And Abū Bakr ibn Abī ʿĀsim did likewise in his Book of the Sunnah, where he wrote: “Chapter on reports concerning our Prophet seeing his Lord, blessed and exalted is He, in a dream.” He then cited ʿIkrimah’s report from Ibn ʿAbbās concerning His words:

“We made the vision We showed you only a trial for the people.”

He said, “It was a vision the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) saw with his eyes.” This implies that, in his view, it was a vision seen with the eyes and that it occurred in a dream.

He then narrated the report of Sufyān, from Simāk, from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said, “The prophets’ dreams were revelation.” He also narrated from Musʿab ibn Saʿd, from