Do the "things seen" by which Sheikh Al-Uthaymeen described the attribute of Allah's sight, include the very essence of Allah, the Exalted?
Allah Almighty sees Himself and everything, and nothing is hidden from Him, as stated by Al-Ghazali and Ibn Taymiyyah. Ibn Taymiyyah deduced this by arguing that since a created being can see what is behind it, the Creator is all the more capable of seeing Himself.
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