Source: Fatāwā ʿIlmiyyah, Volume 3, Issues of Tawḥīd and Sunnah, p. 61
Question
What is the Sharʿi status of seeing the Noble Prophet ﷺ in a dream or in the state of wakefulness? (A Questioner)
Answer
Al-ḥamdu lillāh, waṣ-ṣalātu wa-salāmu ʿalā Rasūlillāh, ʾammā baʿd:
Seeing the Prophet ﷺ in a Dream
❀ It is possible to see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a dream.
❀ For details on this subject, refer to the following sources:
- ◈ Monthly al-Ḥadīth Hazro, Issue 40, pp. 12–13
- ◈ Monthly al-Ḥadīth Hazro, Issue 66, p. 4
❀ The Companions رضي الله عنهم saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in their dreams, and these dreams are considered equivalent to the status of ḥadīth, thus serving as valid Sharʿi evidence.
Dreams of Other Members of the Ummah
❀ After the era of the Companions رضي الله عنهم, until the Day of Judgment, if anyone claims to have seen the Prophet ﷺ in a dream, such a claim cannot serve as Sharʿi evidence.
❀ If such a dream contains anything that contradicts:
- ◈ Qurʾān
- ◈ Ḥadīth
- ◈ Ijmāʿ (Consensus)
- ◈ Āthār of the Salaf al-Ṣāliḥīn
…then that dream will be deemed false and rejected.
Seeing the Prophet ﷺ in a State of Wakefulness
❀ Seeing the Prophet ﷺ in this worldly life while awake is not established by:
- ◈ Qurʾān
- ◈ Ḥadīth
- ◈ Ijmāʿ (Consensus)
❀ Furthermore, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has departed from this world. (Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Ḥadīth no. 5414)
Therefore, the claim of seeing the Prophet ﷺ in wakefulness is false and invalid.
(10 April 2010)
ھذا ما عندي، والله أعلم بالصواب
