Regarding the previous hadith, is it the trial of the barzakh?
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The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, how is it in the barzakh? In this world, he relates it to his companions after the Fajr prayer. Yes, Allah knows best whether it is the barzakh, or whether they are likenesses shown to him, or actual people who are being punished for this deed. The most likely truth is that they were usurers and fornicators, and that they were shown to him just as the Fire was shown to him during the Mi'raj, and he saw in it the woman who was punished for locking up a cat. Yes.
The questioner : And how do we reconcile this hadith with ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : There are hadiths that indicate ... .
The Shaykh : If the hadith you mentioned is authentic, then the reconciliation between them is that if someone who knows how to interpret dreams is asked to do so, there is no harm.
The questioner : The hadith refutes it.
The Shaykh : And what did he say about it?
The questioner : He said the hadith is weak.
The Shaykh : I say that if this hadith is authentic, it is to be understood in this sense; and if it is not authentic, we are excused.
The Shaykh : No, how is it in the barzakh? In this world, he relates it to his companions after the Fajr prayer. Yes, Allah knows best whether it is the barzakh, or whether they are likenesses shown to him, or actual people who are being punished for this deed. The most likely truth is that they were usurers and fornicators, and that they were shown to him just as the Fire was shown to him during the Mi'raj, and he saw in it the woman who was punished for locking up a cat. Yes.
The questioner : And how do we reconcile this hadith with ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : There are hadiths that indicate ... .
The Shaykh : If the hadith you mentioned is authentic, then the reconciliation between them is that if someone who knows how to interpret dreams is asked to do so, there is no harm.
The questioner : The hadith refutes it.
The Shaykh : And what did he say about it?
The questioner : He said the hadith is weak.
The Shaykh : I say that if this hadith is authentic, it is to be understood in this sense; and if it is not authentic, we are excused.