Topic of Dreams in Ahadith

Set of References for Learning How to Differentiate between types of dreams

Posted by Mohammad Awais Tahir 

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.

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Topic of Dreams in Ahadith

(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 (ﺔﻧﺳﺣﻟﺍ ﺎﻳﺅﺭﻟﺍ) 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 (ﺔﻗﺩﺎﺻﻟﺍ ﺎﻳﺅﺭﻟﺍ) 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 (ﻥﻣﺅﻣﻟﺍ ﺎﻳﺅﺭ) 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 (ﺔﺣﻟﺎﺻﻟﺍ ﺎﻳﺅﺭﻟﺍ) 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) (ﺔﺣِﻟﺎﺻﻟﺍ ﺎﻳﺅﺭﻟﺍ)".

(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)

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Superiority of Satan’s Element - Mankind and Satan

Superiority of Satan’s Element

Satan possesses many characteristics by which he surpasses man, among such characteristics is his agility, our inability to see him, and his capacity to pervade our souls. Thus, what is demanded from us is to resort to the One, Who is Most Strong and All-Powerful, and no one is stronger against Satan than His Creator. And Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower; He hears us whenever we seek refuge with Him, and knows from what we are seeking refuge. The Noble Qur’an says what means: 

“Indeed, those who fear Allah – when an evil thought comes to them from Satan, they remember [Allah] and at once they have insight.” (Al-A‘râf, 7: 201)

The believers remembers the power that Allah, The Exalted and EverMajestic, possesses over the devil and they remember that the Law of Allah protects them against the devil and that the All-Watchful Eye of Almighty God is never inattentive to the servants. Therefore, The Truth, says in the Divine Hadith:

“O My servants! If you think that I do not see you then the defect is in your faith, and if you do think that I see you then why did you let Me be the One Whom you care the least about of all those who are watching you?”

As we have said Satan is viler and more combative when enticing the believers because the sinner has already helped the devil by obeying his desires and becoming a slave to them. Thus, the devil no longer needs a big effort to lead him astray. Bus as for the obedient believer, the devil surely needs a big effort with him to entrap him into sin.

Thus, the devil can come to you with a provoking thought that infuriate you, drive you mad and you commit what may incur upon you the Anger of Allah, all because of a fit of temper.       

The devil may also suggest to you, in hushed tones, devising a plan for you to realize the sin. As for evil whispering, it the devil’s unceasing endeavor. He creeps to you from your weak side, striving to endear to you sin and that is the permanent work of the devil - his mission. 

But what is (the influence of) the touch? Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, says about those who devour Ribâ (usury or usurious interests) what means:  

“Those who devour usury will not stand except as one whom the devil has prostrated by (his) touch will stand.” (Al-Baqarah, 2: 275) 

As though the devil has touched the human constitution so the soundness of the faculties is corrupted. The human structure possesses a soundness of faculties in a way that makes every movement harmonious with the other. But when the devil touches a human that touched person loses the harmonious movement of his organs and his faculties come into collision and consequently his moves are irregular and irrational. 

In the Hereafter this is the description characteristic of the takers of usury and in worldly life it is characteristic of the irrational movement of man, in a way hysterical. When we contemplate the world today and what is happening in it we will find that turbulence and hysterics prevail. Like a man who bursts into a nursery school, which he does not know and have no enemies in it and kill all the children there without a reason, or when a man approaches a man he does not know and hurls him under the subway train. 

Source: (Book) Mankind and Satan

On The Doors of Masjids - Mankind and Satan

On The Doors of Masjids

The devil sits on the doors of Masjids (mosques) and at the places of worship and remembering Allah. He tries to seduce people not to offer Salat, and when The Azan [the Call to Prayer] is pronounced he strives to allure mankind with every lure to divert them from going to Salat. He reminds man of worldly concerns and keeps whispering to him evil insinuations. He frightens him by insinuating that perhaps if he went to Salat he might lose a good bargain or money or benefit, suggesting that work is also an act of worship…etc. till he diverts him from remembering Allah and from Salat.

