Among the religious sciences, the field that is most interested in dreams is sufism. Dreams in the life of sufism, especially the spiritual education process of the new followers of sufism, are of great importance in the ‘seyr ü sülûk’ stage. Because this process applies according to dreams. However, the usage of dreams in sufism isn’t limited to this field. Sufis have benefited from dreams in many subjects, from which city they will reside, to whom they will choose their followers. Some sufis were assigned duties by the Prophet or other leading sufis in their dreams. In some dreams, prayers and dhikrs were learned from Prophet Muhammad or pioneer sufis. In some dreams, the sufis were warned that their behavior was wrong, and they were asked to be corrected. In many of the dreams told by sufis, it was required to learn from the deceased people about death and what happened after death. In addition, it is known that sufis make judgments on fiqh / practice from some dreams they see. Accordingly, dreams are sometimes used as a means of conveying a hadith from the Prophet. It is sometimes used to learn or correct a fiqh rule, and sometimes to obtain an unseen knowledge. In this article, they are evaluated by citing the examples of dreams that have consequences especially in the field of practice. And also it was given information about the application and binding of dreams in terms of usul al fiqh. According to this, the general rule about acting on dreams is that any religious judgement cannot be constant by any dream except the prophets’. Besides, in (according to) an existing shariah ruling, it cannot be changed or canceled with dream. The person who has the dream can act only in permissible areas and with dreams that point to the aim of leading good and preventing evil. There is no obligation also for this issue, and if the person doesn’t want to, he may not act with the dream he had, even in these areas.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Religious Studies |
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | June 25, 2021 |
Published in Issue | Year 2021 Volume: 6 Issue: 2 |