The ruling on seeing the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in a dream

The questioner:
May Allah keep you safe and bless you. I will begin this episode with a question from a questioner who did not give his name. He says: Is it true that whoever sees the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in a dream is as if he saw him in waking life, even if the one who saw him is among the people of open sinfulness and transgression?

The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This applies to the one who knows the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) by his attributes. Whoever knows the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and sees him in a dream has indeed seen him (peace and blessings be upon him). As for the one who does not know the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), Satan may come and delude him. Yes.

The questioner:
And what if he sees him with attributes other than those reported about him?

The Shaykh:
If he sees him with attributes other than those reported about him, then it is not the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). We said that it is a condition that one knows the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) by his attributes. Yes.