Hadith of dreams and proof of divine authority of the people a given time

57. One of our companions, from Ali Bin Al-Abbas, from Al-Hassan Bin Abdul Rahman, who has narrated: Abu Al-Hassan عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘The dreams did not exist in the past in the beginning of the creation, but rather they occurred later on’. I said, ‘And what is the reason with regards to that?’ He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘Allah عز وجل Sent a Rasool عليه السلام to the people of his عليه السلام era. So he عليه السلام called them to the worship of Allah عز وجل and to His عز وجل obedience’. They said, ‘If we were to do that, so what is in it for us, for by Allah عز وجل, you عليه السلام are no more wealthier than we are, nor is your عليه السلام family stronger than ours’. He عليه السلام said: ‘If you were all to obey me عليه السلام, Allah عز وجل will Make you to enter the Paradise, and if you were to disobey me عليه السلام, Allah عز وجل will Make you to enter the Fire’. So they said, ‘And what is the Paradise and the Fire?’ So he عليه السلام described that for them. So they said, ‘When do we go to that?’ So he عليه السلام said: ‘When you die’. So they said, ‘But we have seen our dead becoming bones and dust’. So they increased in their denial and contempt of it’. So Allah عز وجل Enabled them to experience dreams. So these came to them, and they got informed by what they saw, and what they had denied from that. So he عليه السلام said: ‘Allah عز وجل Intended to Argue against you by this. This is how your spirits are. When you all die, and your bodies decay, your spirits will go toward Punishment until such time that the bodies are resurrected’.