What is the ruling on one who claims to see the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while awake?

Question:
What is the ruling on those who claim to see the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) while awake?

Answer:
This is invalid. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is never seen while awake, because he has died and moved on to the Highest Companion (peace and blessings be upon him) in the realm of the Hereafter. He does not come to this world at all, just like the other dead who do not return to this world. Have they not seen that to Him they will not return? No one who has died has ever returned, not the prophets and not anyone else.
So whoever dies moves from this world and cannot return to it. But in a dream, one may see the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and see other dead people. As for him coming alive while awake, this is invalid, invalid, invalid. It has no basis. Rather, this is propagated by the innovators and the superstitious.