Does what I told my friend—that the Eyes of the Most Merciful are the two eyes through which Allah truly sees us, citing the verse: "There is no private conversation of three but that He is the fourth of them"—accord with the madhab of Ahlus-Sunnah?
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The People of the and the Community affirm for Allah Almighty the attribute of "the Eye" as an essential, descriptive attribute, basing their evidence on the Qur’an and the Sunnah that He possesses two eyes befitting Him, glorified be He, without resemblance or anthropomorphism, emphasizing that Allah is not one-eyed. They consider argumentation about the number of eyes an unnecessary burden, and that the duty of a believer is to affirm for Allah what He has affirmed for Himself, without excess or negligence.
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