The Hadith , reported by Abu Hurayrah, Abu Qatadah and Jabir ibn Abdullah in which the Prophet Muhammad (May peace be upon him and all of his companions) stated, He who saw me in a dream in fact saw me, for Satan can not assume my form (Authentic, collected by Bukhari, (Arabic-eng), vol. 9, p. 104, hadith no. 123 and Muslim, (Eng. Trans.), vol. 4, p. 1225, hadith no. 5635 and also p. 1226, hadith no. 5639.) Since the Prophet(Peace be upon him and all of his companions) made this statement about dreams to his companions, who were familiar with his appearance, it means that if one who knows exactly what the Prophet (peace be upon him and all of his companions) looks like sees someone fitting that description in a dream, he could be sure that Allah had blessed him with a vision of the Prophet (Peace be upon him). That is because Allah has denied satan the ability of taking the actual form of the Prophet (peace be upon him and all of his companions). However, this also means that Satan can appear in dreams to those unfamiliar with the Prophets appearance, and claim that he is Allahs messenger. He may then prescribe religious innovations for the dreamer or inform him that he is al- Mahdi (The awaited reformer) or even Prophet Eesa (peace be upon him) who is to return in the last days. Such a claim implies one of two things: 1. Either that the Prophet (peace be upon him and all of his companions) did not fulfil his mission in his life time or 2. That Allah was not aware of the future of the Ummah and thus did not prescribe the necessary injunctions during the Prophet (peace be upon him and all of his companions)s life time. Both of these implications contradict basic principles of Islam.
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