حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ عَنْ جَبَلَةَ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي بَيْتِ بَعْضِ نِسَائِهِ إِذْ وَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَنَامَ فَضَحِكَ فِي مَنَامِهِ فَلَمَّا اسْتَيْقَظَ قَالَتْ لَهُ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ لَقَدْ ضَحِكْتَ فِي مَنَامِكَ فَمَا أَضْحَكَكَ قَالَ أَعْجَبُ مِنْ نَاسٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي يَرْكَبُونَ هَذَا الْبَحْرَ هَوْلَ الْعَدُوِّ يُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَذَكَرَ لَهُمْ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2722
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (RA) said: Whilst the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) was in the house of one of his wives, he lay down his head and slept, and he smiled in his sleep. When he woke up, one of his wives said to him: You smiled in your sleep; what made you smile? He said: "I am amazed by people among my ummah who will travel by sea to face the enemy, striving in jihad for the sake of Allah." And he said many good things about them.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020