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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible for one who sees the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in a dream to speak about it?

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Question:
The listener, Abdulaziz ibn Sulayman al-Qasir, sent a message containing a collection of questions. In one of them, he says:
It was reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in an authentic hadith that he said:
He who sees me in his dream will see me in his wakefulness (or he (ﷺ) may have said it is as though he has seen me in a state of wakefulness), for Satan does not appear in my form.من رآني في المنام فسيراني في اليقظة، أو كأنما رآني في اليقظة، لا يتمثل الشيطان بي
Riyad as-Salihin 839
It is agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
So, is it permissible for a righteous believer, if he sees something of that, to describe it to the Muslims?
May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh: Repeat, please.

Question: He says: It was reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in an authentic hadith that he said:
He who sees me in his dream will see me in his wakefulness (or he (ﷺ) may have said it is as though he has seen me in a state of wakefulness), for Satan does not appear in my form.من رآني في المنام فسيراني في اليقظة، أو كأنما رآني في اليقظة، لا يتمثل الشيطان بي
Riyad as-Salihin 839
It is agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
So, is it permissible for a righteous believer, if he sees something of that, to describe it to the Muslims?

Answer:
There is no blame in that. The hadith is authentic. It says:
for Satan cannot impersonate meفإن الشيطان لا يتمثل في صورتي
Sahih al-Bukhari 110
This is doubt from the narrator, whether he said: "so he will see me" or
So it is as if he saw meفكأنما رآني
The correct version is:
So he has seen meفقد رآني
as in the other narrations,
Whoever saw me (in a dream) while sleeping then he has indeed seen meمن رآني في المنام فقد رآني
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2276Sahih (Darussalam)
— meaning he saw me in reality —
for Satan cannot impersonate meفإن الشيطان لا يتمثل في صورتي
Sahih al-Bukhari 110
.
As for: "so he will see me," there is doubt in this. Even if it were correct, the meaning would be that he sees him in the Hereafter, meaning: if he is a believer. As for in this world, he does not see him in this world; because after death, he will not return to this world — (peace and blessings be upon him) — rather, the believers will see him on the Day of Resurrection, and he is in the Hereafter — (peace and blessings be upon him) — so the narration: "so he will see me" is either a mistake by some of the narrators and doubt in the narration, as the doubt came in the hadith, or
So he has seen meفقد رآن
or it may be intended to mean: "so he will see me," meaning: in the Hereafter. The believers see him in the Hereafter, so if he dies upon faith, he will see him. And this is glad tidings that he dies upon faith, if the narration is correct, until he sees the Prophet — (peace and blessings be upon him).
So the conclusion is: if he sees him in his true form, then he has seen him, for Satan does not take his form. But if he sees him in a form other than his true form, he has not seen him. If he saw him as an old man — meaning his beard is white — or saw him as a young man with no beard, he has not seen the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has a thick beard with only a few gray hairs in it. So if he sees him in his true form, he will see him on the Day of Resurrection, and in Paradise if he dies upon Islam, or he has seen him in reality; because Satan does not take his form. And this supports that the intended meaning is:
So he has seen meفقد رآني
and that the narration: "so he will see me" is weak, and the narrator brought it with doubt, and the preserved version is
So he has seen meفقد رآني
meaning: he saw the reality. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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