Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah

Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah 408

The Seeing Of Rasoolullah In a Dream Search within the hadiths
Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah 408
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالا‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي حُصَينٍ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ‏:‏ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏:‏ مَنْ رَآنِي فِي الْمَنَامِ فَقَدْ رَآنِي، فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لا يَتَصَوَّرُ أَوْ قَالَ‏:‏ لا يَتَشَبَّهُ بِي‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

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.'

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • The Arabic preserves two alternative phrasings: Satan does not take his form, or does not resemble him.