There is a story narrated on the authority of Imam Abu Hanifah (may Allah be pleased with him) who was known by issuing fatwas (legal rulings) concerning legal problems, thus a man once came to him and said: 
“I have lost my money, I buried it somewhere in the earth but the torrents poured down and hid the place of the money and removed the rock I have put as a sign to the place and I do not know what to do?”

Imam Abu Hanifah said: “How can I give you a legal opinion concerning this matter?”

But the man insisted, so Imam Abu Hanifah said to him: “Go tonight after the ‘Isha’ Prayer [Evening Prayer] and stand before your Lord and spend the night in prayer until the crack of dawn…. and then tell me what has happened.”

At the time of the Fajr [Dawn] Prayer the man came cheerful and said: “I have found my money.” Abu Hanifah asked him: “How?” The man said: “I was just about to stand up for Prayers when I remembered the place of the money and when did the flood pour down and how did it proceed. Thus I measured the distance and estimated it and thus I learned the location of the money.”  So, Abu Hanifah (may Allah be pleased with him) smiled and said: “By Allah I knew that the devil will never leave you spend the night in the company of Your Lord.”

                

Thus, when the devil learned that this man would spend the night offering Prayers before his Lord he hurried to guide him to the place of the money to prevent him from continuing his prayers and from keeping himself engaged in remembering Allah, and that is one of the meanings of the Ayah saying (what means):

“[Satan] said, ‘Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them on Your straight path.’” (Al-A‘râf, 7: 16)

And that is what we shall discuss in the next chapter, if Allah wills, when talking in detail about the ways the devil employs in tempting mankind and how he waylays them in the Masjids and places of worship to distract their attention and hinder them from remembering Allah and from performing Salat.  

The Noble Qur’an continue to cite Satan’s words, who said what means:

“Then I will come to them from before them and from behind them and on their right and on their left, and You will not find most of them grateful [to You].” (Al-A‘râf, 7: 17)

On contemplating this glorious Ayah we will find that the devil has specified four directions from which he can come to man: right and left, in front and behind. But directions are six: right and left, in front and behind, above and below (man), so why does the devil come to man from all directions and leaves two directions: from above and below?

The answer is that “above” is towards heaven, the place of the ascent of supplications and good deeds to Allah, all praise and glory is to Him, whereas “below” is the place of prostration and submission to Allah, The Most Exalted and Ever-Majestic, and Satan can never get near both. For Satan can never approach the place of prostration before Allah and submission to Him and also the place of the ascension of prayers and good deeds. For these are the two blessed places of every believer, surrounded by angels and are never approached by devils.

But we must pause before the part of the Ayah saying what means: “And You will not find most of them grateful.”

Who told Satan that most of the people will not be thankful to Allah for His Blessings and Grace upon them? Allah, all praise and glory is to Him, says what means:

“And Allah is full of bounty to the people, but most of the people do not show gratitude.” (Al-Baqarah, 2: 243)  

Was Satan given knowledge of the Unseen which made him learn that most of people would not be thankful? Or was he so sure of himself that he said such words?

Satan certainly does not know the Unseen nor was he given of knowledge what made him say that most of the servants of Allah would not be thankful. He also did not have the mastery that made him absolutely confident that this would happen because of his temptation of mankind.

The Noble Qur’an reveals to us how did Satan say such words. Allah, all praise and glory is to Him, says what means:

“And Iblees had already confirmed through them his assumption, so they followed him, except for a party of believers. And he had over them no authority except [it was decreed] that We might make evident who believes in the Hereafter from who is thereof in doubt. And your Lord, over all things, is Guardian.” (Saba’, 34: 20-21)

Hence, what Satan said was only a conjecture for he certainly did not possess any knowledge of the Unseen nor knew what would happen in the future.

