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(1)Dreams from Allah سبحانه و تعالى: There are only two types of instructions. One are those for dreams that are meaningful (type 1) and those which are for dreams that are meaningless (type 2 and type 3). All the references are there in the bouquet of Ahadith quoted.
As a summary one is supposed to do the following on experiencing a dream of Type 1: (a) Praise Allah for the good dream
(b) Feel Happy about it
(c) Don't talk about it those whom you dislike
(d) Narrate it to someone whom you love or a wise person
(e) Try and Narrate it to your loved one on the morning following the night you saw the dream. or as soon as you see the dream.
(2)Dreams from Shaitan OR (3)Dreams from Nafs: These are useless dreams and on having these we are advised to :
(a) Seek refuge with Allah سبحانه و تعالى from the evil of the dream
(b) Seek refuge with Allah سبحانه و تعالى from the evil of Shaitan
(c) Spit to his left three times (without saliva) on waking up
(d) Say two voluntary rakah on waking up
(e) Ask Allah سبحانه و تعالى for a good dream
(f) Turn over the side on which you were lying previously
(g) Not mention it to anyone
(h) Have a firm belief that it was a meaningless dream and it will not harm you
This is a list of Ayaat of Holy
Qur'an and the Ahadith of Prophet Muhammad SAW. This set of references will aid
us in understanding the subject of dreams better. This set of references has
been collected in order to understand better how to differentiate between the
different types of dreams.
(11) Ata
ibn Yasar narrated: A man from Egypt asked Sayyidina Abu Darda (RA) about those
words of Allah the Majestic, the Glorious: 'For them are glad tidings in the
life of this world.' (10: 64) He said, "No one besides you and one other
man has asked me to explain this verse since I had asked Allah's Messenger
(SAW) about it. When I had asked him, Allah Messenger (SAW) also disclosed that
no one has asked him besides me since the verse was revealed. It means good
dreams that a Muslim sees or is shown them".
(Jami
Tirmidhi , Classified as Sahih by Al-Albani)
(12)
Narrated 'Aisha: The commencement of the Divine Inspiration to Allah's Apostle
was in the form of good righteous (true) dreams in his sleep. He never had a
dream but that it came true like bright day light.
(Sahih Al
Bukhari)
(13)
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle said, "A good dream (ﺔﻧﺳﺣﻟﺍﺎﻳﺅﺭﻟﺍ) of a righteous man is one of forty-six
parts of prophetism."
(Sahih Al
Bukhari)
(14)
Narrated Abu Qatada: The Prophet said, "A true good dream (ﺔﻗﺩﺎﺻﻟﺍﺎﻳﺅﺭﻟﺍ) is from Allah, and a bad dream (ﻡﻠﺣﻟﺍ) is from Satan ."
(Sahih Al
Bukhari)
(15)
Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri: The Prophet 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."
(Sahih Al
Bukhari)
(16)
Narrated Abu Qatada: The Prophet 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."
Sahih Al
Bukhari)
(17)
Narrated 'Ubada bin As-Samit: The Prophet said, "The (good) dreams (ﻥﻣﺅﻣﻟﺍﺎﻳﺅﺭ) of a faithful believer are a part of the forty-six
parts of prophetism"
(Sahih Al
Bukhari)
(18)
Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "A good
dream (ﺔﺣﻟﺎﺻﻟﺍﺎﻳﺅﺭﻟﺍ) is a part of the forty six parts of
prophetism."
(Sahih Al
Bukhari)
(19)
Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle 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) (ﺔﺣِﻟﺎﺻﻟﺍﺎﻳﺅﺭﻟﺍ)".
(Sahih Al
Bukhari)
(20)
Sayyidina Abu Razin Uqayli (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (SAW) said, the
dream of the believer is a part of the forty parts of Prophet Hood. It is at
the feet of a bird as long as he does not speak about it. When be speaks about
it, it settles". The narrator thought that the Prophet (SAW) said,
"Talk not about it except to an intelligent person or to a friend".
(Jami
Tirmidhi , Classified as Sahih by Al-Albani )
(21)
Sayyidina Abu Razin Uqayli (RA) reported that the Prophet (SAW) said, "A
Muslim's dream is a part of the forty six parts of Prophet Hood. It is on the
foot of a bird as long as he does not relate it. But when he relates it, it
settles".
