Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah
Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah 411
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 صلى الله عليه وسلم: 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.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
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.'
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The final exchange is rendered in the first person as in the Arabic; the English witness recasts it in the third person.