Is there any report in the athar that seeing the Prophet in a dream and karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person) are exclusive to Allah’s righteous awliya (close friends of Allah)?

Question:
The questioner asks: Is there any report in the athar indicating that seeing the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in a dream, and that karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person) are exclusive to Allah’s upright servants and His righteous awliya (close friends of Allah), or can they be a fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) by which Allah tests whomever He wills of His servants?

Answer:
As for the first part of the question, which is whether the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) can be seen in a dream? Yes, he can be seen in a dream, but on the condition that the dreamer knows the characteristics of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and distinguishes him from others. This is because Satan does not take the form of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to one who knows the Messenger by his characteristics. As for one who does not know the Messenger or the characteristics of the Messenger, Satan may come to him and say, “I am the Messenger.” So there is a distinction here. One who knows the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) by his person or knows his characteristics (peace and blessings be upon him) perfectly, then he sees the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in the dream, and his dream is true. As for one who does not know the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), Satan may confuse him and come to him in sleep claiming to be the Messenger, because this person does not know the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
As for the second part of the question, which is whether karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person) occurs for everyone? Karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person) does not occur except for the awliya (close friends of Allah), the awliya (close friends of Allah) of Allah the Exalted and Majestic. It may occur for some of them; not every wali (close friend of Allah) has karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person) occur for him, but it occurs for some of them. It occurs for some of the awliya (close friends of Allah) for a wisdom known to Allah the Exalted and Majestic, as Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said: either for an argument in the religion, or for a need of the Muslims. The karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person) may occur either for an argument to establish the proof in the religion, or for a need of the Muslims.
As for the khawariq (supernatural occurrences), khawariq al-'adat (supernatural occurrences beyond the norm), these may occur for the awliya (close friends of Allah) and may occur for other than the awliya (close friends of Allah). The khawariq (supernatural occurrences) are divided into two categories: karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person) from Allah the Exalted and Majestic, whose cause is righteousness, piety, and uprightness; and satanic khawariq (supernatural occurrences), whose cause is fisq (open sinfulness) and kufr (disbelief). These occur for sorcerers, magicians, and followers of the Shayatin (Satan).
The khawariq (supernatural occurrences) beyond the norm may be karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person), and this is what happens through the hands of the righteous awliya (close friends of Allah). Or these khawariq (supernatural occurrences) may be satanic khawariq (supernatural occurrences) for the trial and testing of creation, and these occur through the hands of the Shayatin (Satan), such as sorcerers, magicians, priests, and astrologers, or they do not occur through their hands, but they are satanic khawariq (supernatural occurrences) for the sake of trial and examination. Yes.