(Jami
Tirmidhi , Classified as Sahih by Al-Albani )
(22)
Sayyidina Abu Huraira (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (SAW) said, "As
the time draws near, the dream of a believer will not be false and the truest
dream will be of one who is truest in speech. And, the dream of the Muslim is a
portion of the forty-six portions of Prophet Hood. And dreams are of three
kinds: good dreams are glad tidings from Allah, sad dreams are from the devil
and there are dreams about what man experiences with himself. So, when one of
you sees a dream that he does not like then he must stand up and spit (out to a
side) and he must not mention it to the people". He also said, "I
love to see a chain in my dream because the noblest fetters are to be steadfast
in religion and I hate the fetters in the neck".
(Jami Tirmidhi)
(23)
Sayyidina Anas ibn Malik (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger said,
"Indeed, messenger ship and Prophet Hood have ceased. So, there is no
Messenger after me and no Prophet (SAW)". That seemed hard on the people.
So he added, "But the mubashirat (glad tidings)". The sahabah said,
"O Messenger of Allah, (SAW) and what are the mubashirat (glad
tidings)?" He said, "Dreams of a Muslim and they are a portion of the
portions of Prophet Hood".
(Jami
Tirmidhi, Classified as Sahih by Al-Albani)
(24)
Sayyidina Abu Sa'eed reported that the Prophet (SAW) said, 'The truest of
dreams are those seen a little before dawn'.
(Jami
Tirmidhi , Classified as Da'eef by Al-Albani)
(25)
Sayyidina Abdullah (RA) reported that the Prophet (SAW) said, "He who sees
me in a dream has indeed seen me, for the devil does not take up my
appearance".
(Jami
Tirmidhi , Classified as Da'eef by Al-Albani)
(26) Narrated
Abu Qatada: The Prophet said, "A good dream is from Allah, and a bad dream
is from Satan. So whoever has seen (in a dream) something he dislike, 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 ."
(Sahih Al
Bukhari)
(27) Narrated
Abu Huraira: I heard the Prophet saying, "Whoever sees me in a dream will
see me in his wakefulness, and Satan cannot imitate me in shape." Abu
'Abdullah said, "Ibn Sirin said, 'Only if he sees the Prophet in his
(real) shape.'"
(Sahih Al
Bukhari)
(28)
Narrated Abu Qatada: The Prophet said, "Whoever sees me (in a dream) then
he indeed has seen the truth."
(Sahih Al
Bukhari)
(29) 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.
(Sahih Al
Muslim)
(30) 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 (dream) he should not
inform anyone, for it is a sort of vain sport of devil in the state of sleep.
(Sahih Al
Muslim)
(31)
Narrated Abu Salama: 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 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. "
(Sahih Al
Bukhari)
(32) 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).
(Sahih Al
Muslim)
(33) 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."
(Sahih Al
Muslim)
(34) 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.
(Sahih Al
Muslim)
(35) 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 up and offer prayer and he should not relate it to
people.
(Sahih Al
Muslim)
(36) 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.
(Sahih Al
Muslim)
(37) 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?
(Sahih Al
Muslim)
(38)
Narrated ibn e Abbas that Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) said: "O
People! Nothing is left from the Prophethood except good dreams which a Muslim
sees or someone sees for him "
(Sunan ibn
e Majah)
(39)
Narrated Abu Dharr that Prophet Muhammad said: "… True dream is 46th part
of prophet-hood, it should be mentioned in front of someone you love or a wise
person"
(Sunan ibn
e Majah)
(40) Hazrat
Anas bin Malik narrated that Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) said:
"Interpret dreams after knowing one's name and kunyah, and dream happens
according to the first interpretation"
(Sunan ibn
e Majah, Classified as Da'eef by al-Albani)
1)Sleeping in a State of Major Ritual Impurity (janaba)
a) It is recommended for the couple to hasten in having a
ritual bath after sexual relations. One should endeavour to end one's state of Janaba
as soon as possible, as it releases one from the restrictions of ritual
impurity.
Sayyiduna 'Ali (r) relates that the Messenger of Allah (sa)said:
"The angels do not enter a
house in which there is a picture, a dog, or a person in a state of major
ritual impurity [a junub]."
(Sunan Abi Dawud 229)
This hadith is referring to an
individual who unnecessarily remains in a state of major ritual impurity for a
considerable length of time to the extent that the obligatory (fard) prayers
are delayed. In such a case, one is sinful; otherwise it is not obligatory to
have a bath directly after sexual relations. It is permitted, without dislike,
to go to sleep in a state of janaba, even though having a bath is
superior. Sayyida 'A'isha (r) relates:
'The Messenger of Allah (sa)would sleep while he was in a state of major ritual
impurity without touching water."
