Did the Prophet (SAW) not see Allah during the night of ascension?
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I ask this question due to this Hadith from Sahih Musllim:
It is narrated on the authority of Masruq that he said:
> I was resting at (the house of) 'A'isha that she said:
O Abu 'A'isha > (kunya of Masruq), there are three things, and he who affirmed even > one of them fabricated the greatest lie against Allah.
I asked that > they were.
She said: **He who presumed that Muhammad (ﷺ) saw his Lord > (with his ocular vision) fabricated the greatest lie against Allah.**
I > was reclining but then sat up and said:
Mother of the Faithful, wait a > bit and do not be in a haste. Has not Allah (Mighty and Majestic) > said:" And truly he saw him on the clear horizon" (Al-Qur'an, Surat > at-Takwir, 81:23 ) and" he saw Him in another descent" (Al-Qur'an, > Surat Najm 53:13 )?
She said: I am the first of this Ummah who asked > the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about it, and he said:
Verily he is > Gabriel. I have never seen him in his original form in which he was > created except on those two occasions (to which these verses refer); I > saw him descending from the heaven and filling (the space) from the > sky to the earth with the greatness of his bodily structure.
She said: > Have you not heard Allah saying:
"Eyes comprehend Him not, but He > comprehends (all) vision. and He is Subtle, and All-Aware" (Al-Qur'an, > Surat al-An`am 6:103 )?
(She, i.e. 'A'isha, further said):
Have you not > heard that, verily, Allah says:
"And it is not for any human being > that Allah should speak to him except by revelation or from behind a > partition or that He sends a messenger to reveal, by His permission, > what He wills. Indeed, He is Most High and Wise." (Al-Qur'an, Surat > ash-Shura, 42:51 )
She said: He who presumes that the Messenger of > Allah (ﷺ) concealed anything from the Book of Allah fabricates the > greatest lie against Allah.
Allah says: "O Messenger, announce that > which has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then > you have not conveyed His message. And Allah will protect you from the > people. Indeed, Allah does not guide the disbelieving people." > (Al-Qur'an, Surat al-Ma'idah, 5:67 ).
She said: He who presumes that he > would inform about what was going to happen tomorrow fabricates the > greatest lie against Allah.
And Allah says "Say, 'None in the heavens > and earth knows the unseen except Allah , and they do not perceive > when they will be resurrected.'" (Al-Qur'an, Surat an-Naml, 27:65 ). > > Sahih Muslim - Book 1, Hadith 346
O Abu 'A'isha > (kunya of Masruq), there are three things, and he who affirmed even > one of them fabricated the greatest lie against Allah.
I asked that > they were.
She said: **He who presumed that Muhammad (ﷺ) saw his Lord > (with his ocular vision) fabricated the greatest lie against Allah.**
I > was reclining but then sat up and said:
Mother of the Faithful, wait a > bit and do not be in a haste. Has not Allah (Mighty and Majestic) > said:" And truly he saw him on the clear horizon" (Al-Qur'an, Surat > at-Takwir, 81:23 ) and" he saw Him in another descent" (Al-Qur'an, > Surat Najm 53:13 )?
She said: I am the first of this Ummah who asked > the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about it, and he said:
Verily he is > Gabriel. I have never seen him in his original form in which he was > created except on those two occasions (to which these verses refer); I > saw him descending from the heaven and filling (the space) from the > sky to the earth with the greatness of his bodily structure.
She said: > Have you not heard Allah saying:
"Eyes comprehend Him not, but He > comprehends (all) vision. and He is Subtle, and All-Aware" (Al-Qur'an, > Surat al-An`am 6:103 )?
(She, i.e. 'A'isha, further said):
Have you not > heard that, verily, Allah says:
"And it is not for any human being > that Allah should speak to him except by revelation or from behind a > partition or that He sends a messenger to reveal, by His permission, > what He wills. Indeed, He is Most High and Wise." (Al-Qur'an, Surat > ash-Shura, 42:51 )
She said: He who presumes that the Messenger of > Allah (ﷺ) concealed anything from the Book of Allah fabricates the > greatest lie against Allah.
Allah says: "O Messenger, announce that > which has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then > you have not conveyed His message. And Allah will protect you from the > people. Indeed, Allah does not guide the disbelieving people." > (Al-Qur'an, Surat al-Ma'idah, 5:67 ).
She said: He who presumes that he > would inform about what was going to happen tomorrow fabricates the > greatest lie against Allah.
And Allah says "Say, 'None in the heavens > and earth knows the unseen except Allah , and they do not perceive > when they will be resurrected.'" (Al-Qur'an, Surat an-Naml, 27:65 ). > > Sahih Muslim - Book 1, Hadith 346
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