Dars e Imam-Idrak

“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem””Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)

Sheikh Muhadith Haq Dhelvi (rahimuhullah) writes: Ibn Umar(ra) turned to Ibn Abbas (ra) regarding this matter and asked whether the Prophet ﷺ has seen his Lord, Ibn Abbas replied in affirmative, Ibn Umar (ra) accepted this and did not reject it [Ashaat ul Lamaat, Volume No. 4, Page No. 431] Now It is proven from yet another Mujtahid Sahabi i.e. Ibn Umar (ra) that Prophet ﷺ saw Allah!

Imam Badr ud din Ayni (Rahimuhullah) the commentator of Bukhari said:  Ibn Khuazaima (rah) narrated with “strong chain” from Anas bin Malik (ra) that he said: Muhammad ﷺ saw his Lord, same is narrated from Ibn Abbas (ra) and his disciples like K’ab al Ahbar (ra), Zuhiri (rah) and Ma’mar (rah), Imam Abdur Razzaq (rah) narrates from Ma’mar who quotes Imam Hassan Basri (rah) who used to say: I Swear that Muhammad ﷺ saw his Lord, Ibn Khuzaima (rah) has also proven it (sight of Allah) from Urwa bin Zubayr (ra) [Umdat al Qari, Sharah Sahih al Bukhari, Volume No. 19, Page No. 198]
Do you doubt the Vision of Muhammad? (Saw)
Imam Badr ud din Ayni (rah) also explains: Imam Tabarani (rah) narrates in his (Al Awsat) with “Strong chain” from Ibn Abbas (ra) who said that Prophet ﷺ saw his Lord twice, the reason for this saying is that Muhammad ﷺ saw his Lord with his eyesight, because Musa (a.s) talked to Allah directly, Ibrahim (a.s) was taken as His friend and Muhammad ﷺ was chosen for sight (no other Prophet was), apparently what Ibn Abbas (ra) means to say is that Prophet ﷺ saw Allah with his eyes [Umdat al Qari, Sharah Sahih al Bukhari, Volume No. 17, Page No. 30]

Imam Nasai’i (Rahimuhullah) and Hakim (Rahimuhullah) narrate with Sahih Isnad:
Ibn Abbas (ra) narrates: Are you surprised at friendship of Ibrahim (a.s) [with Allah], The Speech of Musa (directly with Allah) and Sight of Muhammad ﷺ? [Sunnan Nasai’I al Kubra in Amal al Yawm wal Laylah , Volume No.6, Hadith No.11539, Mustadrak ala Sahihayn, Volume No. 1, Hadith No. 216]Imam Hakim (rah) after narrating it said:  This Hadith is Sahih on the criteria of Bukhari [ibid, Hadith No. 216]

The Madhab of Vast majority!
Imam Ibn Hajr al Asqalani (Rahimuhullah) said:  It is narrated by Nasai’i with “Sahih Isnad” and Hakim also declared it “Sahih” the narration with the chain from Ikrama (rah) who heard Ibn Abbas (ra) say (and he quoted the above hadith) [Fath ul Bari, Sharah Sahih al Bukhari, Volume No. 8, Page No 493]

Imam Nawawi (Rahimuhullah) writes under the hadith of Ibn Masud (ra) that (Prophet saw)’s heart did not lie of what it saw means that he saw Jibril (a.s)This is the saying of Abdullah Ibn Masud (ra) and his Madhab, but the Madhab of vast majority of Mufasireen (including Ibn Abbas) is that Prophet ﷺ saw Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’la [Sharah Sahih Muslim by Imam Nawawi, under Kitab al Iman, The mention of Sidra til Muntaha, Hadith No. 254]
Imam Nawawi further states:  The result of all (proofs which have been shown) is that it is pre dominantly established amongst many ulama that Prophet ﷺ saw Allah with his eyes on the night of Ascension as the hadith from Ibn Abbas (ra) and others have been mentioned before, the proof of which comes from Prophet ﷺ hence there should be no doubt about it [Sharah Sahih Muslim, Kitab al Iman, Chapter in meaning of :He saw him at the second descent]

Quran does Nafi of “Idraak” not Sight!
Imam Nawawi (rah) also said about Aisha (ra) hadith:  The Proof which Aisha (ra) took (to reject sight of Allah) i.e. {Eyes cannot comprehend him} the apparent answer to this will be that there cannot be Idraak (i.e. complete comprehension, to gather all around, to see all aspects) of Allah, so the Nass (of Quran) does Nafi of Al-Ihaat but this does not do Nafi of sight without Ihaata (i.e. complete comprehension) [Ibid]

Imam Ibn Jarir (rah) writes under: The (Prophet’s) (mind and) heart in no way falsified that which he saw. (53/11) Isa bin Ubaid (rah) said: Ikrama (rah) was questioned about Muhammad ﷺ seeing the Lord? He said: YES! HE SAW HIS LORD [Tafsir at Tabri under 53/11]

(Marfu Hadith) Imam Tabri proves from Prophet ﷺ himself as:  From Ata (rah) who narrated from Ibn Abbas (ra) who said that Prophet ﷺ said: I saw Allah in his best of form (which Allah and Apostle know best)[Tafsir at Tabri under 53/11]

The Prophet saw Allah in the best form!
The best statement on the issue is of Shaykh Muhyi al-Din ibn Arabi (Allah have mercy on him). He said: This world is that which is below the heavens and anything above the heavens is considered to be part of the next world (akhira).Hence, the vision of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ will not be considered a vision of this world; rather it is a vision of the next world, and there is no disagreement concerning the vision of the hereafter. Hence, this vision of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was also a type of the vision of the hereafter. (See: Ma’arif al-Qur’an, 3/412)
It states: … Lo I found myself in the presence of my Lord, the Blessed and the Glorious, in the best form. He said: Muhammad! I said: At Thy service… [Sunnan Tirimdhi, Volume No. 5, Page No. 966, Published by Maktabba al Asriyyah, Beirut, Lebanon]This also proves that Prophet ﷺ has seen Allah.

Kamal/perfection is abdiat/servanthood(direct each action/wealth towards Allah)

Kamal/perfect reflection/mazar of Allah’s zaat =rasoolAllahﷺ

When I want to talk to allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)

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