We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he looked up at the moon on the night it was full, and he said, "You will surely see your Lord just as you see this moon, without any crowding or difficulty in seeing Him. So if you are able, never let yourselves be kept from a prayer before the rising of the sun and before its setting," meaning Asr and Fajr.Then Jareer recited, "And glorify your Lord with praise before the rising of the sun and before its setting" [Taha 20:130].
كنا جلوسا عند رسول الله ﷺ إذ نظر إلى القمر ليلة البدر، فقال: أما إنكم سترون ربكم كما ترون هذا القمر. لا تضامون في رؤيته. فإن استطعتم أن لا تغلبوا على صلاة قبل طلوع الشمس وقبل غروبها يعني العصر والفجر. ثم قرأ جرير: {وسبح بحمد ربك قبل طلوع الشمس وقبل غروبها} [ سورة طه: ١٣٠].
Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Prayer Times (554), and Muslim in the Book of Mosques (633), both from the hadith of Marwan bin Muawiya Fazari, who said, Ismail bin Abu Khalid informed us, who said, Qays bin Abu Hazim narrated to us, who said, I heard Jareer bin Abdullah, and he mentioned it in a similar way.His saying, "you will not be crowded together" (with the first letter having a damma and the mim doubled) means that you will not press against one another, nor will anyone say, "Show it to me." Rather, each person will see it on their own.His saying, "if you are able" is a conditional clause whose apodosis has been omitted, its meaning being, "then do so."In a narration recorded by Muslim, it reads, "Indeed, you will be presented before your Lord and you will see Him just as you see this moon." He narrated it from Abu Bakr bin Abu Shayba, who said, Abdullah bin Numayr, Abu Usama, and Waki narrated to us with this same chain. And he said, "Then he recited," without saying "Jareer."End of citation. As for his saying, "and you will see Him just as you see this moon," it means that you will see Him with a certain, unmistaken vision, free of any difficulty, just as you see this moon with a certain vision free of difficulty. This is a comparison of the vision to the vision, not of the thing seen to the thing seen. This vision is reserved for the believers alone, while the disbelievers and the hypocrites will not see Him, and this is the position held by the majority of the people of the sunnah. This is what Nawawi noted.