Is it true that some imams saw the Lord of Glory in a dream? What is the legal proof for that? How can He be seen? And how does one know that it is Allah?
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Scholars have agreed upon the permissibility and validity of seeing Allah in a dream. There is no specific form in which Allah is seen; rather, the one who sees Him will see Him in a form according to their state. If they are righteous, they will see Him in a good form. A dream vision differs from a waking vision and has interpretations and meanings. Among the signs of a truthful dream is that the form seen therein does not resemble creation and that it conforms to the . If it commands something that contradicts the Sharia, that indicates that what was seen was Satan and not Allah.
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