Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah

Sayyidah Aisha’s (may Allah be pleased with her) half-brother, Sayyiduna Tufail bin Sakhbara (may Allah be pleased with him), says: I passed by a group of Jews in a dream. I asked them, “Who are you?” They said, “We are Jews.” I said, “You are the best people, if only you did not say that Uzair (peace be upon him) is the son of Allah, the Exalted.” The Jews said, “You too are the best people, if only you did not say: ‘Whatever Allah wills and Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) wills.’” Then I passed by a group of Christians. I asked them, “Who are you?” They said, “We are Christians.” I said, “You are very good people, if only you did not say that Isa (peace be upon him) is the son of Allah, the Exalted.” They said, “You too are the best people, if only you did not say: ‘Whatever Allah wills and Muhammad (peace be upon him) wills.’” When morning came, I narrated this dream to some people and then went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and related it to him. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked, “Did you narrate this dream to anyone?” I said, “Yes.” When the people had finished the prayer, he (peace and blessings be upon him) addressed them, praised and glorified Allah, and said: “Tufail has seen a dream and has narrated it to some of you. You people used to say a phrase, but modesty prevented me from forbidding you. (From now on) do not say: ‘Whatever Allah wills and Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) wills.’”