The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If anyone of you sees a dream that he likes, then it is from Allah, and he should
thank Allah for it and narrate it to others; but if he sees something else, i.e., a dream that he dislikes,
then it is from Satan, and he should seek refuge with Allah from its evil, and he should not mention it
to anybody, for it will not harm him."
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Chapter 4: “A righteous good dream that comes true is one of the forty-six parts of An-Nubuwwa.” - كتاب التعبير
Narrated Abu Qatada:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ ـ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ خَيْرًا لَقِيتُهُ بِالْيَمَامَةِ ـ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" الرُّؤْيَا الصَّالِحَةُ مِنَ اللَّهِ، وَالْحُلْمُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ، فَإِذَا حَلَمَ فَلْيَتَعَوَّذْ مِنْهُ وَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ، فَإِنَّهَا لاَ تَضُرُّهُ ". وَعَنْ أَبِيهِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِثْلَهُ.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A good dream that comes true is from Allah, and a bad dream is from Satan, so if
anyone of you sees a bad dream, he should seek refuge with Allah from Satan and should spit on the
left, for the bad dream will not harm him."
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Chapter 5: Al-Mubashshirat - كتاب التعبير
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنَ النُّبُوَّةِ إِلاَّ الْمُبَشِّرَاتُ ". قَالُوا وَمَا الْمُبَشِّرَاتُ قَالَ " الرُّؤْيَا الصَّالِحَةُ ".
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "Nothing is left of the prophetism except Al-Mubashshirat." They
asked, "What are Al-Mubashshirat?" He replied, "The true good dreams (that conveys glad tidings).
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Chapter 8: If a number of persons have the same dream - كتاب التعبير
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ أُنَاسًا، أُرُوا لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ فِي السَّبْعِ الأَوَاخِرِ، وَأَنَّ أُنَاسًا أُرُوا أَنَّهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الأَوَاخِرِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي السَّبْعِ الأَوَاخِرِ ".
Some people were shown the Night of Qadr as being in the last seven days (of the month of
Ramadan). The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Seek it in the last seven days (of Ramadan).
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Chapter 9: The dreams of prisoners, evil-doers and Mushrikun - كتاب التعبير
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا جُوَيْرِيَةُ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَأَبَا، عُبَيْدٍ أَخْبَرَاهُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" لَوْ لَبِثْتُ فِي السِّجْنِ مَا لَبِثَ يُوسُفُ، ثُمَّ أَتَانِي الدَّاعِي لأَجَبْتُهُ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If I stayed in prison as long as Joseph stayed and then the messenger came, I
would respond to his call (to go out of the prison) ."
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "Whoever sees me in a dream will see me in his wakefulness, and Satan
cannot imitate me in shape." Abu `Abdullah said, "Ibn Seereen said, 'Only if he sees the Prophet (ﷺ) in his
(real) shape.'"
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A good dream is from Allah, and a bad dream is from Satan. So whoever has seen
(in a dream) something he dislikes, then he should spit without saliva, thrice on his left and seek refuge
with Allah from Satan, for it will not harm him, and Satan cannot appear in my shape."
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Hadith 6998
Chapter 11: Night dreams - كتاب التعبير
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ الْعِجْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الطُّفَاوِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" أُعْطِيتُ مَفَاتِيحَ الْكَلِمِ، وَنُصِرْتُ بِالرُّعْبِ، وَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ الْبَارِحَةَ إِذْ أُتِيتُ بِمَفَاتِيحِ خَزَائِنِ الأَرْضِ حَتَّى وُضِعَتْ فِي يَدِي ". قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَذَهَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْتَقِلُونَهَا.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I have been given the keys of eloquent speech and given victory with awe (cast
into the hearts of the enemy), and while I was sleeping last night, the keys of the treasures of the earth
were brought to me till they were put in my hand." Abu Huraira added: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) left (this
world) and now you people are carrying those treasures from place to place.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "I saw myself (in a dream) near the Ka`ba last night, and I saw a man with
whitish red complexion, the best you may see amongst men of that complexion having long hair
reaching his earlobes which was the best hair of its sort, and he had combed his hair and water was
dropping from it, and he was performing the Tawaf around the Ka`ba while he was leaning on two
men or on the shoulders of two men. I asked, 'Who is this man?' Somebody replied, '(He is) Messiah,
son of Mary.' Then I saw another man with very curly hair, blind in the right eye which looked like a
protruding out grape. I asked, 'Who is this?' Somebody replied, '(He is) Messiah, Ad-Dajjal.'"
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to visit Um Haram bint Milhan she was the wife of 'Ubada bin As-Samit. One
day the Prophet (ﷺ) visited her and she provided him with food and started looking for lice in his head.
Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) slept and afterwards woke up smiling. Um Haram asked, "What makes you
smile, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?" He said, "Some of my followers were presented before me in my dream as
fighters in Allah's Cause, sailing in the middle of the seas like kings on the thrones or like kings sitting
on their thrones." (The narrator 'Is-haq is not sure as to which expression was correct). Um Haram
added, 'I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Invoke Allah, to make me one of them;" So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
invoked Allah for her and then laid his head down (and slept). Then he woke up smiling (again). (Um
Haram added): I said, "What makes you smile, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?" He said, "Some people of my
followers were presented before me (in a dream) as fighters in Allah's Cause." He said the same as he
had said before. I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Invoke Allah to make me from them." He said, "You are
among the first ones." Then Um Haram sailed over the sea during the Caliphate of Muawiya bin Abu
Sufyan, and she fell down from her riding animal after coming ashore, and died.
