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The Book of Divine Unity · Hadith 123 (#Ḥadīth #2)

Chapter 8 | What is Related Regarding the Vision

2 - حدثنا علي بن أحمد بن محمد بن عمران الدقاق رحمه الله، قال: حدثنا محمد بن أبي عبد الله الكوفي، عن علي بن أبي القاسم، عن يعقوب بن إسحاق قال: كتبت إلى أبي محمد عليه السلام أسأله كيف يعبد العبد ربه وهو لا يراه؟! فوقع عليه السلام يا أبا يوسف جل سيدي ومولاي والمنعم علي وعلى آبائي أن يرى. قال: وسألته هل رأى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم ربه؟ فوقع عليه السلام إن الله تبارك وتعالى أرى رسوله بقلبه من نور عظمته ما أحب.

2. `Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Imran al-Daqqaq (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Muhammad ibn Abu `Abd Allah al-Kufi said on the authority of `Ali ibn Abu al-Qasim, on the authority of Ya`qub ibn Ishaq that I wrote to Abu Muhammad al-`Askari asking him how a servant could serve a Lord he cannot see? Hence, he replied in writing: “O Abu Yusuf! My Master, my Lord, and the Benefactor upon me any my forefathers, is far above being seen.” He said: “I also asked whether the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw him Lord?” He wrote back: “Verily, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, manifested to the Messenger what He desired from the Light of His Magnitude.”

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