Hadith #597
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفُ بْنُ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الْفَارِسِيِّ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي النَّوْمِ زَمَنَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ وَكَانَ يَزِيدُ يَكْتُبُ الْمَصَاحِفَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي النَّوْمِ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَانَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَتَشَبَّهَ بِي فَمَنْ رَآنِي فِي النَّوْمِ فَقَدْ رَآنِي فَهَلْ تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَنْع
َتَ لَنَا هَذَا الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي رَأَيْتَ قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ جِسْمُهُ وَلَحْمُهُ أَسْمَرُ إِلَى الْبَيَاضِ حَسَنُ الْمَضْحَكِ أَكْحَلُ الْعَيْنَيْنِ جَمِيلُ دَوَائِرِ الْوَجْهِ قَدْ مَلَأَتْ لِحْيَتُهُ مِنْ هَذِهِ إِلَى هَذِهِ حَتَّى كَادَتْ تَمْلَأُ نَحْرَهُ قَالَ عَوْفٌ لَا أَدْرِي مَا كَانَ مَعَ هَذَا مِنْ النَّعْتِ قَالَ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ لَوْ رَأَيْتَهُ فِي الْيَقَظَةِ مَا اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَنْعَتَهُ فَوْقَ هَذَا
Isnad Chain
محمد بن جعفر
عوف بن أبي جميلة
يزيد الفارسي
English Translation
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنهما) — via Yazid al-Farisi [who used to copy out Qurans] — that he said: 'I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a dream during the time of Ibn 'Abbas. I said to Ibn 'Abbas: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a dream. Ibn 'Abbas said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: Satan cannot impersonate me, so whoever sees me in a dream has truly seen me. Can you describe for us this man you saw? He said: I said: Yes. I saw a man of medium build, with a brownish complexion tending toward light, a beautiful smile, dark-rimmed eyes, handsome round features of the face, and his beard filling from here to here, nearly filling his chest. 'Awf said: I do not recall what further description accompanied this. Ibn 'Abbas said: Had you seen him while awake, you would not have been able to describe him better than this.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 10, Hadith 597
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3235
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-39625