(Sunan al-Tirmidhi 118, Sunan
Abi Dawud 230 and Sunan Ibn Majah 581)
The author of the commentary of
Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Tuhfat alAhwadhi, states: "In this hadith,
there is proof that it is permitted for a junub to go to sleep before having a
bath and before performing an ablution." (Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi bi Sharh Jami'
al-Tirmidhi 1:397)
Ghudayf ibn al-Harith relates:
"I asked 'A'isha,
"Have you seen the Messenger of Allah (sa)having a bath of janaba at the beginning of the night or at
the end?" She replied, "Sometimes he would have a bath at the
beginning of the night and sometimes at the end." And so I said,
"Allah is Most Great. All Praise be to Allah Who put ease in the matter.
.."
(Sunan Abi Dawud 228 and others)
Imam Nawawi states, 'The
conclusion of these hadiths is that it is permitted for a junub to eat,
drink, sleep and have sex before having a bath. This is something that is
agreed upon by all the scholars [ ... ] The meaning [of the hadith in which it
is mentioned that the Messenger of Allah (sa) would sleep without touching water] is that on a few occasions, he
would not touch water at all in order to indicate permissibility [of going to
sleep in such a state]. Had the Messenger of Allah (sa) continuously used water, it would have been presumed
that using water is necessary, and Allah knows best." (Al-Minhaj Sharh
Sahih Muslim P: 372-373)
b) If one wishes to sleep
without having a bath, one is encouraged to perform a ritual ablution (wudu)
Sayyida 'A'isha (r) relates:
''Whenever the Messenger of Allah
(sa) intended to sleep in a state of major ritual impurity, he
would wash his private parts and perform ablution like that for the
prayer."
(Sahih al-Bukhari 284 and Sahih Muslim 305, the
wording is of Bukhari)
Sayyiduna 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (r) asked the Messenger of Allah (sa)"Can any one of us sleep while in a state of
major ritual impurity?" He replied:
''Yes, if one performs
ablution, one can sleep while in a state of major ritual impurity." (Sahih
al-Bukhari 283, Sahih Muslim 306 and Sunan al-Tirmidhi 120,
the wording is of Bukhari)
Sayyiduna 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (r) mentioned to the Messenger of Allah (sa)that he becomes junub at night. The Messenger of Allah (sa) said to him:
"Perform ablution and wash
your private parts, then go to sleep."
(Sahih al-Bukhari 286 and Sahih
Muslim 306)
With the exception of the
isolated position of a handful of scholars, such as Dawud al-Zahiri and Ibn al-Habib
al-Maliki, the general body of scholars (jumhur) hold that performing
ablution before going to sleep is recommended, not obligatory. In other words,
one would be rewarded for performing ablution but not sinful for omitting it.
This is supported by the
narration recorded by Imam Ibn Khuzayma and Imam Ibn Hibban in their respective
Salah collections that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (r) asked the Messenger of Allah (sa): "Can any
one of us sleep while in a state of major ritual impurity?" He replied:
''Yes, he may sleep, and
perform ablution if he so wishes." (Sahih Ibn Khuzayma 211 )
Likewise, the hadith of Sayyida
'A'isha (r) quoted earlier that "the Messenger
of Allah (sa)'' would sleep while in a state of major ritual impurity without
touching water" is a proof that performing an ablution is not obligatory.
Imam Nawawi states, "It is recommended to perform ablution and wash one's
private parts before these matters [i.e. sleeping, eating, drinking and the
like] [ ... ] Our scholars have clearly stated that it is [somewhat] disliked
to sleep, eat, drink and have sex before performing ablution, and these hadiths
would indicate that. However, there is no difference of opinion according to us
that this performing of ablution is not obligatory (wajib). This is the
opinion of Imam Malik and the majority of scholars ... " (Al-Minhaj
Sharh Sahiih Muslim P: 372)
c) If one is unable to perform
a ritual ablution, one should at least clean and wash one's private parts, as
mentioned in the hadith of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (r) recorded by Imam Bukhari . This is the last of the three stages.
However, in this case also, there is no sin for not washing one's private
parts, since it is reported that the Messenger of Allah (sa) retired to bed
''without touching water".
In conclusion, there are three
stages here:
The optimum is to perform the ritual bath and then sleep;
if that
is not possible, a ritual ablution should be performed; and
if that is not
possible, one should at least wash one's private parts.
However, if none of the
above three actions are performed, one will still not be guilty of committing a
sin.
