Conclusion Click here for dream interpretation in islam Our conclusion is that Islam has attached great importance to dreams and, in pa...
Conclusion
Click here for dream interpretation in islam
Our conclusion is that Islam has attached great importance to dreams and, in particular, to the
true dream. The true dream represents the only possible means for us to attempt in this age in
which new prophets will no longer be sent by Allah Most High, to understand and explain the
phenomenon of prophetic experience. That was the foundation of all great religious moments in
history. True dreams and the good dreams, when they occur continuously, are a certain
indication of divine favor - that Allah Most High is pleased with one and has, consequently,
conferred blessings.
We live, today, in that age which has witnessed the fulfillment of the ominous prophecy of the
Prophet sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam concerning riba:
“There will come a time,” he said, “when you will not be able to find a single person in the
world who will not be consuming riba. And if anyone claims that he is not consuming riba then
surely the vapor of riba will reach him.”
(Abu Daud, Mishkat. In another text “the dust of riba will reach him.”)
We also live in the age which has witnessed, or is witnessing the fulfillment of another prophecy
in which the Prophet sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam declared that his followers will be divided in seventythree
different sects, all of whom will be misguided except one. Although this hadith is not
recognized as Sahih (most authentic), it nevertheless describes the concrete reality with which
Muslims now live. A believer should naturally be concerned of whether or not he/she is rightly
guided. It is in this context that the phenomenon of continuous ‘good’ and ‘true’ dreams comes
to the rescue to provide a private and a certain indication from Allah Most High Himself
confirming that one has been blessed by Allah Most High and is, therefore, rightly guided.
We also live today in the age which was described by the Prophet sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam as the
age of fitan and the last age before the end of the world. This is the age which witnesses the
release of ya’jooj, ma’jooj and al-Masih al-Dajjal. It is in this age that mankind will experience
the greatest evil from the time of Adam sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam to the last day. This is also the age
of great deception. Things will not be what they appear to be. Unless the believer has a light
with which to see he will be deceived. Already the overwhelming majority of Muslims have
been deceived!
This is the age which will eventually witness the fulfillment of many vitally important
prophecies of Prophet Muhammad sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam. Among them the most important
appear to be:
the abandonment of the Hajj (Bukhari);
the collapse of the international monetary system of paper, plastic and electronic money and the
return of gold and silver coins as money (Ahmad);
the emergence of Imam al-Mahdi:“How will you be when the son of Mary descends and your
Imam is one of your number” (Bukhari, Muslim);
the return of Jesus sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam (Bukhari, Muslim).
These will be events of tremendous importance. We wish to end our work by directing attention
to the fact that Allah (st) will most certainly communicate to the believers (and, perhaps, only the
believers) informing them when these events are about to take place. Allah will use the one
remaining part of nabuwwah (Prophethood) as the means through which He will communicate
that vitally important information to the believers. It is therefore a matter of crucial importance
that the believers pay very careful attention to the dreams of those of the righteous who have
reached that stage of spiritual development in which they are blessed with continuous good and
true dreams. We end, as we began, by reminding our readers of the words of the Prophet sallalahu
‘alaihi wa sallam:
Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah said:
“When the time (of the end of the world) draws close, the dreams of a believer will hardly fail to
come true, and a dream of a believer is one of the forty-six parts of prophethood.”
(Bukhari, Muslim)
It is a matter of crucial importance, however, that Muslims recognize that the believers who will
be blessed with continuous divine communication through good and true dreams will be those
who adopt the Sufi epistemology and resist the scientific ‘Protestant’ version of Islam which has
made its ominous appearance in the world of Islam in direct consequence of the impact of
modern western materialist civilization on Muslim religious thought.
We pray that Allah Most High may grant, both to this writer as well as to the discerning readers
of this book, the will and the determination to strive to conform in external conduct with the
way of life of Islam ordained by Allah Most High, and to pursue internal spiritual purification
and growth to such an extent that we may all be blessed by Allah Most High with good and true
dreams. Most of all, may Allah Most High continuously bless us with dreams of our beloved
Prophet, Muhammad sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam. May Allah make it easy for us to eat less, sleep
less and talk less, to dislike noise (which is what music is today) and to long for solitude. May
Allah cleanse and purify our hearts and bestow on us hearts filled with love, - hearts which will
shiver with awe when Allah’s name is mentioned, - hearts which will find solace and comfort on
rainy days in the remembrance of Allah. May Allah grant that if and when a stormy day were to
come in our lives, a day when our hearts are sorely tested:
When we must weep,
With a weeping beyond tears;
The day when our heart weeps,
That it will not weep alone!
And it will not weep in vain!
Ameen!
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