Most of us know about Prophet Musa’s (upon him be peace) attempt to see Allah (swt). After having spoken directly with Allah several times, Prophet Musa’s burning love for his Lord was such that he asked to see Him. Knowing full well man’s limitations, Allah (swt) warned him of the dire consequences of such an appeal.
So instead of manifesting Himself directly to Musa, Allah (swt) revealed His countenance to a mountain, which instantly crumbled at the divine Majesty of our Lord. As to Musa, the sight of the mountain crumbling caused him to pass out unconscious , proving that not only was he incapable of viewing Allah (swt) directly, he was unable to contend with the image of another creation seeing Allah. (reference Quran 7:143)
And so our dear Prophet Musa lived out the rest of his storybook life never having seen Allah (swt), nor His reflection.
But all of that changed on the night of Prophet Muhammad’s blessed Isra and Miraaj.
When our Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was on his way back from the highest heaven, after having been in the company of Allah (swt) and having been given the command to pray 50 times each day, he met Prophet Musa.
So here was the great Musa standing face to face with Muhammad (saw) upon whom Allah had graced His Majestic visage. And not only had Muhammad (saw) not crumbled at the sight of Allah (swt), but Musa was able enjoy the sweetness of this divine light beaming from the Prophet’s face!
What was Musa’s reaction to this dream-come-true opportunity? He wanted more.
He asked Muhammad (saw) to go back and request Allah (swt) to decrease the number of daily prayers, all so he could further indulge in the ecstasy of seeing his Beloved Creator (swt) reflected in the face of Muhammad (saw).
And each time the Prophet (saw) returned from the company of Allah (swt), Musa (as) stopped him to further treasure the unimaginable beauty of the light of Allah cast upon the unimaginable beauty of our Prophet Muhammad’s face.
WAW
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21 comments:
Beautiful post!
"Muhammad (saw) upon whom Allah had graced His Majestic visage. And not only had Muhammad (saw) not crumbled at the sight of Allah (swt),"
Are saying The Prophet saw Allah? That is not what happened according to Aishah.
Sahih Bukhari
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 378:
Narrated Masruq:
I said to 'Aisha, "O Mother! Did Prophet Muhammad see his Lord?"
Aisha said, "What you have said makes my hair stand on end ! Know that if somebody tells you one of the following three things, he is a liar: Whoever tells you that Muhammad saw his Lord, is a liar." Then Aisha recited the Verse:
'No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision. He is the Most Courteous Well-Acquainted with all things.' (6.103) 'It is not fitting for a human being that Allah should speak to him except by inspiration or from behind a veil.' (42.51) 'Aisha further said, "And whoever tells you that the Prophet knows what is going to happen tomorrow, is a liar." She then recited:
'No soul can know what it will earn tomorrow.' (31.34) She added: "And whoever tell you that he concealed (some of Allah's orders), is a liar." Then she recited: 'O Apostle! Proclaim (the Message) which has been sent down to you from your Lord..' (5.67) 'Aisha added. "But the Prophet saw Gabriel in his true form twice."
Hadith-hurler: -verb. the act of quoting an isolated hadith in an attempt to prove one’s point and simultaneously shut the door on any possible discussion: Young Abdullah abruptly turned his back on the masjid imam and smugly winked to his friend after hadith-hurling the authentic narration of the Prophet (saw) kissing his wife and proceeding to the masjid for prayer without performing wudu.
AA- Dynamic Hamza 21,
I have a serious pet peeve with individuals who pull out a verse here or a hadith there to make a point, while ignoring all the other possible verses/ahadith in addition to the ocean of knowledge found in our Islamic tradition. Deducing a ruling is simply not that black and white. A quick reading of Taha Jabir al-Alwani’s Usul al-Fiqh al-Islami will reveal as much.
To your point:
Admittedly I didn’t research this issue since the source of my post is a most reliable scholar (Sh. Zulfiqar Ahmed), but after doing a quick google search, I came up with several sites that present that while the majority of scholars may believe that the Prophet (saw) did not see Allah (swt) with the eyes on his head, there are many who believe that he saw him with his heart, including the great Ibn Abbas (ra). See here and here.
salaam, i quote {Admittedly I didn’t research this issue since the source of my post is a most reliable scholar (Sh. Zulfiqar Ahmed), but after doing a quick google search, I came up with several sites that present that while the majority of scholars may believe that the Prophet (saw) did not see Allah (swt) with the eyes on his head, there are many who believe that he saw him with his heart, including the great Ibn Abbas (ra). See here and here.}
so why dont you change this slight mistake and then it will be the most beautiful post i have ever read, respected brother.
because on the day of judgement all of us will have lots of things to worry about, and believe me you dont want to have the sin of instilling something of such greatness in an ignorant reader's mind; like the claim that says the prophet {saw} saw Allah on the night of miiraaj. i quote {So here was the great Musa standing face to face with Muhammad (saw) upon whom Allah had graced His Majestic visage.}
please brother with all respect, salaam.
