What is the meaning of the hadith: “Whoever claims to have seen a dream while lying is made to tie a knot between two grains of barley on the Day of Resurrection”?
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The questioner : In the hadith: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2283Sahih (Darussalam) What does this mean, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I did not understand what your question is regarding this hadith?
The questioner : I mean, how should we explain it? What is the meaning?
The Shaykh : The meaning is that I say, “I saw a dream yesterday, such and such,” and I am lying. In that case, he is made to do something impossible on the Day of Resurrection, which is to tie a knot between two grains of barley. This is called “hanging on the impossible” among the jurists and scholars. Did you understand me?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is what is intended. Therefore, it is one of the major sins for a person to lie about what he sees with his eyes, just as it is one of the major sins to lie about the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Whoever lies about having a dream, he will be required to knot two barely kernels together on the Day Of Judgment., and he will never be able to knot them together.
من تحلم كاذبا كلّف يوم القيامة أن يعقد بين شعيرتين ، ولن يعقد بينهاThe Shaykh : I did not understand what your question is regarding this hadith?
The questioner : I mean, how should we explain it? What is the meaning?
The Shaykh : The meaning is that I say, “I saw a dream yesterday, such and such,” and I am lying. In that case, he is made to do something impossible on the Day of Resurrection, which is to tie a knot between two grains of barley. This is called “hanging on the impossible” among the jurists and scholars. Did you understand me?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is what is intended. Therefore, it is one of the major sins for a person to lie about what he sees with his eyes, just as it is one of the major sins to lie about the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
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