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the people. On the occasion of the battle of Badr, Iblees appeared
to the disbelieving Quraysh in the form of Suraqah bin Malik to
encourage them to fight the Muslims. Therefore, the above
Hadeeth of Allah’s Messenger was a re-assurance for the
Sahabah who were familiar with the Prophet’s appearance that if
they see him in a dream, they have Indeed, seen him.
The Shaytaan can, however, claim to be a Messenger or a saint or
someone else. So, only those dreams in which Allah’s Messenger
is seen in his true features may be accepted as a vision of the
Prophet. Even dreams in which, one sees Allah’s Messenger only
serve as a source of optimism and not religious injunctions.
The Deobandis in the World of Dreams
Since it has been established by the Ahaadeeth of Allah’s
Messenger that glad tidings may be received through dreams,
the Deobandis have extensively made use of this possibility until
their books are filled with Mubashshirat (glad-tidings) after
Mubashshirat for their Madhhab, their school of Deoband and their
scholars. Following are some of the dreams in which the
Deobandis claim glad tidings for themselves, and try to misguide
the people into believing that their methodology of Sufism,
veneration of saints, exaggeration and blind-following has the
approval of Allah’s Messenger :
1. Rasheed Ahmad Gungohi writes in Al-Baraheen al-Qatiya about
the superiority of the Madrasa (school) of Deoband … a noble
person was blessed with a vision of the Prophet Muhammad ,
in which he saw Allah’s Messenger speaking in Urdu. The
noble person asked, ‘How do you know this language, while you
are an Arab?’ He said, ‘From the time I have been in contact
with the scholars of the school of Deoband, I’ve known this
language’.” Rasheed Ahmad Gungohi comments, “From this we
understand the greatness of this Madrasa (school).” 451
451 Al-Baraheen al-Qatiya, p.30.
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