Talbis Al jahmiyyah volume 7 page 294 The Prophet ﷺ Said “ I saw my lord in the form of a young Beardless man with long curly hair And he was in a green garden” is this true?
bn Al-Jawzi (RH) has mentioned it in his Daf’
Shubah al-Tashbih and said that this Hadith is a lie. Hafidh Al-Dhahabi (RH)
also mentioned it and criticized the narrators mentioned in it.
Here’s what Ibn Al-Jawzi (RH) wrote about it:
Umm Tufayl, the wife of 'Ubayy, related that
she heard the Messenger of Allahﷺ mention
that, "He saw his Lord, Mighty and Majestic, in a dream in the most
beautiful form as a glowing young man in green. On his feet were sandals of
gold, and over his face was a blanket of gold."
This hadith, is related by Na'im ibn Hamad. Ibn
'Adi said, "He used to fabricate hadiths." Imam Ahmad was asked
[about him], and he turned his face away from him (the asker). He said,
"His hadīth is rejected and unknown."
And on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas (RA) from
the Prophetﷺ that he said, "I saw my Lord as a curly-haired
beardless boy wearing a green vestment." This is related by way of Hamad
ibn Salama, and Ibn Abi al-'Awjaa, the zindeeq (heretic), [who] was the stepson
of Hamad. He used to interpolate these hadiths in his [stepfather's] books that
have neither been confirmed nor are they good for being used to make an argument.
Al-Qadhi [Abu Ya'la] actually affirmed these
[ascriptions of curly hair, being beardless, and having a green vestment] as
attributes for God, Exalted be He. He said, "They have been established as
names, but we don't comprehend their meanings." Who [on Earth] establishes
[the attributes] through dreams while the transmissions of them are not soundly
established? We know the meanings of the shabb (young man) and
the amrad (beardless young boy), but he says, "It is not
as we understand." This is like someone saying, "Fulan stood
up, but he is not standing," or, "He sat down, but he isn't
sitting."
Imam Ibn 'Aqil said, "We are certain this
hadith is a lie. The reliability of the narrators does not help when the text
is impossible to affirm." This is similar to the example if a group of
trustworthy narrators informed us that the camel of the cloth merchant has
entered the eye of the tailor's needle. The trustworthy status of the narrators
has no affect while their report is actually impossible to affirm.
The
hadeeth that you referred to in the question was cited by Al-Bayhaqi on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbaas, and the scholars ruled that it is an objectionable
hadeeth (Munkar) and that it is not authentic.
Al-Albaani said
in As-Silsilah Adh-Dha'eefah, “As for the Marfoo’ (directly
attributed to the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam) hadeeth by
Hammaad ibn Salamah, from Qataadah, from ‘Ikrimah, from Ibn ‘Abbaas, with the
wording “I saw my Lord, curly-haired and beardless, wearing a green robe”; then
it is an objectionable report, as stated by Ath-Thahabi in As-Siyar.”
Ibn Al-Jawzi said in Al-‘Ilal Al-Mutanaahiyah, “This
hadeeth is not proven, and all its narrations are from Hammaad ibn Salamah. Ibn
‘Adiyy said, ‘It was said that Ibn Abu Al-Awjaa’ was the stepson of Hammaad,
and he used to insert these ahaadeeth into his books.”
This
hadeeth was also narrated by Umm At-Tufayl with
the wording, “I saw my Lord in a dream in the best form; an honorable young
man, His feet are in green, wearing gold shoes, lying on a gold bed (or while
moths of gold are falling around him).”
Ash-Shawkaani said in Al-Fawaa’id Al-Majmoo‘ah fee
Al-Ahaadeeth Al-Mawdhoo‘ah, “It was narrated by Al-Khateeb from Umm
At-Tufayl, the wife of Abu Ka‘b, and it is a fabricated hadeeth, and its chain
of narrators includes a fabricator, a liar, and an unknown reporter.”
Allah
knows best.
