ibn Abī Humayd, from Abū al-Malīh, from Abū Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said:
“I saw my Lord in my dream in the most beautiful form. He said, ‘O Muhammad!’ I replied, ‘Here I am, my Lord, ever at Your service.’ He asked, ‘What is the highest assembly disputing about?’”
He went on to relate the hadith.
Al-Khallāl said: Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Ansārī narrated to us; Mu’ammal narrated to us, saying: Hammād ibn Dalīl narrated to us; Sufyān al-Thawrī narrated to us, from Qays, from Tāriq, who related a similar report from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace).
Thus, in this version transmitted by Mu’ammal from Hammād ibn Dalīl, from al-Thawrī, from Qays, from Tāriq, from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), he presented it as a disconnected report and as similar to