مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب المناقب
The Book of Merits
(رُؤْيَا رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ)
(A dream of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him)
Hadith 6086
عَن جابرن أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «أُرِيَ اللَّيْلَةَ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ كَأَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ نِيطَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَنِيطَ عُمَرُ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَنِيطَ عُثْمَانُ بِعُمَرَ» قَالَ جَابِرٌ: فَلَمَّا قُمْنَا مِنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قُلْنَا: أَمَّا الرَّجُلُ الصَّالِحُ فَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَأَمَّا نَوْطُ بَعْضِهِمْ بِبَعْضٍ فَهُمْ وُلَاةُ الْأَمْرِ الَّذِي بَعَثَ اللَّهُ بِهِ نَبِيَّهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ
Jabir reported God's messenger as saying, "Last night a good man had a vision in which Abu Bakr seemed to be joined to God's messenger, `Umar to Abu Bakr, and `Uthman to `Umar." Jabir said: When we got up and left God's messenger, we said that the good man was God's messenger and that their being joined together meant that they were the rulers over the matter with which God had sent His Prophet. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
