Do you know what the highest assembly disputes over? Does this hadith indicate that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw his Lord (Glorified and Exalted is He)?
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The questioner : This female questioner, O honorable Shaykh, inquires about the meaning of this hadith narrated by Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3234Hasan (Darussalam) He said: I think he said: in a dream- Does this hadith indicate that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw his Lord (Glorified and Exalted is He)? And does this contradict the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Ash-Shuraa 42:51]?
The Shaykh : This hadith indicates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) saw his Lord in a dream, and it does not contradict His saying:[Ash-Shuraa 42:51] because the intended meaning in the verse is...
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : ...in a state of wakefulness. As for this hadith, it is in a state of dream, and thus there is no contradiction between them.
The questioner : May Allah reward you and bless you, O honorable Shaykh. This is a female questioner for the program who says:
My Lord, Blessed is He and Most High, came to me in the best of appearances
أتاني ربي في أحسن صورةHe said: O Muhammad, do you know what the highest assembly disputes over
فقال: يا محمد، هل تدري فيما يختصم الملأ الأعلىAnd it is not for any human being that Allah should speak to him except by revelation or from behind a partition or that He sends a messenger
وَمَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أن يُكَلِّمَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحْيًا أَوْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ حِجَابٍ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ رَسُولًاThe Shaykh : This hadith indicates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) saw his Lord in a dream, and it does not contradict His saying:
And it is not for any human being that Allah should speak to him except by revelation or from behind a partition
وَمَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أن يُكَلِّمَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحْيًا أَوْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ حِجَابٍThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : ...in a state of wakefulness. As for this hadith, it is in a state of dream, and thus there is no contradiction between them.
The questioner : May Allah reward you and bless you, O honorable Shaykh. This is a female questioner for the program who says: