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I said, ‘I pray to Allah -azwj to keep my soul in service for your -azwj cause, I have seen a strange dream’. The Imam -asws said to me, ‘You can explain it. The scholar for it is sitting here’, he made a gesture with his hand to Abu Hanifah. I said, ‘I saw in a dream that I entered my house and my wife came out. She broke a large number of walnuts and spread them on me. I was amazed because of this dream’.

Abu Hanifah said, ‘You are a man who disputes and argues against mean people about the legacy of your wife and after a tiring work you achieve from her what you need, by the will of Allah -azwj .’ Abu ‘Abd Allah -asws said, ‘You have found it, by Allah -azwj , O Abu Hanifah’.

Abu Hanifah left and I said, ‘I pray to Allah -azwj to keep my soul in service for your cause, I did not want this hostile person (to ‘Aimmah -asws ) to interpret my dream.’ The Imam -asws said, ‘O ibn Muslim, Allah -azwj will not Show you bad things. Their interpretation does not concur with our -asws interpretation and our -asws interpretation does not agree with their interpretations.

The interpretation is not as he said it is.’ I then said, ‘I pray to Allah -azwj to keep my soul in service for your -asws cause, you -asws just said that he had found the interpretation. Then you -asws swore. How has he missed the truth?’ The Imam -asws said, ‘I swore that he found it (meaning the misinterpretation but not the right one).’ I then asked, ‘What is the right interpretation?’ The Imam -asws said, ‘O ibn Muslim, you will find a Mut’ah [8] and your wife will learn about it.

She will tear down your new clothes because the shells are the clothes of the nut.’ Ibn Muslim has said that, by Allah -azwj , his -asws interpretation did not take more than a Friday morning to materialize. On a Friday morning I was sitting at the door that a girl passed by and I liked her. I commanded my slave and he brought her back, inside my house. I formed a Mut’ah contract with her but my wife noticed my presence as well as her presence. She came in on us.

The girl ran to the door but I remained inside. She tore down on me my new clothes that I used to wear on Eid days.’ Musa al-Zawwar al-’Attar came to Abu Abd Allah -asws and said, ‘O son of the Messenger of Allah -saww I have seen a dream which has terrified me.