1. Faith / Belief

١۔ كتاب الإيمان

1.80 The saying of the Prophet ﷺ : "Light, How could I see Him?" and: "I saw Light"

١۔٨٠ باب فِي قَوْلِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ " نُورٌ أَنَّى أَرَاهُ " . وَفِي قَوْلِهِ " رَأَيْتُ نُورًا

The Prophet ﷺ did not see Allah

muslim:178aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Yazīd b. Ibrāhīm > Qatādah > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > Abū Dhar

I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: Did you see thy Lord? He said: (He is) Light; how could I see Him?  

مسلم:١٧٨aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ رَبَّكَ قَالَ نُورٌ أَنَّى أَرَاهُ  

muslim:178b[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father [Chain 2] Ḥajjāj b. al-Shāʿir > ʿAffān b. Muslim > Hammām > Qatādah > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq

I said to Abu Dharr: Had I seen the Messenger of Allah, I would have asked him. He (Abu Dharr) said: What is that thing that you wanted to inquire of him? He said: I wanted to ask him whether he had seen his Lord. Abu Dharr said: I, in fact, inquired of him, and he replied: I saw Light.  

مسلم:١٧٨bحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ح وَحَدَّثَنِي حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لأَبِي ذَرٍّ لَوْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ عَنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ كُنْتَ تَسْأَلُهُ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ رَبَّكَ قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ قَدْ سَأَلْتُ فَقَالَ رَأَيْتُ نُورًا