Regarding His statement , "The heart did not lie about what it saw" [Najm 53:11], he said, "Muhammad
saw his Lord with his heart twice."
حدثنا أبو معاوية حدثنا الأعمش عن زياد بن الحصين عن أبي العالية
في قوله عز وجل {ما كذب الفؤاد ما رأى} قال رأى محمد ربه عز وجل بقلبه مرتين
Its isnad is sahih. Ibn Kathir cited it in his tafsir, 8:100-101, from Sahih Muslim, through Waki from Amash, then said, "It was likewise narrated by Simak, from Ikrima, from Ibn Abbas, in similar fashion." Suyuti, in Durr Manthur, 6:124, also attributed it to Tabarani, Ibn Mardawayh, and Bayhaqi in Asma wal-Sifat.