What is the meaning of the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): “I see that your visions have agreed,” and the other hadith: “The best of visions is the righteous vision”?
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The questioner : What is the meaning of the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): Sahih Muslim 1165a and the other hadith, which is the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): ?
The Shaykh : I do not know what the questioner intends with this question. Does he want to know whether rulings of the Shari'ah are established by visions or not?
The answer to that is: The righteous vision that is true and comes to pass is a part of the forty-six parts of prophethood, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us. As for establishing the rulings of the Shari'ah by vision, if the Shari'ah approves of it, and that only occurs during the lifetime of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then it is established by the Shari'ah, but only by the approval of the Lawgiver. This is like the approval of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) of the adhan that Abdullah ibn Zayd ibn 'Abd Rabb saw, and like this hadith to which the questioner referred, where he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Muwatta Malik 19:16 The scholars said: “Rulings are established by vision if the circumstances indicate it, but nothing of the rulings of the Shari'ah is changed by it; rather, it is carried out according to what the Shari'ah requires. They gave as an example the vision of Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammās (may Allah be pleased with him) when he was seen in a dream after his martyrdom at al-Yamamah. He (may Allah be pleased with him) mentioned what happened after his martyrdom and left a bequest. When that reached Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), he carried out his bequest because he mentioned things that had actually happened as he described them. That was an indication of the truth of this vision, so he (may Allah be pleased with him) carried out his bequest after his death. The important point is that the rulings of the Shari'ah are never established by visions unless the Shari'ah approves of them, and that only occurs in the era of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) alone. After him, no matter what a vision is, a ruling of the Shari'ah can never be changed by it.
The questioner : At the end of this session, we thank His Eminence Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-'Uthaymeen, professor at the College of Sharia in al-Qasim and preacher at the Grand Mosque in 'Unayzah, who was with you in answering your questions. Thank you, you brothers and sisters, for your good follow-up. We will meet again, if Allah wills, tomorrow, and we and you are in good health and well-being, by the might and power of Allah. We apologize to some of the brothers for not airing their messages due to poor line quality.
I see that your dreams agree
أرى رؤياكم قد تواطأتThe best of visions is the righteous vision
خير الرؤيا الرؤيا الصالحةThe Shaykh : I do not know what the questioner intends with this question. Does he want to know whether rulings of the Shari'ah are established by visions or not?
The answer to that is: The righteous vision that is true and comes to pass is a part of the forty-six parts of prophethood, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us. As for establishing the rulings of the Shari'ah by vision, if the Shari'ah approves of it, and that only occurs during the lifetime of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then it is established by the Shari'ah, but only by the approval of the Lawgiver. This is like the approval of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) of the adhan that Abdullah ibn Zayd ibn 'Abd Rabb saw, and like this hadith to which the questioner referred, where he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
I see that your visions agree about the last seven days, so whoever is searching for it should do so in the last seven days.
أرى رؤياكم قد توطأت في السبع الأواخر فمن كان متريها فليتحرها في السبع الأواخرThe questioner : At the end of this session, we thank His Eminence Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-'Uthaymeen, professor at the College of Sharia in al-Qasim and preacher at the Grand Mosque in 'Unayzah, who was with you in answering your questions. Thank you, you brothers and sisters, for your good follow-up. We will meet again, if Allah wills, tomorrow, and we and you are in good health and well-being, by the might and power of Allah. We apologize to some of the brothers for not airing their messages due to poor line quality.