9. Dreaming About the Prophet ﷺ

1. Ash-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyah 407Sahih

   مَنْ رَآنِي فِي الْمَنَامِ فَقَدْ رَآنِي فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لا يَتَمَثَّلُ بِي

   “If someone sees me in his sleep, he has indeed seen me, for Satan cannot imitate me!"

2. Ash-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyah 408Sahih

   مَنْ رَآنِي فِي الْمَنَامِ فَقَدْ رَآنِي فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لا يَتَصَوَّرُ أَوْ قَالَ لا يَتَشَبَّهُ بِي

   “Allah’s Messenger said ﷺ: ‘If someone sees me in his sleep, he has indeed seen me, for Satan cannot appear in disguise as me’(or: ‘cannot imitate me’).”

3. Ash-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyah 409Sahih

   مَنْ رَآنِي فِي الْمَنَامِ فَقَدْ رَآنِي

   "Allah’s Messenger said ﷺ: “If someone sees me in his sleep, he has indeed seen me!”

4. Ash-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyah 410No grade recorded

   قَالَ خَلَفُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ رَأَيْتُ عَمْرَو بْنَ حُرَيْثٍ صَاحِبَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَنَا غُلامٌ صَغِيرٌ

   “I saw Amr ibn Huraith, the Companion of the Prophet ﷺ, when I was a little boy.”

5. Ash-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyah 411Sahih

   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

   “Allah’s Messenger ﷺ 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. He also mentioned al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali, noting that he resembled the Prophet. To this Ibn 'Abbas replied, ‘Yes, he resembled him.’”

6. Ash-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyah 412Hasan

   رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فِي الْمَنَامِ زَمَنَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي النَّوْمِ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ كَانَ يَقُولُ: «إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَتَشَبَّهَ بِي، فَمَنْ رَآنِي فِي النَّوْمِ فَقَدْ رَآنِي». هَلْ تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَنْعَتَ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي رَأَيْتَهُ فِي النَّوْمِ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، أَنْعَتُ لَكَ رَجُلا بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ جِسْمُهُ وَلَحْمُهُ، أَسْمَرُ إِلَى الْبَيَاضِ، أَكْحَلُ الْعَيْنَيْنِ، حَسَنُ الضَّحِكِ، جَمِيلُ دَوَائِرِ الْوَجْهِ، مَلأَتْ لِحْيَتُهُ مَا بَيْنَ هَذِهِ إِلَى هَذِهِ، قَدْ مَلأَتْ نَحْرَهُ. قَالَ عَوْفٌ: وَلا أَدْرِي مَا كَانَ مَعَ هَذَا النَّعْتِ. فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: لَوْ رَأَيْتَهُ فِي الْيَقَظَةِ مَا اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَنْعَتَهُ فَوْقَ هَذَا.

   I saw the Prophet ﷺ in a dream during the time of Ibn Abbas. He said: I said to Ibn Abbas, “I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in sleep.” Ibn Abbas said, “The Messenger of Allah used to say: "Satan is not able to take my likeness, so whoever sees me in sleep has indeed seen me." Can you describe this man whom you saw in sleep?” He said: Yes. I will describe to you a man whose body and flesh were between two men, with a complexion of brown tending toward whiteness, dark-eyed, with a pleasant smile and beautiful contours of the face. His beard filled the space from here to here, and it filled his upper chest. Awf said: I do not know what else was included with this description. Ibn Abbas then said, “If you had seen him while awake, you would not have been able to describe him beyond this.”

7. Ash-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyah 413No grade recorded

   أنا أكبر من قتادة

   "I am older then Qatadah."

8. Ash-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyah 414Sahih

   مَنْ رَآنِي يَعْنِي فِي النَّوْمِ فَقَدْ رَأَى الْحَقَّ

   “Allah’s Messenger said ﷺ: ‘If someone sees me (meaning in his sleep), he has seen me truly!'”

9. Ash-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyah 415Sahih

   مَنْ رَآنِي فِي الْمَنَامِ فَقَدْ رَآنِي فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لا يَتَخَيَّلُ بِي وَقَالَ وَرُؤْيَا الْمُؤْمِنِ جُزْءٌ مِنْ سِتَّةٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ جُزْءًا مِنَ النُّبُوَّةِ

   "The Prophet said ﷺ: 'If someone sees me in his sleep, he has indeed seen me, for Satan cannot impersonate me!' He also said: 'The vision of the believer is one of forty-six parts of Prophethood.'"

10. Ash-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyah 416Sahih

    إذا ابتليت بالقضاء فعليك بالأثر

    “If you are afflicted with the responsibility of judgeship, you must follow the [Prophetic] tradition [al-athar]!”

11. Ash-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyah 417Sahih

    هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ دِينٌ فَانْظُرُوا عَمَّنْ تَأَخُذُونَ دِينَكُمْ

    "This tradition [hadith] is religion, so consider from whom you accept your religion.”