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EXPLANATION OF THE
LĀMIYYAH OF IBN TAYMIYYAH
(https://t.me/madrasatuna)
LINE 10:
The author, may Allāh have mercy on him, said:
وَالْـمُـؤْمِـنُـونَ يَـرَوْنَ حَـقًّا رَبَّـهُـمْ
And the Believers will see their Lord in truth
وَإِلَـى الـسَّـمَـاءِ بِـغَـيْـرِ كَـيْـفٍ يَـنْـزِلُ
And to the (lowest) heaven does He (Allāh) descend without (designating) a how
1. In this line, the author mentions two matters of Belief.
1st:
BELIEF 8:
ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇʀs ᴡɪʟʟ sᴇᴇ ᴀʟʟᴀ̄ʜ ᴠɪsᴜᴀʟʟʏ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇʀᴇᴀғᴛᴇʀ
2nd:
BELIEF 9:
ᴀʟʟᴀ̄ʜ ᴅᴇsᴄᴇɴᴅᴇɴs ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏᴡᴇsᴛ ʜᴇᴀᴠᴇɴ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀsᴛ ᴛʜɪʀᴅ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴍᴀɴɴᴇʀ ʙᴇғɪᴛᴛɪɴɢ ʜɪs ᴍᴀᴊᴇsᴛʏ
2. As for the first of these two matters of Belief; seeing Allāh in the Hereafter, then this affair is proven by the Qur'ān, the Sunnah, as well as the Ijmā' (consensus).
NOTE:
The word يَرَوْنَ is taken from رُؤْيَةٌ. And according to the Arabic language, this word (رُؤْيَةٌ) has two possible meanings:
1- النَّظَرُ بِالْعَيْنِ
Looking with the eyes
2- النَّظَرُ بِالْقَلْبِ
to envision something mentally
[Al-Qāmūs Al-Muḥīt]
And in this line, the author is referring to the first type of vision; looking with the eyes. He even emphasises this point with his saying, حَقًّا (in truth).
BENEFIT:
The believers will see Allāh on the day of Resurrection and in Paradise.
[At-Ta'līqāt Al-Ḥisān of Sheikh Abdulḥamīd Az-Zu'karī pg. 203]
NOTE:
There's a difference of opinion amongst Ahlus-Sunnah concerning the day of Resurrection; is it only the believers who will see Allāh on this day, or will everyone see Him?
1st opinion: everyone will see Allāh on this day.
2nd opinion: He will only be seen by the believers and those who manifested Islām outwardly; like the hypocrites.
3rd opinion: only the believers will see Him.
There is ample room for differing in this particular matter. However, rejecting the fact that Allāh will be seen in the Hereafter, in totality, this is what leads a person to be deemed an innovator (mubtadi').
[At-Ta'līqāt Al-Ḥisān of Sheikh Abdulḥamīd Az-Zu'karī pg. 203]
3. Here are some of the evidences affirming this Belief:
Evidences from the Qur'ān:
(1) Allāh ﷻ said:
{وُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ نَّاضِرَةٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةࣱ}
"Some faces that Day shall be (shining and radiant), looking at their Lord."
[Sūrat Al-Qiyāmah 22 - 23]
(2) Allāh ﷻ said:
{لَهُم مَّا یَشَاۤءُونَ فِیهَا وَلَدَیۡنَا مَزِیدࣱ}
"There they will have all that they desire, and We have more (for them)"
[Sūrat Qāf 35]
What is meant by "more" here is looking at Allāh, The All-Mighty, All-Majestic. [tafsīr Ibn Kathīr]
(3) Allāh ﷻ said:
{عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ}
"On thrones, looking".
The scholars of tafsīr explained that they will be allowed to look at Allāh as well as all the numerous blessings that Allāh prepared for them.
(4) Allāh ﷻ said:
{لِلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا الْحُسْنَىٰ وَزِيَادَةٌ}
"For those who have done good is the best reward and even more."
The "best reward (Al-Ḥusnā)" refers to Paradise, and "even more (Az-Ziyādah)" refers to looking at Allāh, as proven from the ḥadīth of Ṣuhayb Ibn Sinān, coming shortly.
(5) Additionally, Allāh ﷻ said:
{كَلَّاۤ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ}
"Nay! Surely, they (evil-doers) will be veiled from seeing their Lord that Day."
[Sūrat Al-Muṭaffifīn 15]
From the opposite/implied meaning of this Āyah, Imām Ash-Shāfi'ī derived that - if the evil doers are deprived from seeing their Lord as a punishment, that means the believers will be allowed to see Him as a reward. [tafsīr Ibn Kathīr]
Likewise, there are many evidences in the Sunnah affirming this Belief.
In fact, Ibn Kathīr, may Allāh have mercy on him, states:
"It has been established through authentic narrations that the believers will see Allāh in the Hereafter, and these narrations -according to the scholars of ḥadīth- are mutawātir, so it's impossible to deny or reject this fact."
[tafsīr Ibn Kathīr Āyah 23 of Sūratul Qiyāmah]
From these evidences:
(1) On the authority of Ṣuhayb Ibn Sinān, may Allāh be pleased with him, that the Prophet ﷺ said: