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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is your opinion regarding those who rely on dreams and visions to establish matters of the unseen and other things? Is this to be believed?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is your opinion regarding those who rely on dreams, sleep visions, and visions to establish matters of the unseen and other things, such as saying, "I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and he informed me that so-and-so and so-and-so are among the people of Badr, but so-and-so is not among them," and these are people mentioned who are contemporaries in our time? Is this to be believed?

Answer:
No, this is not to be believed, and no legal rulings are established by a vision. A vision does not establish legal rulings; rather, they are good news. The true vision is among the good news that brings joy and does not mislead, as they say, it brings joy to the believer and does not mislead him, and he builds things upon it. So they are merely good news upon which rulings are not built, neither halal nor haram, nor obligatory nor recommended. And after the death of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), no rulings are legislated ever. You
This day I have perfected for you your religionالْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ
[Al-Ma'idah 5:3]
after the passing of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), adding rulings, neither in a dream nor in what the Sufis say, that they reach Allah and take directly from Allah. This is all from superstitions, falsehoods, and lying about Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [314 -1024] ما رأيكم فيمن يعتمد على الأحلام والرؤى في إثبات أمور غيبية وغيرها، هل يصدق بهذا؟ — youtube.com

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