Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ لَوْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَسَأَلْتُهُ قَالَ وَمَا كُنْتَ تَسْأَلُهُ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ هَلْ رَأَى رَبَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَالَ فَإِنِّي قَدْ سَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ قَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ نُورًا أَنَّى أَرَاهُ قَالَ عَفَّانُ وَبَلَغَنِي عَنِ ابْنِ هِشَامٍ يَعْنِي مُعَاذًا أَنَّهُ رَوَاهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ كَمَا قَالَ هَمَّامٌ قَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ.
English Translation
Affan narrated to us: Hammam narrated to us: Qatadah narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Shaqiq, who said: I said to Abu Dharr: "If I had seen the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, I would have asked him [something]." He said: "What would you have asked him?" I said: "I would have asked him whether he saw his Lord, Mighty and Majestic is He." He said: "I did indeed ask him, and he said: 'I saw Him as light; how could I see Him [directly]?'" Affan said: It has reached me from Ibn Hisham -- meaning Mu'adh -- that he related it from his father as Hammam said: "I saw Him."