He saw Him with his heart but did not see Him with his eye.
في قوله تعالى: {ولقد رءاه نزلة أخرى}
رآه بقلبه ولم يره بعينه.
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Ibn Khuzayma related it in Kitab Tawhid (428), and Lalakai in Usul Itiqad (915), both through various routes from Hushaym, who said, "Mansur, who is Ibn Zazan, told us, from Hakam, from Yazid bin Sharik Rashk, from Abu Dharr," and he related it accordingly.Its chain of transmission is sahih. Hushaym was known to conceal links in his chains of transmission, but here he explicitly stated that he heard it directly.