What is Related Regarding the Vision

17. What Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid رضي الله عنه said: Muhammad ibn al-Hasan alSaffar said on the authority of Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Abu al-Khattab, on the authority of Muhammad ibn al-Fudayl that I asked Abu al-Hasan al-Kadhim عليه السلام: “Did the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم see his Lord, the Mighty and High?” Hence, he عليه السلام replied: “Yes, he saw Him by means of his heart. Have you not heard Allah, the Might and High that the heart was not untrue in (making him see) what he saw.1 That is to say, he did not see Him with his eyes, but he saw Him with the heart.”