AA- Alfatih,
"so why dont you change this slight mistake and then it will be the most beautiful post i have ever read, respected brother."
Forgive me friend, but I fail to see where the mistake lies. You are free to interpret my post as you wish, but nowhere did I explicitly state anything contrary to our sound creed (aqidah).
Maybe you can further explain your point.
assalaamu alaikum brother abu Hamza. sigh, i know we have done this before. but here it goes again.
why are you getting upset at "dynamic hamza"? given, he could have phrased his objection in a more humble way, but all he did was quote to you the most authentic thing he know about the issue. which on the face of it, holds more weight than shaikh zulfiqar ahmed or any shaikh for that matter.
if only these two things have reached brother Hamza, the hadeeth of aaishah and the words of shaikh zulfiqar ahmed, and he went with the hadeeth of aaishah. do you think that he will be wrong in front of Allah on the day of judgement?
he is doing what he is supposed to, and that is following what he can figure out to be closest to the truth.
ibn al qayyim said: "ilm is Qaal Allah wa Qaala rasooluhu wa qaala sahaba..."
these are the proofs in our religion. so unless u bring something stronger, and you might have in those links you quoted, hamza seems to have the upper hand in terms of proofs.
jazakAllahkhair.
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shariq
oh and i am not saying that one position is wrong or right, rather i am just commenting on the "manhaj" of your response.
anyway, i actually believe along your lines and i remember reading the saying of ibn abbaas radhiyallahu anhu on it.
Allah knows best.
Congratulations, Bro. Naeem! First serious post since returning, and you've already started a flame war. Some guys have all the luck! ;)
MashaAllah! someone sent me the link to this post and it's beautiful!
As for the vision of Allah, the Sahaba have themselves differed among each other on it greatly.
Ibn Mas'ud radi Allahu anh used to swear: "Muhammad salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam saw his Lord"
And the hadith from Anas in Bukhari says:
"Then he took him higher than that in a distance Allah only knows and came to the sidra of the muntaha, and then the Jabbar, the Rabb al-Izza "dana fatadalla 7atta kaana minhu qaaba qawsayn fa2aw7a ilayhi maa aw7aa"
And Ibn Abbas and the other companions who argued that the vision happened used this hadith as proof.
At-Tirmidhi narrated from Ibn Abbas that he denied a certain type of ru'ya based on tajalli of noor, but confirmed that the Prophet (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam) did see Allah twice.
and Ibn Khuzayma narrated with a strong isnad frmo Anas who said: "Muhammad saw his Lord", and that so said Ibn Abbas, Ka'b al-A7bar, az-Zuhri, and others.
And Abd al-Razzaq narrated from Ma'mar that al-Hasan al-Basri swore that Muhammad saw his Lord.
And Ibn Khuzayma narrated that Urwa bin al-Zubayr confirmed the vision and would get angry if anyone quoted Aisha's denial, may Allah be pleased with them both.
And imam Ahmad narrated from the Messenger of Allah (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam) that he said: "I saw my Lord"
and there is a difference between those who say he, salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam, saw Him with his eyes, and those who say he saw Him, jalla jalaaluhu, with his heart, or both.
Those who said he saw Him with his eyes are Ibn Mas'ud, Ibn Abbas, Abu Hurayra, and Ahmad ibn Hanbal, as narrated by Ibn Mardawayh and others, while it is narrated from Abu Dharr that he saw Him with his heart, as in the hadith in Nasa'i that Allah made the light of the Prophet's vision in his heart and made him see Him through that.
And Ibn Mardaway and al-Tabarani narrated from Ibn Abbas that he said: Muhammad (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam) saw his Lord twice: once with his eyes and once with his heart.
And it is narrated about Ahmad ibn Hanbal that when he was asked about the vision he would say:
" He saw Him, he saw Him" until his breath went out, and would not add to that.
and this is a very very long discussion, of the meanings of the verses, and hadiths, and how the scholars and sahaba understood them and attempted to combine them, etc
but i attempted to quote what I could quickly, from shaykh Muhammad Bakheet al-Mutee'i's treatise on the Israa and Mi'raj.
wassalam,
and again, thanks for an amazing post.
As salam aleikum,
"Hamza21" brother quotes a hadith yet, fails to even say SALAM ALEIKUM! Please have adab- don't just come in with an eye of suspicion- you are blind to the khayr my brother, how unfortunate!!!
You goofs are arguing and failing to appreciate the beauty of this brothers writing. We're not asked to be mullah's but rather to be Muslims, who imbibe our faith. Copy-pasting and arguing takes less emaan than writing a beautiful piece such as this.
