Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 6955 — Whenever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began

Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Whenever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) began the morning, he would say to his Companions: "Has any of you seen a dream?" He said: And one day he (peace and blessings be upon him) began the morning and said: "I saw (in a dream) as if two men came to me. They both said: 'Go on, go on.' So I went with them until they brought me to an old man whose head and beard were white, sorrowful and grieved. He had a fire with him which he was stoking and tending. I said: 'May Allah bless you both, who is this old man? And what is this fire?' They both said to me: 'Go on, go on.' So I went with them until they brought me to a man, and there was another man standing over his head with an iron hook in his hand, and he was tearing his mouth to the back of his neck, and his nostril to the back of his neck, and his eye to the back of his neck. Then he would do the same to the other side, and no sooner had he finished with it than that (first) side had become sound again as it was before. I said: 'May Allah bless you both, what are these two men?' They both said to me: 'Go on, go on.' So I went with them until they brought me to a man lying on his back, and there was another man standing over his head with a rock in his hand, and he was smashing his head with it. Then the stone would roll away to some place, and he would go after it and bring it back, and by the time he returned to his companion, his head had become sound again as it was before, and he would do the same as he had done before. I said: 'May Allah bless you both, what are these two?' They both said: 'Go on, go on.' So I went with them until they brought me to something like a pond, and there was a man swimming in it, and another man standing at the edge of the pond with a rock in his hand. The swimmer would come and open his mouth for him, and he would feed him that stone. I said: 'May Allah bless you both, what are these two?' They both said to me: 'Go on, go on.' So I went with them until they brought me to something like an oven, and there were men and women in it, and a flame would come up to them from beneath them, and they would cry out. I said: 'May Allah bless you both, who are these people?' They both said to me: 'Go on, go on.' So I went with them until they brought me to a white land, as if it were silver, and in it was every kind of spring blossom. In it was a man whose head and beard were white, the most handsome of men you could ever see, and he had children with him whom he was gathering together and looking after. I said: 'May Allah bless you both, who is this old man? And who are these children?' They both said to me: 'Go on, go on.' So I went with them until they brought me to a white land, as if it were silver, and in it was a flowing river. Some people would come, half of their bodies in the finest form you could see, and half of their bodies in the ugliest form you could see. They would enter that river as if they had been commanded to, and they would come out of it as if they had been anointed with oil. I said: 'May Allah bless you both, who are these?' They both said: 'Go on, go on.' So I went with them until they brought me to Sidrat al-Muntaha (the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary), and it is the Garden of Eden, and that is your abode. I said: 'May Allah bless you both, leave me, let me enter it.' They both said: 'No, but you will enter it (later).' I said: 'May Allah bless you both, I have seen wonders since tonight.' They both said: 'We will tell you: As for the one with the white head and beard whom you saw (the old man), that is Malik, the keeper of Hell. As for the one whom you saw having his mouth torn to the back of his neck and his nostril to the back of his neck, that is a man who leaves his house and tells a lie, and it (the lie) spreads to the far horizons. As for the one whom you saw having his head smashed, and then left like a loaf of bread, that is the man who spreads tales (slander). As for the one whom you saw in the pond being fed a stone, that is the man who consumes the wealth of the orphan. As for those whom you saw in the thing like an oven, they are the adulterers and adulteresses. As for the one with the white head and beard whom you saw (the second old man), that is Ibrahim, the Friend of Allah, and the children whom you saw are the children of the Muslims, and every child is born upon the fitrah (natural disposition). As for those whom you saw with half of their bodies in the finest form and half in the ugliest form, they are people who did both good and bad deeds, and Allah forgave them.'"