The
Deobandi
claims
of
seeing
Allah’s
Messenger
(sallallahu
alaihi
wa-sallam)
in
dreams
cannot
be
accepted
because
they
attribute
all
kinds
of
dreams
to
Allah’s
Messenger
(sallallahu
alaihi
wa-sallam)
without
verification.
According
to
Moulana
Zakariyah,
anyone
who
thinks
that
he
has
seen
the
Prophet
(sallallahu
alaihi
wa-sallam)
in
his
dream,
whether
the
one
whom
he
sees
fits
the
description
of
the
Prophet
or
not,
or
whether
the
dream
is
in
accordance
with
the
Sharee’ah
or
not,
has
truly
seen
the
Prophet
(sallallahu
alaihi
wa-sallam)!
Moulana
Zakariyah
mentions
in
Fazaail-e-Aamaal:
-
“Shaytaan
does
not
have
the
power
to
declare
himself
a
Prophet
in a
dream.”
“It
is
impossible
that
that
the
person
dreaming
may
misunderstand
Shaytaan
as
the
Holy
Prophet.”
“If
the
person
does
not
see
the
Prophet
in a
good
feature,
then
that
is
the
fault
of
the
dreamer.”
“If
the
person
sees
the
Prophet
(sallallahu
alaihi
wa-sallam)
doing
an
unlawful
act,
then
the
dream
need
interpretation
in
light
of
Islamic
law
even
though
(the
person
who
dreamt)
may
be a
pious
saint.”[1]
These
conditions
mentioned
in
Fazaail-e-Aamaal
have
no
basis
from
the
Book
and
the
Sunnah
and
are
against
the
understanding
of
the
Sahabah
(radhi
allahu
anhu).
Whilst
the
Deobandis
speak
highly
of
Ibn
Sirin
and
his
knowledge
of
dream
interpretation,
they
completely
ignore
his
saying,
“Only
if
he
sees
the
Prophet
(sallallahu
alaihi
wa-sallam)
in
his
(real)
shape.”[2]
Deobandis
have
themselves
mentioned
in
their
books
that
Shaytaan
appeared
to
Shaikh
Abdul
Qadir
Jilanee
with
a
magnificent
throne
and
claimed
to
be
his
Lord
and
then
declared
lawful
for
him
that
was
unlawful
to
others.[3]
When
Shaytaan
can
play
such
tricks
with
people
in a
state
of
wakefulness
then
he
can
also
claim
to
be
the
Lord
or
the
Messenger
in
dreams.
The
Deobandis,
at
times,
see
Allah’s
Messenger
(sallallahu
alaihi
wa-sallam)
with
a
completely
white
beard
and
glasses[4]
and
at
other
with
an
English
hat[5]!
The
Fazaail-e-Aamaal
mentions
a
dream
of a
man,
who
dreamt
that
Allah’s
Messenger
(sallallahu
alaihi
wa-sallam)
(allegedly)
asked
him
to
‘Drink
Liquor’[6],
an
action
which
he
strictly
prohibited
and
made
unlawful
during
his
lifetime.
Instead
of
rejecting
such
dreams
as a
trick
from
Shaytaan,
Fazaail-e-Aamaal
attributes
this
dream
to
Allah’s
Messenger
(sallallahu
alaihi
wa-sallam),
but
says
that
it
should
be
interpreted
differently.
Even
general
dreams
that
are
disliked[7]
and
frightening[8]
are
attributed
to
Shaytaan.
It
would
be
unjustice
to
attribute
dreams
that
are
sinful
or
against
the
Sharee’ah
to
Allah’s
Messenger
(sallallahu
alaihi
wa-sallam).
Such
dreams
can
be a
cause
of
confusion
and
misguidance
for
the
people!
The
innovation
in
the
conditions
of
dream
interpretation
of
the
Deobandis
goes
on
further
than
just
attributing
any
unverified
dream
to
Allah’s
Messenger
(sallallahu
alaihi
wa-sallam)…
(i)
Ashraf
Ali
Thanvi
mentions
the
explanation
of
the
Hadeeth,
“Whoever
sees
me
then
he
has
indeed,
seen
the
Truth.”[9]
to
mean
that
the
one
who
sees
the
Prophet,
he
has
Indeed,
seen
Allah.”[10]
(click
to
view
the
scanned
image
of
this
quote)
(ii)
Rasheed
Ahmad
Gangohi
says,
“…
Shaytaan
cannot
appear
in
the
form
of
one’s
Shaikh[11],
just
as
he
cannot
appear
in
the
actual
form
of
the
Messenger.”[12]
All
of
this
show
that
the
Deobandi’s
understanding
of
dreams
is
seriously
flawed
and
therefore
their
claims
are
unacceptable.
[1] See, Fazaail-e-Aamaal, (Eng. Trans.), Virtues of Darood , Chapter.2, p.67. (Edt. 1985, Published by Dini Book Depot - Delhi).
[11] Also mentioned by Moulana Zakariyah in Mashaikh-e-Chist (Eng. Trans.) p.256.
[12] Irshaadul-Mulook (Urdu translation of Imdadus-Sulook by Rasheed Ahmad Gangoohi), p.27, story no.3. - Irshaadul-Mulook (Eng. Trans. by Majlisul-Ulema) p.49.