Then came the Verdict of The Truth, all praise and glory is to Him, on Satan and those who follow him, as says the Lord of Honor and Sovereignty in His Noble Book what means:

“[Allah] said, ‘Get out of it, reproached and expelled. Whoever follows you among them – I will surely fill Hell with you, all together.’” (Al-A‘râf, 7: 18)

Thus, Satan was expelled from Allah’s Mercy and from paradise or from any place where he can be near Allah. He became humiliated and accursed. Not only him but also whoever follows him from jinn and mankind. The destiny of them all would be eternity in Hellfire. Allah, The Most Exalted and EverMajestic, has prepared for each of His servant, from mankind and jinn, a place in Paradise and another in Hellfire. So that if all creatures disobeyed Hellfire would contain them all and if all creatures obeyed Paradise would be spacious enough for them all. On Resurrection Day the righteous people would inherit – above what Allah has prepared for them in Paradise – the places that were allotted to those upon whom Allah has passed the sentence of torment in Hellfire on Resurrection Day, we seek refuge with Allah from such an end.

After Allah has reprieved Satan till Resurrection Day, He wanted to fortify Adam and make him aware of the trial he was about to face. To show him how Satan is his foe and how he would lure him into sin, and how his promises are false and how he would never honor a promise. The Truth, Blessed and Exalted is He, willed to realize this through a practical experience that Adamand Eve (peace and blessings be upon them) would undergo, so that when they descend on the earth this experience would serve to immunize them against diabolic misleading and temptation. Allah, all praise and glory is to Him, says what means:

“And We said, ‘O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers.’” (Al-Baqarah, 2: 35)

Thus, Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, has prepared the place of trial to Adam and Eve in a garden provided with all means of comfortable living, without fatigue or toil. He gave them abundant food from various kinds of fruits and abundant drink, and opened before them all the blessings they might wish for. Allah allowed them all the fruits of that garden except one tree, which He forbade them to come near.

It was a comfortable life rich with endless lawful blessings and the forbidden was the least of all, only one forbidden tree. Allah, all praise and glory is to Him, warned Adam and Eve against their enemy Satan and asked them not to listen to him because he only wishes them evil and never wishes them any goodness. Allah warned them saying what means:

“So We said, ‘O Adam, indeed this is an enemy to you and to your wife. Then let him not remove you from paradise so you would suffer.’” (Tâ-Hâ, 20: 117)

But what happened? In spite of all warnings and although the lawful things are many and the forbidden is only one tree, Satan succeeded by his temptation to cause Adam and Eve to fall into sin.

Some interpreters say that Eve was the one who first fell into sin then led Adam into it. That she was the reason behind Adam’s departure from the garden, is that true? Was Eve the one who bore the first sin that led to Adam’s departure from the garden, or is it false? What is the truth? And what did truly happen?

Before answering these questions we sum up what we have discussed in this chapter: Satan was blown up with pride and his conceited self made him reject the Command of Allah, all praise and glory is to Him, and he said: “You created me from fire, and You created him from clay.” (Sâd, 38: 76) by which he wanted to alter the Command of Allah, thus Allah cursed him and cast him out of His Mercy and made him one of the dwellers of Hellfire together with all who follow him. But Satan pursued a doorway to tempt Adam and his offspring. His doorway is that Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, is All-Mighty, All-Rich, beyond need of all His creatures, neither those who stray into wrong harm Him nor those who believe benefit Him.

Through that inlet Satan crept in to tempt the Children of Adam. Allah, all praise and glory is to Him, made worldly life an abode of trial therefore temptation is a must so that Allah tests true faith and they become witnesses over themselves on Resurrection Day.

Allah willed that Adam should pass through a practical experience of satanic temptation and misguidance to warn him and teach him what he would confront in worldly life…so how did this experience go on?

Source: (Book) Mankind and Satan