Ismail Bin Muhammed Bin Yazid Bin Rabiya Hamiri was a famous Muslim poet. He had an auspicious dream during his childhood.
One night, Rabiya Hamiri dreamed of an uncultivated land. The land contained a number of thorny trees. Just across the uncultivated land, there lay another plain land where the Beloved Prophet (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) was standing. The Beloved Prophet (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) asked the poet: “Do you know to whom these trees and thorns belong?” At this Hamiri humbly replied: “Oh Beloved Prophet of Allah! (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam), no one knows better than you do.” The Beloved Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) then stated: “These belong to Imraul Kaees.” After this, the Beloved Prophet (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) ordered Hamiri to uproot the trees and to plant them on the spot where the Beloved Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) was standing. Rabiya Hamiri woke up from his sleep as soon as he had carried out the task ordered by the Beloved Prophet (sallallahu alaihe wa sallam).
Subsequently, poet Hamiri’s father narrated this dream to Ebne Sirin (rahmatullahi alaihe), the renowned dream interpreter of the day. Ebne Sirin (rahmatullahi alaihe) held that Hamiri would one day become an eloquent and famous poet and demonstrate his superior literary qualities in praise of the pious. This turned out to be true later on.
