The statement: “The sight of the heart”

Question:

What’s the meaning of “sight of the heart”?

Answer:

The ‘Allāmah Ibn ‘Utheymīn, may Allah have mercy upon him, as found on “Fatāwa Nūr ‘alad Darb” said:

“It is a figure of speech for certain knowledge, which is in the heart, until it reached the level of it being like he saw Him with his eyes.”

[End of speech]

Answered by:
Shaykh Abu Hatim Yusuf Al-‘Inaabi Al-Jazaa’iree – may Allaah preserve him.

Source:
t.me/abouhatem/269

Answered on:
20th, Rabee’ Al-Aakhar, 1438H.

Translated by:
Abu ‘Abdirrahman ‘Abdullaah bin Ahmed Ash-Shingaani

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