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Is a Muslim obligated to divorce his wife if the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, orders him to do so in a dream?

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Seeing the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in a dream is possible with its conditions, but it is not a source of legislation and no legal rulings are based on it. So, if a person sees the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in his true form and he commands him to divorce his wife, he is not obligated to do so, nor is it recommended for him, and divorce remains subject to its known legal rulings. Nothing of the rulings of the Sharia is established by a vision due to its lack of precision, and it is forbidden to attribute a matter to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, based on a dream vision without mentioning its basis, as it is not impossible for Iblis to appear in a good form and command obedience to achieve disobedience through it.

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