Imām Aĥmad and the man with the dream
It is recorded in Ţabaqāt al-Ĥanābilah:
“There was a man in the neighbourhood of Aĥmad ibn Ĥanbal, and he was from those who would engage in sin and filth. One day he came to the gathering of Aĥmad ibn Ĥanbal and greeted him.
It is recorded in Ţabaqāt al-Ĥanābilah:
“There was a man in the neighbourhood of Aĥmad ibn Ĥanbal, and he was from those who would engage in sin and filth. One day he came to the gathering of Aĥmad ibn Ĥanbal and greeted him.
It was as if Aĥmad did not return to him a complete greeting and he shrunk away from him. He said to him:
‘O Abū Ábdullāh, do not shrink away from me, for indeed, I came regarding that which I vowed regarding a dream I saw.’
He asked:
‘And what did you see?’
‘O Abū Ábdullāh, do not shrink away from me, for indeed, I came regarding that which I vowed regarding a dream I saw.’
He asked:
‘And what did you see?’
He replied:
‘I saw Nabī ﷺ during my sleep, as if he was at a height above the earth, and many people were sitting beneath him. Then, a man stood up and went to him, he began to say, Pray for me, thus he prayed for him, until there was none left other than me.
‘I saw Nabī ﷺ during my sleep, as if he was at a height above the earth, and many people were sitting beneath him. Then, a man stood up and went to him, he began to say, Pray for me, thus he prayed for him, until there was none left other than me.
I wished to stand but then I felt ashamed from the ugliness of what I was upon. He said to me:
“O so and so, why did you not stand and come to me, asking me to pray for you?”
I replied:
“Yā RasūlAllāh, shyness prevented me due to the ugliness of what I am upon.”
“O so and so, why did you not stand and come to me, asking me to pray for you?”
I replied:
“Yā RasūlAllāh, shyness prevented me due to the ugliness of what I am upon.”
Thus, he said:
“If it was shyness, then stand and ask me to pray for you. For indeed, you did not slander a single one of my companions.”
Thus, I stood and he prayed for me. Then I awoke and indeed Allāh made abhorrent to me that which I was upon.’
“If it was shyness, then stand and ask me to pray for you. For indeed, you did not slander a single one of my companions.”
Thus, I stood and he prayed for me. Then I awoke and indeed Allāh made abhorrent to me that which I was upon.’
Therefore, Abū Ábdullāh said to us:
‘O Jaáfar, O so and so, narrate this and memorise it, for indeed it is beneficial.’”
Tabaqāt al-Ĥanābilah, vol. 1, pg. 125.
Also recorded in Misbāh al-Żalam, pp. 23-25.
‘O Jaáfar, O so and so, narrate this and memorise it, for indeed it is beneficial.’”
Tabaqāt al-Ĥanābilah, vol. 1, pg. 125.
Also recorded in Misbāh al-Żalam, pp. 23-25.
This report highlights the danger of insulting and slandering the noble companions of RasūlAllāh ﷺ, may Allāh be pleased with them, and so points out the deprivation and loss of the Rawāfid.
It also shows that not even a single companion is to be insulted and slandered,
It also shows that not even a single companion is to be insulted and slandered,
as some so-called Sunnis do regarding Sayyidunā Amīr Muáāwiyah, may Allāh be pleased with him.
Moreover, it demonstrates that it was not seen as problematic to request prayers from RasūlAllāh ﷺ whilst he is in barzakh, unlike some who claim it is shirk to do so.
Moreover, it demonstrates that it was not seen as problematic to request prayers from RasūlAllāh ﷺ whilst he is in barzakh, unlike some who claim it is shirk to do so.
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