Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 385
عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " أَرَانِي فِي الْمَنَامِ أَتَسَوَّكُ بِسِوَاكٍ فَجَاءَنِي رَجُلَانِ أَحَدُهُمَا أَكْبَرُ مِنَ الْآخَرِ فَنَاوَلْتُ السِّوَاكَ الْأَصْغَرَ مِنْهُمَا فَقِيلَ لي: كبر فَدَفَعته إِلَى الْأَكْبَر مِنْهُمَا "
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ibn ʿUmar reported that the Prophet said: ‘I saw myself in a dream using a tooth-stick. Two men came to me, one older than the other. I offered the tooth-stick to the younger of them, but I was told: “Give precedence to the older.” So I handed it to the older man.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The accompanying grading labels this report muttafaq ʿalayh (‘agreed upon’).