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Ash-Shama'il 396

“The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: ‘If someone sees me in his sleep, he has indeed seen me, for Satan cannot imitate me!’ The father then related this to Ibn Abbas, saying…

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it
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حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ هُوَ ابْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ

يَقُولُ: «قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: مَنْ رَآنِي فِي الْمَنَامِ فَقَدْ رَآنِي، فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لا يَتَمَثَّلُنِي، قَالَ أَبِي: فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهِ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، فَقُلْتُ: قَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ، فَذَكَرْتُ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ، فَقُلْتُ: شَبَّهْتُهُ بِهِ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: إِنَّهُ كَانَ يُشْبِهُهُ»

“The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: ‘If someone sees me in his sleep, he has indeed seen me, for Satan cannot imitate me!’ The father then related this to Ibn Abbas, saying that he had seen the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). He also mentioned Al-Hasan ibn Ali, noting that he resembled the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). To this Ibn Abbas replied, ‘Yes, he resembled him.’”

Ash-Shama'il 396, Book 57, The Seeing Of Rasoolullah In a Dream, Hadith 5. 1 min read

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam at-Tirmidhi back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam at-TirmidhiCompiler, died 279 AH
  2. 2Qutaybah ibn SaidTold us, Fourth generation, died 240 AH
  3. 3Abd al-Wahid ibn ZiyadTold us, Third generation, died 176 AH
  4. 4Asim ibn KulaybFrom, Successor, died 137 AH
  5. 5أَبِيTold me
  6. 6Abu HurayrahHeard, Companion, died 57 AH

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