Chapter 42: A black woman (in a dream) - كتاب التعبير
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ فِي رُؤْيَا النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي الْمَدِينَةِ
" رَأَيْتُ امْرَأَةً سَوْدَاءَ ثَائِرَةَ الرَّأْسِ، خَرَجَتْ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ، حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ بِمَهْيَعَةَ، فَتَأَوَّلْتُهَا أَنَّ وَبَاءَ الْمَدِينَةِ نُقِلَ إِلَى مَهْيَعَةَ، وَهْىَ الْجُحْفَةُ ".
concerning the dream of the Prophet (ﷺ) in Medina: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I saw (in a dream) a black woman
with unkempt hair going out of Medina and settling at Mahai'a. I interpreted that as (a symbol of) the
epidemic of Medina being transferred to Mahai'a, namely, Al-Juhfa."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I saw (in a dream) a black woman with unkempt hair going out of Medina and
settling in Mahai'a. I interpreted that as (a symbol of) epidemic of Medina being transferred to
Mahai'a, namely, Al-Juhfa."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I saw in a dream that I waved a sword and it broke in the middle, and behold, that
symbolized the casualties the believers suffered on the Day (of the battle) of Uhud. Then I waved the
sword again, and it became better than it had ever been before, and behold, that symbolized the
Conquest (of Mecca) which Allah brought about and the gathering of the believers. "
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever claims to have seen a dream which he did not see, will be ordered to
make a knot between two barley grains which he will not be able to do; and if somebody listens to the
talk of some people who do not like him (to listen) or they run away from him, then molten lead will
be poured into his ears on the Day of Resurrection; and whoever makes a picture, will be punished on
the Day of Resurrection and will be ordered to put a soul in that picture, which he will not be able to
do."
Ibn `Abbas also narrated a similar hadith.
I used to see a dream which would make me sick till I heard Abu Qatada saying, "I too, used to see a
dream which would make me sick till I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "A good dream is from Allah, so if
anyone of you saw a dream which he liked, he should not tell it to anybody except to the one whom he
loves, and if he saw a dream which he disliked, then he should seek refuge with Allah from its evil
and from the evil of Satan, and spit three times (on his left) and should not tell it to anybody, for it will
not harm him. "
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "If anyone of you saw a dream which he liked, then that was from
Allah, and he should thank Allah for it and tell it to others; but if he saw something else, i.e, a dream
which he did not like, then that is from Satan and he should seek refuge with Allah from it and should
not tell it to anybody for it will not harm him."
A man came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "I saw in a dream, a cloud having shade. Butter and honey
were dropping from it and I saw the people gathering it in their hands, some gathering much and some
a little. And behold, there was a rope extending from the earth to the sky, and I saw that you (the
Prophet) held it and went up, and then another man held it and went up and (after that) another (third)
held it and went up, and then after another (fourth) man held it, but it broke and then got connected
again." Abu Bakr said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Let my father be sacrificed for you! Allow me to interpret
this dream." The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, "Interpret it." Abu Bakr said, "The cloud with shade symbolizes
Islam, and the butter and honey dropping from it, symbolizes the Qur'an, its sweetness dropping and
some people learning much of the Qur'an and some a little. The rope which is extended from the sky
to the earth is the Truth which you (the Prophet) are following. You follow it and Allah will raise you
high with it, and then another man will follow it and will rise up with it and another person will follow
it and then another man will follow it but it will break and then it will be connected for him and he
will rise up with it. O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Let my father be sacrificed for you! Am I right or wrong?" The
Prophet replied, "You are right in some of it and wrong in some." Abu Bakr said, "O Allah's Prophet!
By Allah, you must tell me in what I was wrong." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do not swear."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) very often used to ask his companions, "Did anyone of you see a dream?" So dreams
would be narrated to him by those whom Allah wished to tell.
One morning the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Last night two persons came to me (in a dream) and woke me up and
said to me, 'Proceed!' I set out with them and we came across a man lying down, and behold, another
man was standing over his head, holding a big rock. Behold, he was throwing the rock at the man's
head, injuring it. The rock rolled away and the thrower followed it and took it back. By the time he
reached the man, his head returned to the normal state. The thrower then did the same as he had done
before.
I said to my two companions, 'Subhan Allah! Who are these two persons?' They said, 'Proceed!' So
we proceeded and came to a man lying flat on his back and another man standing over his head with
an iron hook, and behold, he would put the hook in one side of the man's mouth and tear off that side
of his face to the back (of the neck) and similarly tear his nose from front to back and his eye from
front to back. Then he turned to the other side of the man's face and did just as he had done with the
other side. He hardly completed this side when the other side returned to its normal state. Then he
returned to it to repeat what he had done before. I said to my two companions, 'Subhan Allah! Who
are these two persons?' They said to me, 'Proceed!' So we proceeded and came across something like a
Tannur (a kind of baking oven, a pit usually clay-lined for baking bread)." I think the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "In
that oven there was much noise and voices." The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "We looked into it and found naked
men and women, and behold, a flame of fire was reaching to them from underneath, and when it
reached them, they cried loudly.
