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ahmad:1956Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Ziyād b. al-Ḥuṣayn > Abū al-ʿĀliyah

[Machine] In His saying, "The heart did not lie about what it saw" [Surah An-Najm, verse 11], it is said that Muhammad ﷺ saw his Lord twice in his heart.  

أحمد:١٩٥٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَى} [النجم 11] قَالَ رَأَى مُحَمَّدٌ رَبَّهُ ﷻ بِقَلْبِهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ  


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tabarani:12564Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Jumhūr b. Manṣūr > Ismāʿīl b. Mujālid > Mujālid > al-Shaʿbī > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] Muhammad (PBUH) saw His Lord, twice - once with his eye and once with his heart.  

الطبراني:١٢٥٦٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا جُمْهُورُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُجَالِدٍ عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

رَأَى مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ رَبَّهُ ﷻ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّةً بِبَصَرِهِ وَمَرَّةً بِفُؤَادِهِ