It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever sees me in a dream has truly seen me, for Satan cannot take my likeness." The narrator said that his father said: I narrated this hadith to Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and said that I had seen him (peace and blessings be upon him) in a dream. Then I mentioned Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) and likened him (peace and blessings be upon him) to him. Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Indeed, he (Sayyiduna al-Hasan) resembled him (peace and blessings be upon him). This hadith has an authentic (sahih) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it with this wording.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about Waraqah bin Nawfal, and Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): He believed in you, but he died before your (open) manifestation of prophethood. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I was shown him in a dream wearing white clothes, and had he been one of the people of Hell, he would have been wearing some other garment." This hadith has an authentic (sahih) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.