Yazeed Al Faarisi bin Hurmuz, who was a calligrapher of the Qur-aan, once saw
Rasulullah Sallallahu 'Alayhi Wasallam in his dream during the time of Ibn 'Abbaas
Radiyallahu 'Anhu. He related his dream to Ibn 'Abbaas. Ibn 'Abbaas said:
"Rasulullah Sallallahu 'Alayhi Wasallam used to say that the shaytaan cannot
imitate him. That person who has seen him in a dream has really seen him'. After
mentioning this he asked: 'Can you describe this person whom you have seen in
your dream?'. I replied: 'Yes, I can, I will describe to you a man whose body
and height were of a medium stature. He had a wheat-coloured complexion with a
bit of whiteness in it. Eyes like those that had kuhl on them. A smiling face.
Beautiful and round face. A compact beard which surrounded his mubaarak face,
and spread on the fore-portion of the chest". 'Awf ibn Abl Jamilah, a narrator
of this hadith says: "I do not remember what other feature besides these, my
ustaadh Yazeed, who is a narrator of this hadith, described". Ibn 'Abbaas
Radiyallahu 'Anhu said: "If you had seen him while being awake, you would not
have been able to describe him any further"
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ،
وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالا: حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفُ بْنُ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ، عَنْ
يَزِيدَ الْفَارِسِيِّ وَكَانَ يَكْتُبُ الْمَصَاحِفَ، قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ
صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي الْمَنَامِ زَمَنَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لابْنِ
عَبَّاسٍ: إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي النَّوْمِ،
فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ كَانَ، يَقُولُ: إِنَّ
الشَّيْطَانَ لا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَتَشَبَّهَ بِي، فَمَنْ رَآنِي فِي النَّوْمِ
فَقَدْ رَآنِي، هَلْ تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَنْعَتَ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي رَأَيْتَهُ
فِي النَّوْمِ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، أَنْعَتُ لَكَ رَجُلا بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ،
جِسْمُهُ وَلَحْمُهُ أَسْمَرُ إِلَى الْبَيَاضِ، أَكْحَلُ الْعَيْنَيْنِ، حَسَنُ
الضَّحِكِ، جَمِيلُ دَوَائِرِ الْوَجْهِ، مَلأَتْ لِحْيَتُهُ مَا بَيْنَ هَذِهِ
إِلَى هَذِهِ، قَدْ مَلأَتْ نَحْرَهُ، قَالَ عَوْفٌ: وَلا أَدْرِي مَا كَانَ مَعَ
هَذَا النَّعْتِ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: لَوْ رَأَيْتَهُ فِي الْيَقَظَةِ مَا
اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَنْعَتَهُ فَوْقَ هَذَا..
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