I saw in a dream...

448. Ismail Bin Abdullah Al-Qarshy who said: A man came up to Abu Abdullah عليه الصلاة والسلام, so he said to him عليه الصلاة والسلام, ‘O son عليه الصلاة والسلام of the Messenger عليه الصلاة والسلام of Allah عز وجل, I saw in my dream as if I was outside of the city of Al-Kufa in a place which I recognised, and there was a ghost of a man made of wood, riding a wooden horse and waving his sword, and I saw him and was terrified and in a panic’. So he عليه الصلاة والسلام said to him: ‘You are a man who wants to assassinate a man for his livelihood, so fear Allah عز وجل Who Created you, then will Cause you to die’. So the man said, ‘I testify that you عليه الصلاة والسلام have received Knowledge and have extracted it from its mine. I inform you عليه الصلاة والسلام, O son عليه الصلاة والسلام of the Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم that you عليه الصلاة والسلام have interpreted (correctly) for me. There was a man in my neighbourhood who came to me and presented to me his asset, so I thought that I should own it for much less as I realised that there is no other seeker for it apart from me’. So Abu Abdullah عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘And your companion has befriended us عليه الصلاة والسلام rather our عليه الصلاة والسلام enemies?’ He said, ‘Yes, O son عليه الصلاة والسلام of the Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, a good man with foresight, resolute in the Religion, and I repent to Allah عز وجل and to you عليه الصلاة والسلام from what I was thinking of and intended for. So, inform me, O son عليه الصلاة والسلام of the Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, had he been a Hostile One (Nasibi), would it have been permissible for me to assassinate him?’ He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘Fulfil the trust to the one who has entrusted you and wants advice from you even if it is to the killer of Al-Husayn عليه الصلاة والسلام’.