Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 6954 — the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would often ask

Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would often ask his Companions: "Has any of you seen a dream?" Samurah said: So we would relate our dreams to him (peace and blessings be upon him), as much as Allah willed. He said: One morning he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Last night two (persons) came to me, or two visitors came, and they roused me and said to me: Come along. So I went with them. We came to a man who was lying down, and there was another person standing over his head with a rock. He would strike his head with the rock, and his head would be smashed, and the stone would roll off in that direction. He would go after it and bring it back, and by the time he came back to him, his head would have become sound as it was before. Then he would do to him again the same as he had done the first time. I said to the two of them: Subhan Allah (Glory be to Allah)! What is this? The two of them said to me: Come along. So we went on and came to a man lying on his back, and there was another person standing with an iron hook. He would come to one side of his face and tear his jaw open to the back of his neck, then he would turn to the other side and do the same; and by the time he finished with it, the (first) side would have become sound as it was before. Then he would do to him again as he had done the first time. I said: Subhan Allah! What are these two? The two of them said to me: Come along. So we went on and came to a structure like an oven - the narrator said: I think he said - and we heard clamour and voices in it - he said - so we looked into it, and there were naked men and women in it, and a flame would reach them from beneath them; and when that flame reached them, they would cry out. I said to the two of them: Subhan Allah! Who are these people? The two of them said to me: Come along - he said - so we went on and came to a river - I think he said - that was red like blood. In that river a man was swimming, and on the bank of the river was another man who had gathered stones beside him. That swimmer would swim as far as he could swim, then come to the one who had gathered the stones beside him, and he would open his mouth for him, and that one would feed him a stone. Then he would go and swim as far as he could, then come back; and every time he came back, he would open his mouth for him and he would feed him a stone. I said to the two of them: What is this? The two of them said to me: Come along. So we went on and came to a man of most repulsive appearance, like the most repulsive appearance you could ever see in a man, and beside him was a fire which he was kindling and running around it - he said - I said to the two of them: What is this? The two of them said to me: Come along, come along. So we went on and came to a lush green meadow containing every kind of springtime growth, and in the middle of the meadow was a tall man; I could hardly see his head because of his height in the sky. Around the man were more children than I had ever seen, and the most beautiful - he said - I said to the two of them: Subhan Allah! What is this? And who are these? The two of them said to me: Come along. Then we reached a huge tree; I had never seen a tree bigger or more beautiful than it - he said - the two of them said to me: Climb it. So we climbed, and reached a city built of bricks of gold and bricks of silver. We came to the gate of the city and asked for it to be opened, and it was opened for us, and we entered it. There we were met by some men, half of whose form was as handsome as anything you could see, and half as ugly as anything you could see - he said - and the two of them said (to those men): Go and plunge into that river. And there was a river flowing across, as if its water were pure milk in its whiteness - he said - so they went and plunged into it, then came back to us with their ugliness gone, and they had attained the most beautiful form - he said - the two of them said to me: This is the Garden of Eden ('Adn), and this is your dwelling. My gaze rose upwards - he said - and there was a palace like a white cloud - he said - the two of them said: That is your dwelling. I said to the two of them: May Allah bless you both, leave me, let me enter it. The two of them said to me: Not now, but you will enter it (later) - he said - I said to the two of them: Since last night I have seen wonders; what is this that I have seen? - he said - the two of them said to me: We will tell you. As for the first man whom you came to, whose head was being smashed with the stone, he is the man who learns the Qur'an and then sleeps (neglectfully) through the obligatory prayer. As for the man whom you came to, whose jaw, eye and nostrils were being torn to the back of his neck, he is the man who goes out from his house and tells a lie that (spreads and) reaches the far corners of the world. As for the naked men and women who were in the structure like an oven, they are the adulterers and adulteresses. As for the man who was swimming in the river and being fed stones, he is the one who consumes usury (riba). As for the man of most repulsive appearance, he is Malik, the keeper of Hell. As for the man who was in the meadow, he is Ibrahim (peace be upon him). And as for the children around him, they are every child who is born upon the fitrah (natural disposition)." He said: Some of the Muslims said: O Messenger of Allah, and the children of the polytheists? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And the children of the polytheists too. And as for the people half of whom was good and half ugly, they are people who mixed good deeds with bad ones, and Allah pardoned them."