I asked them, 'Who are these?' They said to me, 'Proceed!' And so we proceeded and came across a
river." I think he said, ".... red like blood." The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "And behold, in the river there was a
man swimming, and on the bank there was a man who had collected many stones. Behold, while the
other man was swimming, he went near him. The former opened his mouth and the latter (on the
bank) threw a stone into his mouth whereupon he went swimming again. He returned and every time
the performance was repeated.
I asked my two companions, 'Who are these (two) persons?' They replied, 'Proceed! Proceed!' And we
proceeded till we came to a man with a repulsive appearance, the most repulsive appearance, you ever
saw a man having! Beside him there was a fire and he was kindling it and running around it.
I asked my companions, 'Who is this (man)?' They said to me, 'Proceed! Proceed!' So we proceeded
till we reached a garden of deep green dense vegetation, having all sorts of spring colors. In the midst
of the garden there was a very tall man and I could hardly see his head because of his great height, and
around him there were children in such a large number as I have never seen.
I said to my companions, 'Who is this?' They replied, 'Proceed! Proceed!' So we proceeded till we
came to a majestic huge garden, greater and better than I have ever seen! My two companions said to
me, 'Go up' and I went up. The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "So we ascended till we reached a city built of gold and
silver bricks and we went to its gate and asked (the gatekeeper) to open the gate, and it was opened
and we entered the city and found in it, men with one side of their bodies as handsome as the
handsomest person you have ever seen, and the other side as ugly as the ugliest person you have ever
seen. My two companions ordered those men to throw themselves into the river. Behold, there was a
river flowing across (the city), and its water was like milk in whiteness.
Those men went and threw themselves in it and then returned to us after the ugliness (of their bodies)
had disappeared and they became in the best shape." The Prophet (ﷺ) further added, "My two companions
(angels) said to me, 'This place is the Eden Paradise, and that is your place.' I raised up my sight, and
behold, there I saw a palace like a white cloud!
My two companions said to me, 'That (palace) is your place.' I said to them, 'May Allah bless you
both! Let me enter it.' They replied, 'As for now, you will not enter it, but you shall enter it (one day).
I said to them, 'I have seen many wonders tonight. What does all that mean which I have seen?'
They replied, 'We will inform you:
As for the first man you came upon whose head was being injured with the rock, he is the symbol of
the one who studies the Qur'an and then neither recites it nor acts on its orders, and sleeps, neglecting
the enjoined prayers.
As for the man you came upon whose sides of mouth, nostrils and eyes were torn off from front to
back, he is the symbol of the man who goes out of his house in the morning and tells so many lies that
it spreads all over the world. And those naked men and women whom you saw in a construction
resembling an oven, they are the adulterers and the adulteresses.
And the man whom you saw swimming in the river and given a stone to swallow, is the eater of usury
(Riba).
And the bad looking man whom you saw near the fire kindling it and going round it, is Malik, the
gatekeeper of Hell.
And the tall man whom you saw in the garden, is Abraham and the children around him are those
children who die with Al-Fitra (the Islamic Faith).
The narrator added: Some Muslims asked the Prophet, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! What about the children of
pagans?" The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "And also the children of pagans."
The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "My two companions added, 'The men you saw half handsome and half ugly were
those persons who had mixed an act that was good with another that was bad, but Allah forgave
them.'"
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I will be at my Lake-Fount (Kauthar) waiting for whoever will come to me. Then
some people will be taken away from me whereupon I will say, 'My followers!' It will be said, 'You
do not know they turned Apostates as renegades (deserted their religion).'" (Ibn Abi Mulaika said,
"Allah, we seek refuge with You from turning on our heels from the (Islamic) religion and from being
put to trial").
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I am your predecessor at the Lake-Fount (Kauthar) and some men amongst you
will be brought to me, and when I will try to hand them some water, they will be pulled away from me
by force whereupon I will say, 'O Lord, my companions!' Then the Almighty will say, 'You do not
know what they did after you left, they introduced new things into the religion after you.'"
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "I am your predecessor at the Lake-Fount (Kauthar), and whoever will
come to it, will drink from it, and whoever will drink from it, will never become thirsty after that.
There will come to me some people whom I know and they know me, and then a barrier will be set up
between me and them."
"I will say those
people are from me. It will be said, 'You do not know what changes and new things they did after
you.' Then I will say, 'Far removed (from mercy), far removed (from mercy), those who changed (the
religion) after me!"
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to us, "You will see after me, selfishness (on the part of other people) and other
matters that you will disapprove of." They asked, "What do you order us to do, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?
