200 FAQ On Muslims Belief by Hafiz Ibn Ahmed Al Hakami

A--- Allah the Almighty says: {Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant). Looking at their Lord (Allah)}. (AlQiyamah, 22,23)

Allah the Almighty says: {For those who have done good is the best (reward, i.e. Paradise) and even more (i.e. having the honor of glancing at the Countenance of Allah the Almighty)}. (Yunus,26)

Allah the Almighty says about the disbelievers, {Nay! Surely they (evildoers) will be veiled from seeing their Lord that Day}. (AlMutaffifin, 15)

Thus, He veiled the evil-doers from glancing at His Countenance and did not veil Himself from his godly ones.

Narrated Qais: Jarir (May Allah be pleased with him) said: "We were with the Prophet (Peace be upon him) and he looked at the moon full moon - and said: 'Certainly you will see your Lord as you see this moon and you will have no trouble in seeing Him. So if you can avoid missing (through sleep or business, etc.) a prayer before the sun-rise (Fajr) and a prayer before sunset (`Asr), you must do so.’ He then recited Allah's Statement:

{And celebrate the praises of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before (its) setting}. (50: 39) Isma'il said: "Offer those prayers and do not miss them." (Bukhari and Muslim)

The Prophet's saying ''as you see this moon" is by way of likening the act of seeing to seeing, and not what is seen to the sighted. This is in addition to the Hadith that reads: Narrated Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (Peace be upon him) says: "When Allah ordains something on the Heaven the angels beat with their wings in obedience to His Statement which sounds like that of a chain dragged over a rock. His Statement: "Until when the fear is banished from their hearts, the Angels say, 'What was it that your Lord said?' 'They reply, {(He has said) the Truth. And He is the Most High, The Great}.

(34:23) (Sahih Bukhari)

In this Hadith, the act of hearing is likened to hearing and not what is heard to what is heard. There is nothing resembling Allah the Almighty or resembling any of His Attributes. The Prophet (Peace be upon him)

cannot say anything that may imply the slightest hint that anything resembles Allah the Almighty.

There are so many Hadiths pertaining to this issue, we mentioned in the explanation of "Sullam Al-Wusul" forty-five Hadiths on the authority of thirty of the Prophet's companions.

Whosoever rejects this, he belies the Glorious Book and what has been revealed on Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and was among those addressed by the following verse: {Nay! Surely they (evildoers) will be veiled from seeing their Lord that Day}. (AlMutaffifin, 15)

We ask Allah the Almighty for forgiveness and pardon and to grant us glancing at His Countenance.