Keep writing Naeem! May Allah grant us such ikhlas and tadabbur as you have, ameen! :)
AA- Shariq,
Indeed, here we go again...sigh.
"if only these two things have reached brother Hamza, the hadeeth of aaishah and the words of shaikh zulfiqar ahmed, and he went with the hadeeth of aaishah. do you think that he will be wrong in front of Allah on the day of judgement?"
I agree, if the brother lived on a deserted island with no other possible knowledge (or access to it) whatsoever.
But surely that isn't the case, right?
Instead, the correct course of action would have been to carry out the proper research and see what other evidence exists on this matter and what other possible opinions exist in our rich tradition.
And if we are not capable of such a gigantic effort, then let us turn to those more knowledgeable.
Twice in the Quran it is stated 'Ask the people of dhikr if you do not know'.
Gleaning rulings from the texts (Quran/Sunna) is not a Do-it-yourself project liking building a patio.
Let us give our deen at least that much respect.
Take care bro.
wa-alaikum assalaam warahmatullah.
sigh....jazakAllahkhair!
shariq
ASA brother,
judt thought to let u know that Shaykh Zulfiqar db is actually in saudi nowadays for 2, 3 months
Assalamu Alaikum, thnx 4 the great post brNaeem. I think that in your reply to the "hadith-hurler" you stated that the majority of the ulima believe that the prophet did not see Allah. I think that that is not correct. the great majority of the ulima do believe that the prphet saw Allah (swt) saw his lord with the eyes of his bila kayf. if you read classical Aqida texts that is what you will find. it is what Asha'ari and Maturidi scholars believe.
سلام عليكم، وهدانا الله واياكم
قال الله: لَّا تُدْرِكُهُ الْأَبْصَارُ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ الْأَبْصَارَ ۖ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ ١٠٣
سورة الانعام
Vision comprehends Him not, and He comprehends (all) vision; and He is the Knower of subtleties, the Aware. (103)
ِAl'an'aam
وقال الله: وَمَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَن يُكَلِّمَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحْيًا أَوْ مِن وَرَاءِ حِجَابٍ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ رَسُولًا فَيُوحِيَ بِإِذْنِهِ مَا يَشَاءُ ۚ إِنَّهُ عَلِيٌّ حَكِيمٌ 51
الشورى
And it is not for any mortal that Allah should speak to him except by revelation or from behind a veil, or by sending a messenger and revealing by His permission what He pleases; surely He is High, Wise. (51)
Ashuraa
وقال الله: قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُوحَىٰ إِلَيَّ أَنَّمَا إِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ ۖ فَمَن كَانَ يَرْجُو لِقَاءَ رَبِّهِ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا وَلَا يُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِ أَحَدًا ١١٠
الكهف
Say: I am only a mortal like you; it is revealed to me that your god is one Allah, therefore whoever hopes to meet his Lord, he should do good deeds, and not join any one in the service of his Lord. (110)
Alkahf
so brother naeem, after reading these precious ayahs with this sequenceو i think the tafseer of ibn katheer on that ayah mentioned in {surat annajm} has logic to it:
وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ ﴿١﴾ مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ ﴿٢﴾ وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ ﴿٣﴾ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَىٰ ﴿٤﴾ عَلَّمَهُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوَىٰ ﴿٥﴾ ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَاسْتَوَىٰ ﴿٦﴾ وَهُوَ بِالْأُفُقِ الْأَعْلَىٰ ﴿٧﴾ ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ ﴿٨﴾ فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ ﴿٩﴾ فَأَوْحَىٰ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ مَا أَوْحَىٰ ﴿١٠﴾ مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰ ﴿١١﴾ أَفَتُمَارُونَهُ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ ﴿١٢﴾ وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ ﴿١٣﴾ عِندَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنتَهَىٰ ﴿١٤﴾ عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوَىٰ ﴿١٥﴾ إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ ﴿١٦﴾ مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ ﴿١٧﴾ لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَىٰ
ibn katheer said: jibreel is the one who came close to the prophet and passed the revelation to the prophet {saw}, and then Allah adds furthermore that the prophet had seen one of the great signs of Allah, so please people this is a sensitive issue, because Allah {swt} himself mentioned that non can see him, and the term absaar in the quran has two meanings, the vision of both of the eye and heart
Allah said:
Have they not travelled in the land so that they should have hearts with which to understand, or ears with which to hear? For surely it is not the eyes that are blind, but blind are the hearts which are in the breasts. (46)
Alhajj
أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَتَكُونَ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ يَعْقِلُونَ بِهَا أَوْ آذَانٌ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا ۖ فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَعْمَى الْأَبْصَارُ وَلَٰكِن تَعْمَى الْقُلُوبُ الَّتِي فِي الصُّدُورِ ٤٦
الحج
Assalaam all. The post of NZ should have been more than enough to put an end to all the discussion.