(under such circumstances)?" He said, "Pay their rights to them (to the rulers) and ask your right from
Allah."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 175
Hadith 7053
Chapter 2: “After me you will see things which you will disapprove of.” - كتاب الفتن
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ، عَنِ الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" مَنْ كَرِهَ مِنْ أَمِيرِهِ شَيْئًا فَلْيَصْبِرْ، فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ السُّلْطَانِ شِبْرًا مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever disapproves of something done by his ruler then he should be patient, for
whoever disobeys the ruler even a little (little = a span) will die as those who died in the Pre-lslamic
Period of Ignorance. (i.e. as rebellious Sinners).
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 176
Hadith 7054
Chapter 2: “After me you will see things which you will disapprove of.” - كتاب الفتن
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنِ الْجَعْدِ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو رَجَاءٍ الْعُطَارِدِيُّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" مَنْ رَأَى مِنْ أَمِيرِهِ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَصْبِرْ عَلَيْهِ، فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ فَارَقَ الْجَمَاعَةَ شِبْرًا فَمَاتَ، إِلاَّ مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever notices something which he dislikes done by his ruler, then he should be
patient, for whoever becomes separate from the company of the Muslims even for a span and then
dies, he will die as those who died in the Pre-lslamic period of Ignorance (as rebellious sinners).
(Fath-ul-Bari page 112, Vol. 16)
We entered upon 'Ubada bin As-Samit while he was sick. We said, "May Allah make you healthy.
Will you tell us a Hadith you heard from the Prophet (ﷺ) and by which Allah may make you benefit?" He
said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) called us and we gave him the Pledge of allegiance for Islam, and among the
conditions on which he took the Pledge from us, was that we were to listen and obey (the orders) both
at the time when we were active and at the time when we were tired, and at our difficult time and at
our ease and to be obedient to the ruler and give him his right even if he did not give us our right, and
not to fight against him unless we noticed him having open Kufr (disbelief) for which we would have
a proof with us from Allah."
A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! You appointed such-and-such person and
you did not appoint me?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "After me you will see rulers not giving you your right
(but you should give them their right) and be patient till you meet me."
I heard the truthful and trusted by Allah (i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ) saying, "The destruction of my followers
will be through the hands of young men from Quraish."
The Prophet (ﷺ) got up from his sleep with a flushed red face and said, "None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah. Woe to the Arabs, from the Great evil that is nearly approaching them. Today a
gap has been made in the wall of Gog and Magog like this." (Sufyan illustrated by this forming the
number 90 or 100 with his fingers.) It was asked, "Shall we be destroyed though there are righteous
people among us?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Yes, if evil increased."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 181
Hadith 7060
Chapter 4: “Woe to the Arabs from the great evil that is nearly, approaching them.” - كتاب الفتن
Narrated Usama bin Zaid:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ،. وَحَدَّثَنِي مَحْمُودٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْد ٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ أَشْرَفَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى أُطُمٍ مِنْ آطَامِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالَ " هَلْ تَرَوْنَ مَا أَرَى ". قَالُوا لاَ. قَالَ " فَإِنِّي لأَرَى الْفِتَنَ تَقَعُ خِلاَلَ بُيُوتِكُمْ كَوَقْعِ الْقَطْرِ ".
Once the Prophet (ﷺ) stood over one of the high buildings of Medina and then said (to the people), "Do
you see what I see?" They said, "No." He said, "I see afflictions falling among your houses as rain
drops fall."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 182
Hadith 7061
Chapter 5: The appearance of Al-Fitan - كتاب الفتن
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا عَيَّاشُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " يَتَقَارَبُ الزَّمَانُ، وَيَنْقُصُ الْعَمَلُ، وَيُلْقَى الشُّحُّ، وَتَظْهَرُ الْفِتَنُ، وَيَكْثُرُ الْهَرْجُ ". قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّمَ هُوَ. قَالَ " الْقَتْلُ الْقَتْلُ ".
وَقَالَ شُعَيْبٌ وَيُونُسُ وَاللَّيْثُ وَابْنُ أَخِي الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Time will pass rapidly, good deeds will decrease, miserliness will be thrown (in the
hearts of the people) afflictions will appear and there will be much 'Al-Harj." They said, "O Allah's
Apostle! What is "Al-Harj?" He said, "Killing! Killing!" (See Hadith No. 63, Vol. 8)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Near the establishment of the Hour there will be days during which Religious
ignorance will spread, knowledge will be taken away (vanish) and there will be much Al-Harj, and Al-
Harj means killing."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Near the establishment of the Hour there will be days during which (religious)
knowledge will be taken away (vanish) and general ignorance will spread, and there will be Al-Harj in
abundance, and Al-Harj means killing."