The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was delighted by good dreams. He would often ask, "Has any of you seen a dream?" When a man related a dream, he would ask about him, and if the man was of good character, the dream pleased him all the more.A woman came and said, "Messenger of Allah, I saw it as though I had entered Paradise. I heard a thud that made Paradise tremble, so I looked, and behold, so-and-so the son of so-and-so, and so-and-so the son of so-and-so were brought in," until she counted twelve men. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had sent out a raiding party before that.She continued, "They were brought wearing dusty garments, with blood gushing from their veins. It was said, 'Take them to the river of Baydakh,'" or she said, "the river of Baydah." "They were plunged into it and emerged with their faces shining like the moon on the night of the full moon. Then thrones of gold were brought, and they sat upon them. A platter," or a word like it, "was brought containing fresh dates, and they ate from it. Whichever side they turned it to, they ate whatever fruit they wished, and I ate with them."Then the messenger bringing news from that raiding party arrived and said, "Messenger of Allah, our affair was such and such, and so-and-so and so-and-so were slain," until he counted the same twelve men the woman had counted.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Bring the woman to me."She came, and he said, "Relate your dream to this man."She related it, and he said, "It is just as she said, Messenger of Allah."
كان رسول الله ﷺ تعجبه الرؤيا الحسنة، فربما قال: هل رأى أحد منكم رؤيا؟ قال: فإذا رأى الرجل رؤيا سأل عنه، فإن كان ليس به بأس، كان أعجب لرؤياه إليه. قال: فجاءت امرأة فقالت: يا رسول الله، رأيت كأني دخلت الجنة، فسمعت وجبة، ارتجت لها الجنة، فنظرت فإذا قد جيء بفلان بن فلان وفلان بن فلان. حتى عدت اثني عشر رجلا- وقد بعث رسول الله ﷺ سرية قبل ذلك- قالت: فجيء بهم عليهم ثياب طلس تشخب أوداجهم. قالت: فقيل: اذهبوا بهم إلى نهر البيذخ- أو قال: إلى نهر البيدح- قال: فغمسوا فيه، فخرجوا منه وجوههم كالقمر ليلة البدر. قالت: ثم أتوا بكراسي من ذهب، فقعدوا عليها، وأتي بصحفة- أو كلمة نحوها- فيها بسر، فأكلوا منها، فما يقلبونها لشق إلا أكلوا من فاكهة ما أرادوا، وأكلت معهم. قال: فجاء البشير من تلك السرية، فقال: يا رسول الله، كان من أمرنا كذا وكذا، وأصيب فلان وفلان حتى عد الاثني عشر الذين عدتهم المرأة فقال رسول الله ﷺ: علي بالمرأة. فجاءت، فقال: قصي على هذا رؤياك. فقصت، قال: هو كما قالت يا رسول الله.
Ahmad (12385) and Abu Yaala (3289) narrated it, and Ibn Hibban (6054) graded it sahih, all of them through various routes from Sulayman bin Mughira, who said, Thabit narrated to us, from Anas, and he related it. Its chain of transmission is sahih.Haythami said in Majma (7/175), "Ahmad narrated it, and its narrators are the narrators of Sahih."