words of Rasool-Allah-saww: ‘One who resembles Allah-azwj with His-azwj creatures, so he has committed Kufr’. And my-asws father-asws has narrated to me-asws, from his father, from Al-Husayn-asws Bin Ali-asws who said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws was asked, and it was said, ‘O brother-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww! Have you-asws seen your-asws Lord-azwj? ’ He-asws said: ‘And how can I-asws worship One-azwj I-asws do not see? However, the eyes do not see Him-azwj with the witnessing of the eye, but the hearts see Him-azwj with the realities of the Eman’. When the Momin sees his Lord-azwj with the witnessing of the sight, then everyone the sight allows upon, he is a creature, and it is inevitable for the creature to have a Creator Who would have Made him, when a creature was an occurrence. And one who resembles Him-azwj with His-azwj creatures, so he has taken an associate with Allah-azwj. Allah-azwj the Exalted is Saying: Visions cannot comprehend Him, and He Comprehends the visions; and He is the Knower of the subtleties, the Aware [6: 103]. And His-azwj Words: “You can never see Me, but look at the mountain, so if it remains steady in its place, then you would see Me”. So when His Lord Manifested (His Glory) to the mountain, it went on to crumble [7: 143]. And rather there was an emergence from His-azwj Light upon the mountain like an illumination coming out from an eye of the needle, and the ground crumbled and the mountain shook, and Musa fell down unconscious, i. e. , dead. So when he awoke, and his-as soul returned to him-as, he said, ‘Glorious are You! I repent to You, from the word of one who claims that You-azwj can be seen, and I-as return to my-as recognition with You-azwj that the sights cannot realise You-azwj, and I am the first of the Momineen’ [7: 143], and the first of the acknowledger that You-azwj See and cannot be seen, and You-azwj