Imagine the anguish of pincers repeatedly tearing your cheeks apart. Imagine lying on your back and having a large man looming over you throwing a boulder at your head and the agony head being smashed into pieces. Imagine the torment of being trapped in a very hot oven and every time you try coming out, fire erupts and you just go sliding down. Imagine swimming in a river of blood for eternity and every time you try getting out, a man thrusts a rock into your face and shoves you back into the river of blood.This may seem to be a most horrid nightmare, but what would you say if you were told that these incidents have already come true and will continue until the Last Day? These are not the words of just anybody but the words of Prophet Muhammad (salallahu alayhi wa sallam). It was the tradition of the Prophet that after the Fajr prayer, he would face the Companions and ask any of them if they saw any dreams during the preceding nights. If anybody would say yes, the Prophet would listen to the dream and then interpret the dream. One morning after Fajr, he followed his customary practice and asked the Companions if they saw any dreams. The Prophet then said: “I saw a dream last night that two people came to me, took hold of my hand and led me towards a sacred place.”Before continuing, I would like to say that I had originally heard the following narration from the famous “Hereafter” Series and wanted to share it with everyone as there is much to be learned from this dream as the Prophet saw punishments being meted out on certain groups of people. As I got to transcribing the events, I saw that somebody had already The story continues as the Prophet Muhammad (salallahu alayhi wa sallam) narrates his dream, “I saw a dream last night that two people came to me, took hold of my hand and led me towards a sacred place. I saw a man sitting and another standing with pincers in his hand. He was tearing open the sitting man’s cheek until it reached his neck. He then did the same with the other cheek. In the meantime, the first cheek came back to its normal position, so he did the same to it again.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 09:42:34 +0000
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