A critique of Naser Al-Qaffari’s viewpoint on the issue of seeing Allah

Document Type : Original Article

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1 استاد تمام دانشگاه تهران
2 دانشجوی دکتری کلام امامیه پردیس فارابی دانشگاه تهران
Abstract
The issue of seeing Allah with eyes (vision) is one of the controversial theological issues that has aroused many discussions among theologians of all Islamic sects so far. The main question is that; is it positively possible to see Allah? And after proving the possibility of it, are there any reasons to prove that this seeingnhas happened or will happen? The Twelvers (Shia Imamites), Zaidiyyah, Ismailiyah, Muʿtazilah and Abazieh have, based on logic and tradition, denied the possibility of seeing Allah, while on the other hand, Ash'ariya, Maturidieh, Salafieh, People of Hadith and some of the other Sunni sects have considered it logically possible, and in the next world based on tradition. In this writing, criticizing the Salafi viewpoint, specially Naser Al-Qaffari’s , the author of the book the principles of Shia sect, we will prove that based on logic and narrations it is impossible to see Allah in this world and the next world.
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