At-Taubah 9:128 Now has come unto you a Messenger from amongst yourselves: it grieves him that ye should perish: ardently anxious is he over you: to the Believers is he most kind and merciful.
Know your Messenger, and Honor him(ﷺ)
Abū Bakr Ibn Mujāhid was a scholar of Islamic studies and famous reciter, used to get up to greet Shibli, which was contrary to his usual habit for anyone else. Once his companions protested, "You rise for ash-Shibli and you do not rise for Ibn 'Isa, even though he is the wazir?"
He replied "Shall I not rise for the one whom the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) told me to respect? I saw the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) in a dream and he said to me, 'Abu Bakr, tomorrow a man of the people of Paradise will come to you, so honour him.'" And this was the reason that Shibli received this honorable treatment from him.
A couple of nights after this, Ibn Mujahid dreamt of the Prophet (ﷺ) again who told him, "Abu Bakr, Allah has honoured you for honouring a man of the people of Paradise."
I asked, "Messenger of Allah(ﷺ), what did he do to merit this from you?' To which the Messenger(ﷺ) replied, "Every Thursday whenever he was done with each of his five daily prayers, he would remember me after every prayer and would do salwat after reciting the verse: "A Messenger has come to you from among yourselves........" (9:128)'"
Tartib al-Madarik by Qadi 'Iyad https://bewley.virtualave.net/mad8.html
Ibn 'Isa himself was a generous and kind person, who once was approached by a person, saying "Ibn 'Isa, I am in need and the Prophet ﷺ came to me in a dream and told me to tell you that you used to recite 4000 salawat to the Prophet ﷺ every Thursday night, but last week you did not. As a recompense, you should help settle my debt." Hearing this, Ibn 'Isa wept for this was a secret not known to anybody. He generously helped the person and gave him extra, just for bringing the blessed news to him that that the Prophet ﷺ had noticed Ibn 'Isa's salutations.
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