بسم الله الرحمن اللرحيم
Now an important point to discuss is Seeing the Holy Prophet ﷺ in a wakeful state as mentioned in the hadith " Who has seen me in a dream will see me in a wakeful state and Satan cannot take my form.”
And its Explanation.
Orignally posted Here.
The Answer is an excerpt from the book Maslak Ulema e Deoband aur Hubb e Rasool
From the teachings and advices of Faqeehul Ummat, Hadhrat Mufti Mahmood Hasan Gangohi رحمة الله عليه
P:33- 34
Incident concerning Shaikh ul Islam Hadhrat Moulana Syed Husain Ahmad Madani رحمة الله عليه
Shaikh ul Islam Hadhrat Moulana Syed Husain Ahmad Madani رحمة الله عليه used to teach Hadith in Masjidun Nabawi ﷺ . Once, the mas’ala concerning Rasulullah (salallahu alaihi wasalllam) being alive was being discussed. Hadhrat Moulana رحمة الله عليه proved the reliability of this mas'alah. The students objected. Hadhrat رحمة الله عليه answered their objection. They posed another question. Hadhrat رحمة الله عليه answered this as well. Someone raised a third objection. Hadhrat رحمة الله عليه suddenly turned his head and looked at the Raudah Mubaarak.
The students also began to look in that direction to see what had caused Hadhrat رحمة الله عليه to suddenly look in this manner. To their amazement they found the gate around the Raudah Mubaarak no longer there. There was an open space before them, and Nabi-e-Kareem (salallahu alaihi wasallam) was seated there. Thereafter, Hadhrat Madani رحمة الله عليه and the students looked back into their Kitaabs.
When they looked up again, they saw the Raudah Mubaarak in its original form. These things have happened and they can still occur to whomsoever Allah Ta'ala wishes to favour. However, the Hadith says: "Whoever sees me in a dream, will soon see me in a wakeful state", does not refer to these incidents. It is not necessary that all those students had seen Rasulullah (salallahu alaihi wasallam) therefore they were making ziyaarat of him whilst they were awake.
There are so many people who have made ziyaarat of Nabi-e-Kareem (salallahu alaihi wasallam) in their dreams, some of them on a daily basis but none of them had the opportunity of seeing him in a wakeful state.
Question: "Ibne Arabi رحمة الله عليه has written that the Ulama are in confusion about this Hadith."
Answer: "What are they confused about?"
Questioner: "About the manner in which (ziyaarat would be made).”
Answer: "I am saying to you, whoever had seen Nabi-e-Kareem
in his dream prior to accepting Islam, then Allah Ta'ala granted him the taufeeq (ability) to accept Imaan on Nabi whilst he was awake. Thereafter, he came personally to meet Nabi-e-Kareem . This then took place in a wakeful state. What is there to be confused about?"
Questioner: "This Hadith appears to be general and not restricted. So can this (physical Ziyaarat of Nabi-e-Kareem salallahu alaihi wasallam) take place today as well?"
Answer: "It can also take place nowadays, but "can", is not definite. Whereas, the result of a condition is definite (as in the case of the Hadith). Therefore, the Hadith will not refer to the ziyaarat of nowadays. Rather, it refers to the mubaarak lifetime of Nabi
.”
Some people are of the opinion that seeing Nabi (salallahu alaihi wasallam) in the wakeful state is a more superior condition because it means that one who has such a vision has developed such an affinity with Nabi-e-Kareem
that all the barriers and veils have been removed from him.
Link: alhaadi.org.za/articles-publications/books.html
contd insha Allah..
