Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 5747

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏"‏ الرُّؤْيَا مِنَ اللَّهِ، وَالْحُلْمُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ، فَإِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَنْفِثْ حِينَ يَسْتَيْقِظُ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَيَتَعَوَّذْ مِنْ شَرِّهَا، فَإِنَّهَا لاَ تَضُرُّهُ ‏" ‏‏.‏ وَقَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ وَإِنْ كُنْتُ لأَرَى الرُّؤْيَا أَثْقَلَ عَلَىَّ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ، فَمَا هُوَ إِلاَّ أَنْ سَمِعْتُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فَمَا أُبَالِيهَا‏.‏

Translation

Khālid ibn Makhlad narrated to us: Sulaymān narrated to us, from Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd, who said: I heard Abū Salamah say: I heard Abū Qatādah say: I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, “A good dream is from Allah, and a disturbing dream is from Satan. If any of you sees something he dislikes, let him blow lightly to his left three times when he wakes and seek refuge from its evil; it will not harm him.” Abū Salamah said, “I used to find dreams heavier on me than a mountain, but after I heard this report, I no longer worried about them.”