Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah
The Seeing Of Rasoolullah In a Dream
باب ماجاء في رؤية رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
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Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us. He said: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us. He said: Sufyan narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Abu al-Ahwas, from 'Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud, from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), who said: 'Whoever sees me in a dream has truly seen me, for Satan cannot take my form.'
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Muhammad ibn Bashshar and Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us. They said: Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us. He said: Shu'bah narrated to us, from Abu Husayn, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: Allah's Messenger (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: 'Whoever sees me in a dream has indeed seen me, for Satan cannot take my form'—or he said, 'cannot resemble me.'
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The Arabic preserves two alternative phrasings: Satan does not take his form, or does not resemble him.
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Qutaybah narrated to us. He said: Khalaf ibn Khalifah narrated to us, from Abu Malik al-Ashja'i, from his father, who said: Allah's Messenger (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: 'Whoever sees me in a dream has indeed seen me.' Abu 'Isa said: This Abu Malik is Sa'd ibn Tariq ibn Ashyam. Tariq ibn Ashyam was one of the Prophet's Companions, and he narrated hadiths from the Prophet.
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The compiler's identification and biographical note are present in the Arabic but omitted from the English witness.
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I heard 'Ali ibn Hujr say: Khalaf ibn Khalifah said, 'I saw 'Amr ibn Hurayth, a Companion of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), when I was a little boy.'
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Qutaybah—namely, Ibn Sa'id—narrated to us. He said: 'Abd al-Wahid ibn Ziyad narrated to us, from 'Asim ibn Kulayb. He said: My father told me that he heard Abu Hurayrah say: Allah's Messenger (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, 'Whoever sees me in a dream has indeed seen me, for Satan cannot assume my likeness.' My father said: I related this to Ibn 'Abbas and said, 'I have seen him.' I mentioned al-Hasan ibn 'Ali and said, 'I thought he resembled him.' Ibn 'Abbas replied, 'He did resemble him.'
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The final exchange is rendered in the first person as in the Arabic; the English witness recasts it in the third person.
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Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us. He said: Ibn Abi 'Adi and Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us. They said: 'Awf ibn Abi Jamilah narrated to us, from Yazid al-Farisi, who used to copy Qur'an codices. He said: I saw the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) in a dream during the time of Ibn 'Abbas. I said to Ibn 'Abbas, 'I saw Allah's Messenger in a dream.' Ibn 'Abbas said, 'Allah's Messenger used to say, “Satan cannot take my likeness, so whoever sees me in a dream has indeed seen me.” Can you describe the man you saw in your dream?' I said, 'Yes. I can describe an average man: his body and flesh were brown, tending toward pale; his eyes were darkly lined; he had a pleasant smile and handsome, rounded features. His beard filled the space from here to here and covered his upper chest.' 'Awf said, 'I do not know what else there was along with this description.' Ibn 'Abbas said, 'Had you seen him while awake, you could not have described him any better than this.'
Abu 'Isa said: Yazid al-Farisi is Yazid ibn Harmuz. He was older than Yazid al-Raqashi, and Yazid al-Farisi narrated hadiths from Ibn 'Abbas. Yazid al-Raqashi did not meet Ibn 'Abbas; he is Yazid ibn Aban al-Raqashi and narrated from Anas ibn Malik. Yazid al-Farisi and Yazid al-Raqashi were both from Basra. 'Awf ibn Abi Jamilah is 'Awf al-A'rabi.
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The description 'a man between the two men' is rendered as 'an average man,' following the sense reflected in the English witness. The compiler's biographical notes distinguishing Yazid al-Farisi from Yazid al-Raqashi and identifying 'Awf al-A'rabi are translated from the Arabic; they are absent from the English witness.
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Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn Salm al-Balkhi narrated to us. Al-Nadr ibn Shumayl narrated to us. He said: 'Awf al-A'rabi said, 'I am older than Qatadah.'
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The English witness introduces 'Awf al-A'rabi as a narrator from the preceding report; the Arabic excerpt itself simply gives the report chain and his statement.
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'Abd Allah ibn Abi Ziyad narrated to us. He said: Ya'qub ibn Ibrahim ibn Sa'd narrated to us. He said: The nephew of Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri narrated to us, from his uncle, who said: Abu Salamah said: Abu Qatadah said: Allah's Messenger (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, 'Whoever sees me'—meaning in a dream—'has seen the truth.'
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The explanatory phrase 'meaning in a dream' is part of the Arabic report, not a translator's insertion.
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'Abd Allah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Darimi narrated to us. He said: Mu'alla ibn Asad narrated to us. He said: 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn al-Mukhtar narrated to us. He said: Thabit narrated to us, from Anas, that Allah's Messenger (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: 'Whoever sees me in a dream has indeed seen me, for Satan cannot take on my appearance.' He also said: 'The believer's dream is one part out of forty-six parts of prophethood.'
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The Arabic wording literally says Satan cannot 'take on/appear in my likeness'; the English witness renders it 'impersonate me.'
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Muhammad ibn 'Ali narrated to us. He said: I heard my father say: 'Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak said, 'If you are tried with the office of judge, then hold fast to the transmitted reports.'
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The saying is attributed to 'Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak, not presented here as a prophetic hadith. Al-athar refers to transmitted reports or tradition; the English witness supplies '[Prophetic]'.
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Muhammad ibn 'Ali narrated to us. He said: Al-Nadr ibn Shumayl narrated to us. He said: Ibn 'Awn informed us, from Ibn Sirin, who said: 'This hadith is religion, so consider from whom you take your religion.'