the Ascension. He replied, “The dreams of the prophets are revelation.”’

He said: ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā also informed me that Hanbal narrated to them, saying, ‘I asked Abū ʿAbd Allāh and heard him reply, “Paradise and Hell have already been created.”’

This is evidence that what the prophets see in dreams is seen with their own eyes, and that their dreams are unlike other dreams.

Al-Khallāl said: Al-Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Kirmānī informed us: Abū Bakr narrated to us: Abū Usāmah narrated to us, from