Shall we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?
Shall we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?" The Prophet said, "Do you have any difficulty in seeing the moon on a full moon night?" They said, "No, O Allah's Apostle." He said, "Do you have any difficulty in seeing the sun when there are no clouds?" They said, "No, O Allah's Apostle." He said, "So you will see Him like that. Allah will gather all the people on the Day of Resurrection, and ...
Allah will come to them and say, 'I am your Lord.' They will (deny Him and) say, 'We will stay here till our Lord comes, for when our Lord comes, we will recognize Him.' So Allah will come to them in His appearance which they know, and will say, 'I am your Lord.' They will say, 'You are our Lord,' so they will follow Him. Then a bridge will be laid across Hell (Fire)....The man will say, 'O my Lord!
Do not make me the most miserable of Your creation,' and he will keep on invoking Allah till Allah will laugh because of his sayings, and when Allah will laugh because of him, He will say to him, 'Enter Paradise,' .... Sahih Bukhari, v9, Hadith #532a Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri narrated: ... Allah's Apostle said, "So you will have no difficulty in seeing your Lord on that Day as you have no difficulty in seeing the sun and the moon (in a clear sky)." ...
Then the Almighty will come to them in a shape other than the one which they saw the first time, and He will say, 'I am your Lord,' and they will say, 'You are not our Lord.' And none will speak: to Him then but the Prophets, and then it will be said to them, 'Do you know any sign by which you can recognize Him?' They will say. 'The Shin,' and so Allah will then uncover His Shin whereupon every believer will prostrate before Him.
Sahih Bukhari, v9, Hadith #532s Those like Ahmad Ibn Hanbal who claimed Allah can be seen in this world and in dream based their argument on other traditions such as: The Prophet (PBUH&HF) said: "I saw my Lord in the shape of a young man who had abundant/long hairs." Kanz al-Ummal, v1, Ch3 of supplements to the Book of Iman, Hadith #1152 - Tabarani in Sunna said Abu Zar'a said this Hadith is Sahih. Suyuti said: This refers to seeing in dream.
Interestingly, it is mentioned in Sahih al-Bukhari on the authority of Abu Huraira that: The Prophet said, "Allah created Adam in His picture, sixty cubits (about 30 meters) in height." Sahih Bukhari, v8, Hadith #246 f God has a shape similar to Adam (AS), it follows that He could surely be seen.