Ahmad ibn Abd al-Rahmān, Ibn Wahb’s nephew, who said: “My uncle Abd Allāh ibn Wahb narrated to us.” He then related it with his chain of transmission from Umm al-Tufayl, the wife of Ubayy ibn Ka‘b, who heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say:

“I saw my Lord in a dream, in green from Paradise reaching halfway down His shins, with two golden sandals on His feet.”

This hadith, which Ahmad instructed others to narrate, explicitly states that he saw this in a dream. Its wording is similar to that of the hadith of Ibn Abbās.

Al-Khallāl reported that Abū Bakr al-Marwadhī said: The following was read to Abū Abd Allāh: “Shādhān said: Hammād ibn Salamah narrated to us, from Qatādah, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbās, that Muhammad saw his Lord.” He then related the hadith. I said: