Abu Salama reported: I used to see dreams (and was so
much perturbed) that I began to quiver and have
temperature, but did not cover myself with a mantle. I met
Abu Qatada and made a mention of that to him. He said: I
heard Allali's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: A good vision comes from Allah and a (bad) dream (hulm)
from devil. So when one of. you sees a bad dream (hulm)
which he does not like, he should spit on his left side
thrice and seek refuge with Allah from its evil; then it
will not harm him.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu
Qatada, but there is no mention of the words of Abu Salama:"
I saw dreams (which perturbed me) but I did not cover
myself with a mantle."
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Zuhri
with the same chain of transmitters, but it does not
contain the words:" I felt disturbed because of that," and
there is an addition of these words in the hadith
transmitted on the authority of Yunus:" Then spit thrice
on the left side when you get up from sleep."
Abu Qatada reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: A good vision is from Allah and a bad
dream (hulm) is from the satan; so if one of you sees
anything (in a dream which he dislikes, he should spit on
his left side thrice and seek refuge with Allah from its
evil, and then it will never harm him. Abu Salama said: I
used to see dreams weighing more heavily upon me than a
mountain; but since I heard this hadith I don't care for
it (its burden).
Abu Salama reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: I used to see dreams, but the hadith
transmitted on the authority of Laith b. Nu'man, the words
of Abu Salama at the concluding part of the hadith are not
mentioned. Ibn Rumh has reported in the hadith:" He (one
who sleeps) should change the side on which he had been
lying before."
Abu Qatada reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: The good vision are from Allah and
the evil dreams are from the satan. If one sees a dream
which one does not like, one should spit on one's left
side and seek the refuge of Allah from the satan; it will
not do one any harm, and one should not disclose it to
anyone and if one sees a good vision one should feel
pleased but should not disclose it to anyone but whom one
loves.
Abu Salama replied: I used to see (such horrible
dreams) that I fell ill. I saw Abu Qatada who also said: I
used to see dreams which made me sick until I heard
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Good
dreams are from Allah, so if any one of you sees which he
likes he should not disclose it to one but whow he loves,
but if he sees something which he does not like he should
spit on his left side thrice and seek refuge with Allah
from the mischief of the satan and its mischief (i. e. of
the dream), and he should not relate it to anyone, then it
would not harm him.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: When the time draws near (when the
Resurrection is near) a believer's dream can hardly be
false. And the truest vision will be of one who is himself
the most truthful in speech, for the vision of a Muslim is
the forty-fifth part of Prophecy, and dreams are of three
types: one good dream which is a sort of good tidings from
Allah; the evil dream which causes pain is from the satan;
and the third one is a suggestion of one's own mind; so if
any one of you sees a dream which he does not like he
should stand tip and offer prayer and he should not relate
it to people, and he said: I would love to see fetters (in
the dream), but I dislike wearing of necklace, for the
fetters is (an indication of) one's steadfastness in
religion. The narrator said: I do not know whether this is
a part of the hadith or the words of Ibn Sirin.
Abu Huraira reported: I love to see fetters but I hate
necklace (in a dream), for fetters signifies one's
steadfastness in religion, and he also reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The vision of
a believer is forty-sixth part of Prophecy.
Muhammad b. Sirin reported from Abu Huraira a hadith
from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and he
mentioned in his hadith his words:" I dislike shackles,"
up to the end of his statement, but he made no mention of
this:" A vision is a forty-sixth part of Prophecy."
Allah's Messenger (may peace; be upon him) said: The
vision of a Muslim which he sees or which is shown to him,
and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Ibn
Alushir (the words are):" The pious dream is the
forty-sixth part of Prophecy."
A hadith like this has been reported on the authority
of Nafi' with the same chain of transmitters (and the
words are):" I think Ibn 'Uniar said: The seventieth part
from Prophecy."
Chapter 2: THE SAYING OF THE HOLY PROPHET (MAY
PEACE BE UPON HIM): HE WHO SEES ME IN A DREAM IN FACT SEES
ME
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: He who saw me in a dream in fact saw
me, for the satan does not appear in my form.
Abu Huraira reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: He who saw me in a dream
would soon see me in the state of wakefulness, or as if he
saw me in a state of wakefulness, for the satan does not
appear in my form.
Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: He who saw me in sleep in fact saw me, for
it is not possible for the satan to appear in my form; and
he also said: When any one of you sees a hulm he should
not inform anyone, for it is a sort of vain sport of devil
in the state of sleep.
Chapter 3: DO NOT INFORM THE VAIN SPORT OF DEVIL
IN A DREAM
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: He who saw me in a dream in
fact saw me, for the satan cannot assume my form.
Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: There came to him (the Holy Prophet) a
desert Arab and said: I saw in a dream that I had been
beheaded and I had been following it (the severed head).
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) reprimanded him
saying: Do not inform about the vain sporting of devil
with you during the night.
Jabir reported that there came to Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) a desert Arab and said: Allah's
Messenger, I saw in the state of steep as if my head had
been cut off and I had been moving on haltingly after it.
Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said
to that desert Arab: Do not narrate to the people the vain
sporting of satan with you in your sleep and (the
narrator) also said: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) in his subsequent address: None amongst you
should narrate the vain sporting of devil with him in the
dream.
Jabir reported that a'person came to Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) and said: Allah's Messenger, I
have seen in the state of sleep as if my head had been cut
off. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
laughed and said: When the satan plays with any one of you
in the state of steep, do not inention it to the people;
and in the hadith transmitted by Abu Bakr (the words
are):" If one of you is played with, and he did not make
any mention of the word:" Satan."
Chapter 4: PERTAINING TO THE INTERPRETATION OF
DREAMS
It is reported eithfr on the authority of Ibn Abbas or
on the authority of Abu Huraira that a person came to
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said:
Allah's Messenger, I saw while I was sleeping during the
night (this vision) that there was a canopy from which
butter and honey were trickling and I also saw people
collecting them in the palms of their hands, some more,
some less, and I also saw a rope connecting the earth with
the sky and I saw you catching hold of it and rising
towards the heaven; then another person after you catching
hold of it and rising towards (Heaven) ; then another
person catching hold of it, but it was broken while it was
rejoined for him and he also climbed up. Abu Bakr said:
Allah's Messenger, may my father be sacrificed for you, by
Allah, allow me to interpret it. Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) sail: Well, give its interpretation.
Thereupon Abu Bakr said: The canopy signifies the canopy
of Islam and that what it trickles out of it in the form
of butter and honey is the Holy Qur'an and its sweetness
and softness and what the people get hold of it in their
palms implies major portion of the Qur'an or the small
portion; and so far as the rope joining the sky with the
earth is concerned, it is the Truth by which you stood (in
the worldly life) and by which Allah would raise you (to
Heaven). Then the person after you would take hold of it
and he would also climb up with the help of it. Then
another person would take hold of it and climb up with the
help of it. Then another person would take hold of it and
it would be broken; then it would be rejoined for him and
he would climb up with the help of it. Allah's Messenger,
may my father be taken as a ransom for you, tell me
whether I have interpreted it currectly or I have made an
error. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: You
have interpreted a part of it correctly and you have erred
in interpreting a part of it. Thereupon he said: Allah's
Messenger, by Allah, tell me that part where I have
committed an error. Thereupon he said: Don't take oath.
Ibn 'Abbas reported that there came to Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) a person as he was returning from
Uhud and lie 'said: Allah's Messenger, I saw in sleep
during the night a canopy trickling butter and honey; the
rest of the hadith is the same.
It is reported either on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas or
on that of Abu Huraira that a person came to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: Verily I saw
during the night a canopy; the rest of the hadith is the
same.
Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) used to say to his Companions: He who amongst
you sees a vision should narrate it and I would interpret
it for him, and a person came and said: Allah's Messenger,
I saw a canopy. The rest of the hadith is the same.
Chapter 5: THE VISION OF THE HOLY PROPHET (MAY
PEACE BE UPON HIM)
Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: I saw during the night that which a
person sees during the sleep as if we are in the house of
'Uqba b. Rafi' that there was brought to us the fresh
dates of Ibn Tab. I interpreted it as the sublimity for us
in the world and good ending in the Hereafter and that our
religion is good.
Abdullah b. 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: I saw in a dream that I was using
miswak and the two persons contended to get it from me,
the one being older than the other one. I gave the miswak
to the younger one. It was said to me to give that to the
older one and I gave it to the older one.
Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: I saw in sleep that I was about to migrate
from Mecca to a land abounding in palmtrees and I guessed
that it would be Yamama or Hajar, but it was the city of
Yathrib (the old name of Medina), and I saw in this dream
of mine that I was brandishing a sword and its upper end
was broken and this is what fell (in the form of
misfortune to the believers on the Day of Ubud). I
brandished (the sword) for the second time and it became
all right and this is what came to be true when Allah
granted us victory and solidarity of the believers. And I
saw therein cows also and Allah is the Doer of good. These
meant the group from amongst the believers on the Day of
Ubud and the goodness which Allah brought after that and
the reward of attestation of his Truth which Allah brought
to us after the Day of Badr.
Ibn Abbas reported that Musailima al-Kadhdhab (the
greater liar) (who claimed prophethood after the death of
the Holy Prophet) came during the lifetime of Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) to Medina and said: If
Muhammad assigns his caliphate to me after him I would
follow, and there came along with him a large body of
persons of his tribe and there came to him Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) along with Thabit b. Qais b.
Shammas and the Prophet of Allah (may peace be upon him)
had a piece of wood in his hand until he came in front of
Musailima in the company of his companions and said: If
you were to ask even this (wood), I would never give it to
you. I am not going to do anything against the will of God
in your case, and if you turn away (from what I say) Allah
will destroy you. And I find you in the same state which I
was shown (in the dream) and here is Thabit and he would
answer you on my behalf. He (the Holy Prophet) then went
back. Ibn 'Abbas said: I asked the (meanings of the) words
of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him):" You are the
same what I was made to see about you in my dream." and
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger. (may peace be
upon him) said: While I was sleeping I saw in my hands two
gold bangles. This had a disturbing effect upon me and I
was given a suggestion in the sleep that I should blow
over them, so I blew over them and they were no more. And
I interpreted these (two bangles) as the two great liars
who would appear after me and the one amongst them was
'Anasi the inhabitant of San'a' and the other one
Musailima the inhabitant of Yamama.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: While I was sleeping, the treasures
of the earth were presented to me and I was made to wear
in my hands two gold bangles. I felt a sort of burden upon
me and I was disturbed and it was suggested to me that I
should blow over them, so I blew and both of them
disappeared. I interpreted them as two great liars who
would appear at any time, one is the inhabitant of Sana'
and the other is that of Yamama.
Samura b. Jundab reported that when Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) had performed his dawn prayer he
turned his face towards them (that is towards his
Companions) and said: Did any one of you see any vision
last night?