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Chapter 13: The dreams of women - كتاب التعبير
Narrated Kharija bin Zaid bin Thabit:
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ، حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي خَارِجَةُ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، أَنَّ أُمَّ الْعَلاَءِ ـ امْرَأَةً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ بَايَعَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّهُمُ اقْتَسَمُوا الْمُهَاجِرِينَ قُرْعَةً. قَالَتْ فَطَارَ لَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَظْعُونٍ، وَأَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي أَبْيَاتِنَا، فَوَجِعَ وَجَعَهُ الَّذِي تُوُفِّيَ فِيهِ، فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ غُسِّلَ وَكُفِّنَ فِي أَثْوَابِهِ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ أَبَا السَّائِبِ، فَشَهَادَتِي عَلَيْكَ لَقَدْ أَكْرَمَكَ اللَّهُ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " وَمَا يُدْرِيكِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَكْرَمَهُ ". فَقُلْتُ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَنْ يُكْرِمُهُ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَمَّا هُوَ فَوَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ جَاءَهُ الْيَقِينُ، وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَرْجُو لَهُ الْخَيْرَ، وَوَاللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي وَأَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ مَاذَا يُفْعَلُ بِي ". فَقَالَتْ وَاللَّهِ لاَ أُزَكِّي بَعْدَهُ أَحَدًا أَبَدًا.
Um Al-`Ala an Ansari woman who had given a pledge of allegiance to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) told me:, "The
Muhajirln (emigrants) were distributed amongst us by drawing lots, and we got `Uthman bin Maz'un
in our share. We made him stay with us in our house. Then he suffered from a disease which proved
fatal. When he died and was given a bath and was shrouded in his clothes. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came, I
said, (addressing the dead body), 'O Aba As-Sa'ib! May Allah be Merciful to you! I testify that Allah
has honored you.' Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'How do you know that Allah has honored him?" I replied, 'Let
my father be sacrificed for you, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! On whom else shall Allah bestow. His honor?'
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'As for him, by Allah, death has come to him. By Allah, I wish him all good
(from Allah). By Allah, in spite of the fact that I am Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), I do not know what Allah will do
to me.", Um Al-`Ala added, "By Allah, I will never attest the righteousness of anybody after that."
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Chapter 13: The dreams of women - كتاب التعبير
Narrated Az-Zuhri:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، بِهَذَا وَقَالَ " مَا أَدْرِي مَا يُفْعَلُ بِهِ ". قَالَتْ وَأَحْزَنَنِي فَنِمْتُ، فَرَأَيْتُ لِعُثْمَانَ عَيْنًا تَجْرِي، فَأَخْبَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " ذَلِكَ عَمَلُهُ ".
Regarding the above narration, The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I do not know what Allah will do to him (Uthman
bin Maz'un)." Um Al-`Ala said, "I felt very sorry for that, and then I slept and saw in a dream a
flowing spring for `Uthman bin Maz'un, and told Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) of that, and he said, "That flowing
spring symbolizes his good deeds."
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Chapter 14: A bad dream is from Satan - كتاب التعبير
Narrated Abu Qatada Al-Ansari:
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، أَنَّ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ الأَنْصَارِيّ َ ـ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَفُرْسَانِهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ
" الرُّؤْيَا مِنَ اللَّهِ، وَالْحُلْمُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ، فَإِذَا حَلَمَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْحُلُمَ يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ وَلْيَسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنْهُ، فَلَنْ يَضُرَّهُ ".
(a companion of the Prophet (ﷺ) and one of his cavalry men) "I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "A good
dream is from Allah, and a bad dream is from Satan; so, if anyone of you had a bad dream which he
disliked, then he should spit on his left and seek refuge with Allah from it, for it will not harm him."
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "While I was sleeping, I was given a bowl full of milk (in a dream),
and I drank of it to my fill until I noticed its wetness coming out of my nails, and then I gave the rest
of it to `Umar." They (the people) asked, "What have you interpreted (about the dream)? O Allah's
Apostle?" He said, "(It is Religious) knowledge."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "While I was sleeping, I was given a bowl full of milk (in the dream) and I drank
from it (to my fill) till I noticed its wetness coming out of my limbs. Then I gave the rest of it to
`Umar bin Al-Khattab." The persons sitting around him, asked, "What have you interpreted (about the
dream) O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?" He said, "(It is religious) knowledge."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "While I was sleeping, some people were displayed before me (in a dream). They
were wearing shirts, some of which were merely covering their breasts, and some a bit longer. Then
there passed before me, `Umar bin Al-Khattab wearing a shirt he was dragging it (on the ground
behind him.)" They (the people) asked, "What have you interpreted (about the dream) O Allah's
Apostle?" He said, "The Religion."
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Chapter 18: Dragging on the ground in a dream - كتاب التعبير
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ، حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو أُمَامَةَ بْنُ سَهْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " بَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ رَأَيْتُ النَّاسَ عُرِضُوا عَلَىَّ، وَعَلَيْهِمْ قُمُصٌ، فَمِنْهَا مَا يَبْلُغُ الثَّدْىَ، وَمِنْهَا مَا يَبْلُغُ دُونَ ذَلِكَ، وَعُرِضَ عَلَىَّ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَعَلَيْهِ قَمِيصٌ يَجْتَرُّهُ ". قَالُوا فَمَا أَوَّلْتَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ " الدِّينَ ".
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "While I was sleeping, I saw (in a dream) the people being displayed
before me, wearing shirts, some of which (were so short that it) reached as far as their breasts and
some reached below that. Then `Umar bin Al-Khattab was shown to me and he was wearing a shirt
which he was dragging (behind him)." They asked. What have you interpreted (about the dream)? O
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?" He said, "The religion."