This is a very serious matter indeed, for many of the innovators among the Sufis and others have gone astray because of this. If they are in accordance with the Qur’aan and Sunnah, all well and good otherwise, they should not be acted upon. The dreams of people other than the Prophets are to be examined in the light of the clear Wahy. This is why Ibraaheem set out to fulfil the command of Allaah to sacrifice his son Ismaa’eel when he saw that in a dream may peace be upon them both. The dreams of the Prophets are wahy (revelation) for they are protected from the Shaytaan. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Dreams are of three types: a dream from Allaah, a dream which causes distress and which comes from the Shaytaan, and a dream which comes from what a person thinks about when he is awake, and he sees it when he is asleep.” (al-Bukhaari, 6499 Muslim, 4200) This did not happen during their time because they did not need them, due to their strong faith, but the people who came after them needed them (the miracles) because their faith was weak.ĭreams are of three types: rahmaani (those that come from Allaah), nafsaani (psychological, they come from within a person) and shaytaani (those that come from the Shaytaan). The same may be said of the miracles which appeared after the time of the Sahaabah. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “That will be because the Prophethood and its effects will be so far away in time, so the believers will be given some compensation in the form of dreams which will bring them some good news or will help them to be patient and steadfast in their faith.” (al-Bukhaari, 6499 Muslim, 4200) Towards the end of time, hardly any dreams will be untrue. Those who have the most truthful dreams are those who are the most truthful in speech. The truthfulness of the dream is related to the sincerity of the dreamer. True dreams are a part of Prophethood, as it was reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “True dreams are one of the forty-six parts of Prophethood.” (al-Bukhaari, 6472 Muslim, 4201)ĭreams marked the onset of Revelation (al-Bukhaari, 3 Muslim, 231).
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