Imam Abdessalam Yassine has assiduously been exerting every effort to revive the Prophetic sunna in all its aspects, one of which is that ru'a (glad tidings seen through dreams and visions) are narrated and shared in the same way our noble Prophet -God bless him and grant him peace- used to do it.
Glad tidings are not just a nice escape from the daily grind. They can have deeper and much weightier implications. The Prophet -God bless him and grant him peace- during his last sickness once came out into the mosque, his noble head tightly bound in a cloth, and said: “O my Lord, Have I relayed [three times]. All that will be left of Prophethood is a glad tiding seen by a believer or for him.” Narrated in Sunan al-kubra by Nasa’i 4/382 and by Ibn Maja 2/1283. How important is this facet of our dīn for our blessed Prophet to include in his very last recommendations before joining His Creator.
It should now be possible for us to understand the true importance of the statement of the Prophet -God bless him and grant him peace- that glad tidings are a part of Prophethood. Anas bin Malīk narrated that God’s -God bless him and grant him peace- said, “A glad tiding of a believer is one of forty-six parts of prophethood.”...
