7.14. THE VIEW OF THE REGARDING THE VISION
The majority of those who affirmed the vision (rufah) also affirmed that the believers will experience the delight of seeing their Lord. This is the position of the Salaf the Imams of the Muslim nation, and the Shaykhs of the path.
Al-Nasa’I and others relate the following hadith from the Prophet: “O Allah, by Your knowledge of the unseen and Your ability to create: allow me to live if life is better for me, and take my soul if death is better. O Allah, I ask You to grant me fear of You in private and in open, when angry and pleased, and I ask You for moderation in poverty and wealth. I ask You for a delight never ending and a coolness for my eyes that shall not disappear. I ask You for contentment after the decree and a life pleasant after death. I ask You for the delight of looking at Your Face, and I ask You for the yearning of meeting You without harmful distress or deceptive temptation. O Allah, beautify us with the adornment of faith and make us guides upon guidance!”
Suhayb (radiyAllahu ‘anhu) narrates in Sahlh Muslim and others that said: “When the people of Paradise enter it, a call is made: O people of Paradise! You have an appointment with Allahthat He wants to accomplish for you!’They will say: What is it? Have our faces not become bright already and our scales heavy? Has He not already let us enter Paradise and protect us from the Fire?’Then the screen is removed and they look at Him; none of the things He had given them are as beloved to them as looking at Him.”
The more beloved something is to a person, the more delight he feels upon getting it. The Salaf, the Imams of the nation and the Shaykhs of the path all agree on this. It has been narrated from al- Hasan al-Basrl: “Should the worshipers learn that they will not see their Lord in the hereafter, their souls would melt in the world as they yearn it.” Many similar statements have been made by others.
This said, those who agree with the Salaf, the Imams, and the Shaykhs of the path on the issue of the delight of looking at Allah, have different views about the issue of love, which is the foundation. A group of jurists held that Allah Himself cannot be loved, but rather it is the obedience and worship that is loved. They further said that He does not love his believing servants either, but rather what He loves is the will to do good for them and to protect them. Some rhetoric theologians who adhere to the supporters of Sunnah held this opin- ion, among them even such followers of Malik, Shafi’i, and Ahmad as al- Qadl Abu Bakr, al-Qadl Abu Ya( la, and Abu’l-Ma( all al-Juwaynl.
By Shaykhu’l-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah
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