from:
Saheeh al-Bukhaari, Book of Dreams, English
translation of the meanings by Dr. Muhammad
Muhsin Khan
Narrated Ibn `Abbaas (Allaah be pleased
with him):
A
man came to Allaah's Messenger (sallallaahu
`alaihi wa sallam) and said, "I saw in
a dream, a cloud having shade. Butter
and honey were dropping from it and I
saw the people gathering it in their
hands, some gathering much and some little.
And behold, there was a rope extending
from the earth to the sky, and I saw
that you held it and went up; then, another
man held it and went up and (after that)
another (third) man held it and went
up, and then another (fourth) man held
it, but it broke and then got connected
again." Abu Bakr said, "O Allaah's Messenger!
Let my father be sacrificed for you!
By Allaah, allow me to interpret this
dream." The Prophet (sallallaahu `alaihi
wa sallam) said to him, Interpret
it. Abu Bakr said, "The cloud with
shade symbolises Islaam, and the butter
and the honey dropping from it symbolises
the Qur'aan, it's sweetness and some
people learning much of the Qur'aan while
some a little. The rope which is extended
from the sky to the earth is the Truth
which you (the Prophet (sallallaahu `alaihi
wa sallam) are following. You follow
it and Allaah will raise you high with
it, and then another person will follow
it and will rise up with it and then
another man will follow it but it will
break and then it will be connected for
him and he will rise up with it. O Allaah's
Messenger! Let my father be sacrificed
for you! Am I right or wrong?" The Prophet
(sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam) replied,
You are right in some of it and wrong
in some of it. Abu Bakr said, "O
Allaah's Prophet! By Allaah, you must
tell me in what I was wrong." The Prophet
(sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam) said,
Do not swear.
(Related by Bukhaari and Muslim, and
also by Abu Daawood, Tirmidhi, Daarimi,
Ibn Maajah, Ibn Abi Shaibah and Ahmad.)
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