Is it true to see the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in a dream, and what is the evidence for that?

The Shaykh : The first question: Does seeing the Messenger (peace be upon him) in a dream actually happen, and what is the evidence for that?
If the dreamer saw the Messenger (peace be upon him) truly, then it is a true vision. That is, if he saw the Messenger (peace be upon him) with the attributes established in the books of the Sunnah, then he truly saw him, because the Messenger (peace be upon him) said: But if he saw an image and was told it was the Messenger of Allah, such as seeing him as an old man with a white beard like cotton, then this is not the description of the Messenger (peace be upon him), nor are similar attributes. So whoever sees the Messenger with attributes that match the Prophetic characteristics, then he truly saw him; otherwise, he did not...
If someone sees the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) in a dream, does he see him in his true reality? And how does he know that it is the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) when he did not see him in his lifetime?
The answer is that once it is established that he saw the Messenger (peace be upon him) in a dream, meaning that it was not an illusion in his sleep but rather he was clear-minded in what he said, there is no doubt that he saw the Messenger (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him). The second question is: How does he know, since he did not see the Messenger in his lifetime? The answer is that not everyone who claims to have seen the Messenger (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) is said to have truly seen the Messenger in a dream. Rather, if the attributes he saw in the dream of the person he claims to be the Messenger match what is reported in the books of hadith regarding the characteristics of the Messenger, then at that time we say his vision is true. But if he saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) in the vision with attributes and characteristics that contradict the Prophetic characteristics, then at that time he did not see the Messenger (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him). I think the questioner is confused because he hears that everyone who sees the Messenger (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) in a dream has truly seen him. The answer is no, but rather with this detail: whoever saw him matching his attributes and characteristics has truly seen him, otherwise he has not. With this detail, we must understand the saying of the Messenger (peace be upon him): When he said: And then you ask the dreamer, saying: Please describe the Messenger (peace be upon him) to us, for example, what was his beard like? He tells you: White like cotton! He did not see the Messenger (peace be upon him), because the Messenger did not grow old! It was reported in Sahih al-Bukhari and others that there were ten, or eleven, white hairs in his beard... So when the dreamer says, "I saw him completely gray-haired," we know for certain that he did not see the Messenger (peace be upon him), because what is the benefit of his saying (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) in the hadith: Is this the Shaytan who sees the dreamer in a dream that the Messenger is gray-haired, when he is actually the Messenger if he does not resemble the Messenger (peace be upon him)? Similarly, for example... is he sitting? No, I saw him walking. How was he walking? By Allah, he was walking... For example, this is not the Messenger (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him), why? Because among his characteristics and attributes is that when he walked, it was as if he was being set down from a slope (with a steady, powerful gait). He was strong and would outpace the strongest of men, and so on. So if the dreamer described the attributes of the Messenger (peace be upon him) that he saw in his person in the dream, and they matched the attributes of the Messenger (peace be upon him) that his noble Companions saw, then it is a true vision; otherwise, it is not. We must keep in mind that the dreamer is in one of three states. Any dreamer who claims to have seen the Messenger (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) is either able to describe, meaning he has the attributes of the Messenger (peace be upon him) in his mind, or he has in his mind that he truly saw the Messenger (peace be upon him) and is able to describe his attributes (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him). Or, he does not have much in his mind. Many people, and I am among them, see a vision, any vision, in the morning, and it evaporates from my mind, and it is as if I saw nothing. I saw, by Allah, how the matter was completely lost on me... The dreamer of the Messenger (peace be upon him) is in one of two states, and one of the two states... He is in one of two states. The first state is that he is either able to describe or not able to describe, because of forgetfulness, or because he did not actually see a clear image. For example, he was told in the dream that the person walking in front of him is the Messenger (peace be upon him), or standing in front of him, but he did not see his face, so he will not be able to describe, for example. So if he is not able to describe, we cannot say that he hit the mark or missed; Allah knows best. This is the first state. The second state is that he is able to describe; he truly saw. Here the previous detail applies: he is able to describe, so he described, and his attributes (peace be upon him) matched what is known in the books of hadith and Sunnah, then it is a true vision And if he gave contradictory attributes, then as you know, it is not the vision that the Messenger (peace be upon him) intended.