Question 1108: What is the meaning if someone says they have seen Allah in a dream?

204 03 Mar 2021
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✅ پاسخ : نَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ!

Please pay attention to the following narration:

1 ابْنُ نَاتَانَةَ عَنْ عَلِیٍّ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِی عُمَیْرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِیمَ الْکَرْخِیِّ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِلصَّادِقِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ علیهما السلام إِنَّ رَجُلًا رَأَی رَبَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِی مَنَامِهِ فَمَا یَکُونُ ذَلِکَ فَقَالَ ذَلِکَ رَجُلٌ لَا دِینَ لَهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَکَ وَ تَعَالَی لَا یُرَی فِی الْیَقَظَةِ وَ لَا فِی الْمَنَامِ وَ لَا فِی الدُّنْیَا وَ لَا فِی الْآخِرَةِ.

📚 Amali Saduq, Majlis 89, hadith 5

Ibrahim al-Karkhi said: I said to Imam Sadiq, peace be upon him: A man has seen his Lord Almighty in a dream! What does this mean?! The Imam said: That man is one for whom there is no religion (he is irreligious)! Indeed, Allah, may He be blessed and exalted, cannot be seen in wakefulness, nor in a dream, nor in this world, nor in the Hereafter!

✅ According to the belief of the Shias, in contrast to some opponents, and based on many verses and narrations, Allah Almighty is not visible. And according to the above narration, if a person claims and believes that he has seen Allah in a dream, this indicates the irreligiousness of that person making the claim!

اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْرَ