angles; i.e. Whoever affirmed that he ﷺ saw Allah, like Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, intended that he saw him with his heart, and whoever negated i

Thus, it becomes clear that there was no disagreement in this matter. This is what the scholars have established. I cited the statements of many scholars in my refutation on some of those who established this innovated principle, who seek by it to establish the methodology of muwāzanāt, and they cite the issue of seeing and other than that as evidence. We have refuted their doubts - praise be to Allah - from its roots in some of our books. More than one of the scholars have transmitted the consensus of the companions that the Prophet, peace be upon him and his family, did not see his Lord on the night of Ascension. Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, said: "Uthman ibn Sa'eed Ad-Darmi mentioned in [his book] "Kitab Ar-Radd" - may Allah have mercy on him - the consensus of the companions that he - peace be upon him and his family - did not see his Lord on the night of Ascension, and some of them excluded Ibn Abbas [from the consensus] - may Allah be pleased with them . Our Shaykh [meaning: Ibn Taymiyyah] says: That is not a real disagreement; for Ibn Abbas did not say he saw him with his own eyes." [Source: "Ijtimaa al-Juyush al-Islamiyah" p. 48] . As for the conflict between Ali and Mu'awiyah and what occurred in the Battle of the Camel, then this conflict was not over leadership, and they did not differ in that due to conflicting [creedal] views, let alone fighting with swords [on this basis] - as mentioned by Shaykh Al-Islam - but it was a conflict stemming from a permissible interpretation; that is, to obey someone other than the Imam, not based on a religious principle of Islam, such that one can say that they differed in matters of creed. Shaykh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said in "Minhaj al-Sunnah" (6/339): "As for the war between Talha and Zubair against Ali, each of them fought to defend themselves thinking that they were repelling the aggression of the other upon them. Ali had no intention in fighting them, nor did they have any intention in fighting him. Rather, before Ali arrived, they were seeking the killers of Uthman, and there were individuals from their tribes who were protecting them. When they couldn't reach them, and when Ali arrived and they knew his intentions, they realised that Ali held the same view as them, but he couldn't go ahead with that until matters were order. When some of the killers knew about this, they instigated one of the military groups, and others thought they had started the fight. Thus, the fighting was instigated by the people of fitnah, not elites Companions from the early generations." (Source: "Minhaj al-Sunnah"). All praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds." Source: https://t.me/youssefalgazairi/930