Are hadith’s regarding Prophet Muhammad dreaming about Aisha before marriage authentic?

Answered by: Maulana Mujahid Hussain

Question:

Are hadiths regarding Prophet Muhammad dreaming about Aisha before marriage authentic?

Answer:

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Yes the Hadith can be found in Bukhari and Muslim. Imam Bukhari narrates it three times in his Saheeh using the following wordings;

حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ “‏ أُرِيتُكِ فِي الْمَنَامِ مَرَّتَيْنِ، إِذَا رَجُلٌ يَحْمِلُكِ فِي سَرَقَةِ حَرِيرٍ فَيَقُولُ هَذِهِ امْرَأَتُكَ، فَأَكْشِفُهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ أَنْتِ، فَأَقُولُ إِنْ يَكُنْ هَذَا مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ يُمْضِهِ

Narrated `Aisha:Allah’s Messenger said (to me), “You have been shown to me twice in (my) dreams. A man was carrying you in a silken cloth and said to me, ‘This is your wife.’ I uncovered it; and behold, it was you. I said to myself, ‘If this dream is from Allah, He will cause it to come true[1]

Only Allah Knows best