1.
Sometimes errors are made in interpreting various matters
related to a prophecy, such as the time when it is to be
fulfilled. The Holy Quran says:
"God indeed
fulfilled the vision of His Messenger: you shall
enter the Sacred Mosque, if God please, in security,
your heads shaved and hair cut short, not
fearing."
(48:27)
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The Holy Prophet was in
Madina when he saw in a dream that he had entered Makka
and was performing the Tawaf (circuits) around the
Ka`aba. So he and his Companions marched forth towards
Makka, being certain that the vision would be fulfilled
that very year. However, this could not come about, and
the Muslims had to return, having concluded the peace
treaty of Hudaibiyya. A few of the Companions began to
wonder why they had failed to achieve their goal, so much
so that Umar asked the Holy Prophet if he had not said
that they would go to the Ka`aba and perform the Tawaf.
The Holy Prophet said, ``Yes, but did I also say that it
would be this year?'' They said, No. He then told them
that they would certainly go to the Ka`aba and perform
the Tawaf. This proves three points:
[i.] The prophet or other
holy man who is the recipient of the prophecy from God is
not informed of all the details relating to its
fulfillment.
[ii.] The recipient of the
prophecy can commit an error of personal judgement in
interpreting the prophecy.
[iii.] It is in order for
the prophesier to take some legitimate course of action
on the basis of his own interpretation of the prophecy
(as in this instance the Holy Prophet attempted to go to
Makka to perform the Tawaf on the basis of his
dream, to fulfil the prophecy).
2. The Holy Prophet
Muhammad related:
"I saw in a dream
that I was migrating from Makka to a place having
date trees. So I thought that this would be Yamama or
Hajar, but it turned out to be Madina."
(Bukhari,
Book: Qualities of the Companions, 63:45)
3. It is related from
Aishah:
"Some of the
wives of the Holy Prophet asked him, Which one of us
shall join you first after your death? He said, The
one with the longest hands. So they compared their
hands before him, and it was Sauda who had the
longest hands. But we learnt afterwards [upon the
death of the first one of his wives to pass away
after him] that it meant the length of the hand in
giving charity, and the first one to join him after
his death was Zainab, who loved to give in
charity."
(Bukhari,
Book 24: Kitab al-Zakat, ch. 11)
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