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Jami at-Tirmidhi 3825 — Ibn Umar Dream and Righteousness
The Virtues Of 'Abdullah Bin 'Umar, May Allah Be Pleased With Both Of Them
Hadith About Ibn Umar Dream and Righteousness
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 3825
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 3825
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ فِي الْمَنَامِ كَأَنَّمَا بِيَدِي قِطْعَةُ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ وَلاَ أُشِيرُ بِهَا إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ إِلاَّ طَارَتْ بِي إِلَيْهِ فَقَصَصْتُهَا عَلَى حَفْصَةَ فَقَصَّتْهَا حَفْصَةُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " إِنَّ أَخَاكِ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ " . أَوْ " إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ " . هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Ibn 'Umar Narrated from:
I Had A Dream In Which I Saw As If There Was A Piece Of Silk In My Hand, And I Would Not Gesture To Any Place In Paradise Except That It Would Fly With Me, (Taking Me) To It. So I Told The Dream To Hafsah, So She Told It To The Prophet (ﷺ), So He Said: 'Indeed, Your Brother Is A Righteous Man,' Or 'Indeed, 'Abdullah Is A Righteous Man.'
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3825In-book reference : Book 49, Hadith 225English translation : Vol. 1, Book 46, Hadith 3825
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 3825
This hadith about Ibn Umar dream describes a vision in which he held a piece of silk and was carried to any place in Paradise that he pointed to. He told the dream to Hafsah, and Hafsah told it to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم then said that her brother was a righteous man, or that Abdullah was a righteous man. The narration does not give a full dream interpretation, so we should not add one. Its clear message is the Prophet’s praise of Abdullah ibn Umar’s righteousness after hearing the dream. For readers searching for a hadith about a righteous man, the key lesson is that goodness was recognized and spoken of in a balanced way.
What we learn from this hadith
- The narration records a dream connected with Paradise, without giving extra details beyond the text.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم praised Abdullah ibn Umar as a righteous man.
- Good qualities may be acknowledged when there is a sound reason to mention them.
