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Tabarani narrated it in Duaa (1416) from Hasan bin Ali Mumari, who said, Sulayman bin Muhammad Mubaraki narrated to us, Hammad bin Dalil narrated to us, from Sufyan bin Saeed Thawri, from Qays bin Muslim, from Tariq bin Shihab or Abdul-Rahman bin Sabit. Hammad bin Dalil said, Hasan bin Salih bin Hayy narrated to me, from Amr bin Mura, from Abdul-Rahman bin Sabit, from Abu Thalaba Khushani, from Abu Ubayda bin Jarra, who said, then he mentioned it. Its chain is hasan because of Hammad bin Dalil, in the diminutive form, Abu Zayd, for his hadith is hasan.As for what was narrated from Ibn Umar, as found with Bazzar in Kashf Astar (2129), it is daif, containing Saeed bin Sinan. Haythami said in Majma (178/7), "It contains Saeed bin Sinan, who is daif, though some deemed him reliable, but that view was not given attention." End quote.Likewise, what is narrated from Abu Hurairah as a raised hadith is not sound, "I saw my Lord in my dream in the finest form." Lalikai narrated it in Sharh Usul Itiqad (919). It contains Ubaydullah bin Abu Humayd, about whom Imam Ahmad said, "People abandoned his hadith." Bukhari said, "His hadith is rejected, he narrates strange things from Abu Malih." I say, this is one of his narrations from Abu Malih.Likewise, what is narrated from Anas bin Malik as a raised hadith is not sound, "My Lord came to me tonight in my dream in the finest form, until He placed His hand between my shoulders." Ibn Jawzi mentioned it in Ilal Mutanahiya (1/20-21) in abridged form and said, "It contains Yusuf bin Atiya Saadi, about whom Nasai said, 'Abandoned.'" Ibn Hibban recorded it in full in Majruhin (1232) in the biography of Yusuf bin Atiya Saffar Saadi, and said, "He was among those who reversed hadiths and attached fabricated texts to sahih chains, and he reported things that cannot be relied upon."Likewise, what is narrated from Umm Tufayl, the wife of Ubayy bin Kaab, is not sound. She said, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mention that he saw his Lord in a dream, in the form of a young man with full hair, dressed in green, on a bed of gold, with two golden sandals on his feet. Tabarani narrated it in Kabir (25/143), Ibn Abu Asim in Sunnah (471), Bayhaqi in Asma wa Sifat (942), and Ibn Jawzi in Ilal Mutanahiya (1/15), all of them through the route of Marwan bin Uthman, from Umara bin Amir, from Umm Tufayl, mentioning it.Marwan bin Uthman is Ibn Abu Saeed bin Mualla Ansari Zarqi, about whom Abu Hatim said, "Daif." Nasai said, "Who is Marwan bin Uthman that he should be believed about Allah?!" Dhahabi mentioned this in Mizan (4/92). Muhanna said, I asked Ahmad about this hadith, and he turned his face away from me and said, "This is a rejected hadith, this is an unknown man," meaning Marwan.I say, besides the weakness in its chain, there is also a break in transmission, for Umara bin Amir is not known to have heard from Umm Tufayl, as Bukhari said in Tarikh al-Kabir (6/311). Shawkani mentioned it in Fawaid Majmua fi Ahadith Mawdua (1276). Ibn Hibban mentioned Umara bin Amir in his Thiqat (5/245) and said, "He narrates from Umm Tufayl, the wife of Ubayy bin Kaab, from the Prophet ﷺ, who said, 'I saw my Lord,' a rejected hadith. Umara did not hear from Umm Tufayl, and I have only mentioned it so that the reader is not deceived into citing it as evidence, from the hadiths of the people of Egypt." Haythami relied on this statement of Ibn Hibban in Majma (7/179) and added nothing to it.There are other narrations on this subject from other companions, but none of them is sound except what I have mentioned. And success comes from Allah.In summary, seeing Allah , according to the people of the Sunnah and the community, is confined to three situations.1- No one can see Allah in this world with his own eyes. This is because Allah the Exalted says, "And when Musa came for Our appointment and his Lord spoke to him, he said, 'My Lord, show me [Yourself] that I may look at You.' He said, 'You will not see Me.'" [Araf 7:143] And because Allah the Exalted says, "Vision does not perceive Him, but He perceives [all] vision, and He is the Subtle, the Aware." [Anam 6:103] And because of the statement of the Prophet ﷺ, "Know that none of you will see his Lord until he dies." Narrated by Muslim (2931).It has not been established that the Prophet ﷺ saw his Lord, the Exalted, with his own eyes in this world, even during the Night Journey and Ascension. Abu Dharr asked him, "Did you see your Lord?" He said, "I saw a light." And in another narration, "A light, how could I see Him." Narrated by Muslim (178). That is, how could I see His Essence, when He is light? So if the Prophet ﷺ did not see Him with his own eyes, how could anyone else?2- The believers will see their Lord in the Hereafter with their own eyes and sight. Abu Saeed Khudri said, some people at the time of the Prophet ﷺ asked, "O Messenger of Allah, will we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Yes. Do you have any difficulty seeing the sun at midday when there is no cloud..." Narrated by Bukhari (4581) and Muslim (183). See the chapter on what has been reported concerning the believers seeing their Lord on the Day of Resurrection.3- The prophets and some of the righteous may see in a dream in various forms. This is because of the statement of the Prophet ﷺ, "I saw my Lord in the finest form, and He placed His hand between my shoulders until I felt their coolness between my shoulders." But it should not be believed that Allah, in Himself, is like what was seen in the dream, because Allah the Exalted says, "There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing." [Shura 42:11]Among the conditions for this is that the vision must not command something contrary to the Sharia, such as commanding the killing of someone whose killing is forbidden. If that occurs, then it is a devil.Nawawi discussed this in Sharh Muslim, in the Book of Dreams, in the chapter on the statement of the Prophet ﷺ, "Whoever sees me in a dream has indeed seen me," and Ibn Hajar discussed it in Fath al-Bari, in the Book of Dream Interpretation, in the chapter on one who sees the Prophet ﷺ in a dream, and in both of their discussions there is some ambiguity.