I agree with dawud israel that having the proper adaab and akhlaaq is much more important than the other points of concern at stake in this convo. What transpires in the post of Dynamic hamza and elfatih is their ATTITUDE.
When br. naeem read their posts, he must have detected JEALOUSY, pride, and arrogance. hence the frustration that can be felt in his response, esp bringing in the terms hadith-hurler etc.
Instead of reading those posts, and meditating seriously on them, and trying to benefit the most, some people find their most important priorities to be "correcting" the author. (that too on matters on which there's large iktelaaf). When they do that, it brings them some inner comfort as they receive the delusional feeling that they are better than the author. its not good! please brothers, try to make daily efforts to purify yourself from jealousy. as well as from arrogance, and from riyah.
know that by starting such futile debates, you discourage brothers like naeem to put up more posts, as he will always fear backfires from those like you. if you genuinely and sincerely wanted to know how to reconcile the hadith of Aisha with naeem's statements, you should have asked the question with the proper adaab, and IN A FRIENDLY WAY, that would not have made naeem or anyone else annoyed.
THe other thing my dear brothers that you need need to understand is, a lot of those negative mannerisms and attitudes you display, you obtained them from *some* of your teachers. it might be hard and difficult to hear that, but its the fact. Its those teachers who taught you to always "argue with daleel" and force people to come to the "correct manhaj". the intents might be sound, BUT THE METHOD IS NOT. those teachers forgot to teach you the methods, because their teachers didnt teach them. so you need to first acknowledge that, and then start setting goals to get rid of those bad weeds and attitudes. its a step by step process, and wont happen overnight. but if you take it seriously, inshAllah youll discover greater treasures further away on the road. May Allah give us all hidaya, ameen.
Jzk.
Mhmd Mansur.
Assalaamualaykum bro Naeem,
I urgently need to get in touch with you. I am a brother who has read a few of your blog posts and i have an urgent request for you. Could you please get back to me and send me an email at the email add below ASAP? Its really important... Thank you so much.
JazakumAllah kher.
Muhammad.
AA- Muhammad,
You can contact me directly from my email address that is listed near the top of my blog.
Salaam brother Naeem, Masha'Allah may Allah bless you, and guide you aswell as myself to the straight path, the path of those who have earned Allah's grace, not of those who gained his anger or those who went astray.
I know that this issue is of sensitivity and dispute since the good early days, but i would like to explain more as you said.
Regarding that i have added some Ayahs in a certain order thinking that the word of Allah would be enough, but this thing is really really controversial, even though i see no reason for that at all.
why? because the prophet {s.a.w} himself said in many hadiths that no living man can see his lord, and it is more than true that the prophet said he was alive and awake on the blessed incident of Isra' and Mi'raaj.
To add more to that Allah azza wa jal has said by his own exalted self that no vision can grasp him. Hence i repeat again why is this issue being disputed if Allah subhannahu wa ta'aala and his prophet have clearly made it obvious that Allah will not be seen only at the day of judgment and only by those who deserve.
p.s: regarding the issue of sheikhs and teachers [anonymous] has aroused; my teacher is Allah first and then the prophet second, meaning i believe whatever Allah has revealed and then the sunnah. So if any dispute have been aroused by the respected Sahaba or Ulama', i put my complete trust and reliance upon that chain of command (Qur'an & then Sunnah).
wassalaam
and i apologize if insulted anyone ...
note: i would like to remind our dear brothers and sisters in Islam about the enormity of this issue by mentioning the incident of the sons of Israel, and what happened to them when they just requested to see Almighty Allah the most exalted, and the next incident is when Moses [peace be upon him] before them.
so people our religion is about the sound creed as brother Naeem mentioned, and i think that we should be careful on issues concerning it.
because Allah said:
الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوا إِيمَانَهُم بِظُلْمٍ أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمُ الْأَمْنُ وَهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ ٨٢
Those who believe and do not mix up their faith with iniquity, those are they who shall have the security and they are those who go aright. 82
Al-An'aam
sorry for that but this hadeeth means this actually:
Abdullah bin mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated:
when this verse was revealed: (translation):
"it is those who believe and confuse not their beliefs with wrong - that are (truly) in security, for they are on (right) guidance."
the companions of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) were greatly perturbed. they asked: who among us (is so fortunate) that he does not wrong himself? Upon this Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) remarked:
it does not mean that which you presume. it implies that which Luqman said to his son:
(translation):
"Behold, luqman said to his son by way of instruction: "O my son! join not in worship (others) with Allah: for false worship is indeed the highest wrong-doing."
Bukhari
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