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8. `Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Imran al-Daqqaq (RA) said: Muhammad ibn Ya`qub said: Ahmad ibn Idris said on the authority of Ahmad Muhammad ibn `Isa, on the authority of `Ali ibn Sayf, on the authority of Muhammad ibn `Ubaydah that
I wrote to Abu al-Hasan (`Ali) al-Rida (AS) asking him about the vision of Allah and what that Sunnis and the Shi`ites narrate regarding the subject. I asked him to explain the subject in detail to me. Hence, he (AS) wrote in his own handwriting: All agree unanimously that Allah’s recognition is necessary. So, if it is possible to see Allah, the Mighty and High, with the eyes, then recognition has taken place. And this recognition could take place with or without faith. If recognition via vision is faith, then it is not faith, because faith is the opposite of visual recognition. If recognition via vision is faith, then there would be no people of faith in the world since nobody has seen Allah, Exalted is His Remembrance. If faith is based on visual recognition, then it might vanish as a result of death and resurrection. This is sufficient proof that Allah, noble be His Remembrance, cannot be seen by the eye….
8 - حدثنا علي بن أحمد بن محمد بن عمران الدقاق رحمه الله، قال: حدثنا محمد بن يعقوب، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن إدريس، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن علي ابن سيف، عن محمد بن عبيدة، قال
كتبت إلى أبي الحسن الرضا عليه السلام أسأله عن الرؤية وما ترويه العامة والخاصة، وسألته أن يشرح لي ذلك، فكتب عليه السلام بخطه اتفق الجميع لا تمانع بينهم أن المعرفة من جهة الرؤية ضرورة، فإذا جاز أن يرى الله عز وجل بالعين وقعت المعرفة ضرورة، ثم لم تخل تلك المعرفة من أن تكون إيمانا أو ليست بإيمان، فإن كانت تلك المعرفة من جهة الرؤية إيمانا فالمعرفة التي في دار الدنيا من جهة الاكتساب ليست بإيمان لأنها ضده فلا يكون في الدنيا أحد مؤمنا لأنهم لم يروا الله عز ذكره، وإن لم تكن تلك المعرفة التي من جهة الرؤية إيمانا لم تخل هذه المعرفة التي هي من جهة الاكتساب أن تزول أو لا تزول في المعاد، فهذا دليل على أن الله عز ذكره لا يرى بالعين، إذ العين تؤدي إلى ما وصفنا .
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