“Whoever sees me in a dream has (really) sees me, for Satancannotimitate me.”

“If anyone of you sees a dream that he dislikes, let himspitdryly to his left three times and seek refuge with Allah fromSatanthree times, and turn over onto his other side.”

“A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ)when hewas delivering a sermon and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Lastnightin my dream I saw my neck being struck and my head fell off, andIchased it, picked it up and put it back.’ The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: ‘If Satan plays with any one of you in his dreams, heshould not tell people about it.’”

“Umm Fadl said: ‘O Messenger ofAllah!It is as if I saw (in a dream) one of your limbs in my house.’Hesaid: ‘What you have seen is good. Fatimah will give birth to a boyand you will breastfeed him.’ Fatimah gave birth to Husain orHasan,and I breastfed him with the milk of Qutham.’ She said: ‘Ibrought himto the Prophet (ﷺ) and placed him in his lap, and heurinated, so Istruck him on the shoulder.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said:“You have hurt myson, may Allah have mercy on you.”

“The dream of a righteous Muslim man is one of the seventy partsofprophecy.”

“I heard theMessengerof Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘Prophecy is gone, but good dreamsremain.’”

“I asked the MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) the about the Saying of Allah, Glorious is He: ‘Forthem are glad tidings, in the life of the present world, and in theHereafter.”[10:64] He said: ‘Those are good dreams that a Muslimseesor are seen about him.’”

“Dreams areof three types: Some are terrifying things from Satan, aimed atcausing grief to the son of Adam; some are things that a person isconcerned with when he is awake, so he sees them in his dreams; andsome are a part of the forty-six parts of prophecy.” He said: “Isaidto him: ‘Did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?’Hesaid: ‘Yes, I heard it from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), Iheard itfrom the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).’”

“(Good) dreams come from Allah and (bad) dreams come from Satan,soif anyone of you sees something that he dislikes, let him spitdrylyto his left three times, and seek refuge with Allah from theaccursedSatan three times, and turn over onto his other side.”

“Interpret them (dreams) in accordance with the names of thethingsyou see, and understand what is hinted at, and the dream is forthefirst interpreter.”

“A man came to the Prophet(ﷺ),upon his return from Uhud, and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, inmydream I saw a cloud giving shade, from which drops of ghee andhoneywere falling, and I saw people collecting them in the palms oftheirhands, some gathering a lot and some a little. And I saw a ropereaching up into heaven, and I saw you take hold of it and rise withit. Then another man took hold of it after you rose with it, thenanother man took hold of it after him and rose with it. Then a mantook hold of it after him and it broke, then it was reconnected andherose with it.’ Abu Bakr said: ‘Let me interpret it, OMessenger ofAllah.’ He said: ‘Interpret it.’ He said: ‘Asfor the cloud givingshade, it is Islam, and the drops of honey andghee that fall from it(represent) the Qur’an with its sweetnessand softness. As for thepeople collecting that in their palms, somelearn a lot of the Qur’anand some learn a little. As for the ropereaching up into heaven, itis the truth that you are following; youtook hold of it and rose withit, then another man till take hold ofit after you and rise with you,then another, who will rise with it,then another, but it will breakand then he reconnected, then he willrise with it.’ He said: ‘Youhave got some of it right and someof it wrong.’ Abu Bakr said: ‘Iadjure you O Messenger of Allah,tell me what I got right and what Igot wrong.’ The Prophet (ﷺ)said: ‘Do not swear, O Abu Bakr.”*

“In adream Isaw myself emigrating from Makkah to a land in which thereweredate-palm trees, and I thought that it was Yamamah or Hajar, butitwas Al-Madinah, Yathrib. And I saw in this dream of mine that I waswielding a sword then it broke in the middle. That was what befellthebelievers on the Day of Uhud. Then I wielded it again and it wasbetter than it had been before, and that is what Allah brought aboutof the Conquest and the regrouping of the believers. And I also sawcows, and by Allah it is good, for they are the group of thebelievers(who were martyred) on the Day of Uhud, and the goodness isthat whichAllah brought forth after that, and the reward of thetruth whichAllah brought us on the Day of Badr.”

“I saw a blackwomanwith disheveled hair, who left Al-Madinah and went to stay inAl-Mahya’ah, which is Juhfah. I interpreted it as referring to anepidemic in Al-Madinah which moved to Juhfah.”

“I sawina dream that I was at the gate of Paradise and I saw them (thosetwomen). Someone came out of Paradise and admitted the one who haddiedlast, then he came out and admitted the one who had beenmartyred.Then he came back to me and said: ‘Go back, for your timehas not yetcome.’” The next morning, Talhah told the people ofthat and they wereamazed. News of that reached the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) and theytold him the story. He said: “Why are you soamazed at that?” Theysaid: “O Messenger of Allah, the first onewas the one who stroveharder, then he was martyred, but the otherone was admitted toParadise before him. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: “Did he notstay behind for a year?” They said: “Yes.”He said: “And did notRamadan come and he fasted, and he offeredsuch and such prayersduring that year?” They said: “Yes.” TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: “The difference between them isgreater than the differencebetween heaven and earth.”

“Idislike (to see in a dream) a chain around the neck, but Ilike tosee fetters on the feet, for fetters (represent) steadfastnessinreligion.”