Points derived from the ḥadīth:

1. Giving due consideration to dreams and recognizing that, during the Prophet’s ﷺ lifetime, they occasionally served as a basis for certain legal rulings.
2. The statement, “Whatever Allah wills and whatever so-and-so wills,” and similar expressions, amount to minor shirk.
3. Jews and Christians possess knowledge of minor shirk and use it—despite their own major shirk—to criticize the Muslims.
4. It is proper to begin sermons by praising and extolling Allah and by using the formula, “To proceed (ammā baʿd…).”
5. It is recommended to confine the attribution of will to Allah alone, even though saying, “Whatever Allah wills, then whatever so-and-so wills,” is technically permissible.