Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 6960 — One day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned

Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: One day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) turned towards us - and it was his (peace and blessings be upon him) habit that when he had finished praying he would turn his face towards us - and he said: "Did any of you see a dream last night?" If any of us had seen a dream, he would relate it to him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would say about it whatever Allah willed. One day he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked us: "Has any of you seen a dream?" We said: No. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "But I saw that two men came to me. They took hold of my hand and brought me out to a level land or an open plain. I passed by a man, and another man was standing over his head with an iron hook in his hand, which he would put into this jaw of his (the lying man) and tear it until it reached the back of his neck. Then he would do the same with his other jaw, and this (first) jaw would heal again, and he would return and do the same to it. I said: 'What is this?' They both said: 'Go on.' So we went on until we came to a man lying on his back, and another man was standing over his head with a rock or a stone, crushing his head with it. The stone would roll away, and he would go after it to pick it up, and by the time he returned to him his head had healed as it was before, so he would strike him again; he kept doing that to him. I said: 'What is this?' They both said: 'Go on.' So we went on until we reached a house built like an oven, its top narrow and its bottom wide, with a fire being kindled beneath it, and in it were naked men and women. When the fire was kindled beneath it they would rise up until they almost came out of it, and when it was put out they would go back down into it. I said: 'What is this?' They both said: 'Go on.' So we went on until we came to a river of blood, in the middle of which a man was standing, and another man had stones in front of him. He would throw stones at the man in the river; whenever he wanted to come out of it, he would throw a stone into his mouth and send him back to where he was. I said: 'What is this?' They both said: 'Go on.' So we went on until we reached a red meadow in which there was a huge tree. At its base was an old man surrounded by children and women, and near the tree was a man with a fire in front of him which he was kindling and stoking. I asked them both, and they said: 'Go on.' So we went on until we reached the tree, and they brought me into a house; I had never seen a house more beautiful than it. In it were old men, young men, children and women. Then they both climbed the tree and brought me into another house, which was even more beautiful and better than the first; in it were old men and young men. I said to them both: 'You have taken me around since tonight and have been kind to me, so now tell me about what I saw.' They both said: 'Yes. As for the first man whom you saw, he is a liar who used to tell a lie, and it would be carried from him until it reached the far horizons, so what you saw will continue to be done to him until the Day of Resurrection. As for the man whose head was being crushed, he is a man whom Allah taught the Qur'an, but he slept (heedless of it) at night and did not act upon what is in it during the day, so what you saw will continue to be done to him until the Day of Resurrection. As for those whom you saw in the house, they are the adulterers of this Ummah. As for the one whom you saw in the river of blood, he is the consumer of usury (riba). As for the old man whom you saw at the base of the tree, that is Ibrahim (peace be upon him), and the children whom you saw are the offspring of the people. As for the fire which you saw and the man who was kindling it, that is the Fire, and he is the keeper of Hell. As for the first house which you entered, it is the house of Aishah, the Mother of the Believers (may Allah be pleased with her), and this (second) one is the house of the martyrs. And I am Jibril, and this is Mika'il.' I said to them both: 'Tell me, where is my abode?' They both said: 'Raise your head.' So I raised my head, and there above me was (a palace) like a cloud. They both said: 'That is your abode.' I said: 'Leave me, let me enter my abode.' They both said: 'There still remains for you some work which you have not yet completed; if you had completed it, you would have entered your abode.'"