The ruling on the claim of mass transmission regarding seeing the Shaykh in a dream
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The questioner : This person says: One of the brothers claimed mass transmission. He says that mass transmission provides certain knowledge, just as you saw your Shaykh, Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Sayyid (may Allah have mercy on him), in a dream. So you asked him, “What benefited you?” He said, “Good character.” What is the validity of this? This is not correct.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is not correct. Mass transmission among the Christians is that Allah sent down the three, but the matter of belief regarding a tangible thing is nothing, because in reality, he said to me, “Being kind to people,” or he said, “Patience with their harm,” I forgot.
The questioner : And for this reason, I say, my forgetting is good, so that perhaps we can do both, if Allah helps me. Yes, this is what I saw in the week in which he died (may Allah have mercy on him).
The Shaykh : And one of the Tabi'un (the generation after the Companions) was asked, “What did Allah benefit you with?” He said, “The answer to the old women.” The answer to the old women means that an old woman would seek a ruling, and I would issue it to her. Look, how Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is Merciful. And the prostitute, may Allah forgive her, with what was she forgiven? She led a dog. Sometimes forgiveness comes very easily. We ask Allah to forgive us and you.
The questioner : And it appears that our companion did not write his name; he did not write his name, but he feared regarding mass transmission. This provides certain knowledge. He did not write his name, thinking that this mass transmission would be established, but it is not correct.
The Shaykh : No, never be certain, never be certain. This is very dangerous, O brothers. The common people are more deluded by the Shaykhs and the worshippers than by the kings and presidents. Therefore, we must stay away from these matters. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is not correct. Mass transmission among the Christians is that Allah sent down the three, but the matter of belief regarding a tangible thing is nothing, because in reality, he said to me, “Being kind to people,” or he said, “Patience with their harm,” I forgot.
The questioner : And for this reason, I say, my forgetting is good, so that perhaps we can do both, if Allah helps me. Yes, this is what I saw in the week in which he died (may Allah have mercy on him).
The Shaykh : And one of the Tabi'un (the generation after the Companions) was asked, “What did Allah benefit you with?” He said, “The answer to the old women.” The answer to the old women means that an old woman would seek a ruling, and I would issue it to her. Look, how Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is Merciful. And the prostitute, may Allah forgive her, with what was she forgiven? She led a dog. Sometimes forgiveness comes very easily. We ask Allah to forgive us and you.
The questioner : And it appears that our companion did not write his name; he did not write his name, but he feared regarding mass transmission. This provides certain knowledge. He did not write his name, thinking that this mass transmission would be established, but it is not correct.
The Shaykh : No, never be certain, never be certain. This is very dangerous, O brothers. The common people are more deluded by the Shaykhs and the worshippers than by the kings and presidents. Therefore, we must stay away from these matters. Yes.
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 178- ما صحةُ رؤيا ابنِ عثيمين شيخَه ابنَ سعدي في المنام؟ - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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