Chapters On Dreams

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Naṣr ibn ‘Alī narrated to us; ‘Abd al-Wahhāb al-Thaqafī narrated to us; Ayyūb narrated to us, from Muḥammad ibn Sīrīn, from Abū Hurayrah, who said that the Messenger of Allah said: “As the time draws near, a believer’s dreams will hardly prove false. The truest of them in dreams are the most truthful of them in speech. A Muslim’s vision is one part out of forty-six parts of prophethood. Dreams are of three kinds: a righteous dream, which is glad tidings from Allah; a dream that grieves someone, from Satan; and a dream arising from what a person tells himself. If one of you sees something he dislikes, let him get up, spit lightly, and not tell people about it.” He said: “I like to see fetters in a dream and dislike a collar; fetters signify steadfastness in religion.”

He said: This is a ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ hadith.

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Maḥmūd ibn Ghaylān narrated to us; Abū Dāwūd narrated to us, from Shu‘bah, from Qatādah, who heard Anas, from ‘Ubādah ibn al-Ṣāmit, that the Prophet said: “A believer’s vision is one part out of forty-six parts of prophethood.”

Reports on this topic are also related from Abū Hurayrah, Abū Razīn al-‘Uqaylī, Abū Sa‘īd, ‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Amr, ‘Awf ibn Mālik, Ibn ‘Umar, and Anas. He said: The report of ‘Ubādah is ṣaḥīḥ.

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al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad al-Za‘farānī narrated to us; ‘Affān ibn Muslim narrated to us; ‘Abd al-Wāḥid—I mean Ibn Ziyād—narrated to us; al-Mukhtār ibn Fulful narrated to us; Anas ibn Mālik narrated to us, who said that the Messenger of Allah said: “Messengership and prophethood have ended. There is no messenger after me and no prophet.” He said: This weighed heavily on the people, so the Prophet said, “But there are bearers of glad tidings.” They asked, “Messenger of Allah, what are the bearers of glad tidings?” He replied, “A Muslim’s vision; it is one part of the parts of prophethood.”

Reports on this topic are also related from Abū Hurayrah, Ḥudhayfah ibn Asīd, Ibn ‘Abbās, and Umm Kurz. He said: This is a ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ gharīb hadith through this route, from the report of al-Mukhtār ibn Fulful.

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Ibn Abī ‘Umar narrated to us; Sufyān narrated to us, from Muḥammad ibn al-Munkadir, from ‘Aṭā’ ibn Yasār, from a man of Egypt, who said: I asked Abū al-Dardā’ about the saying of Allah, Exalted is He: “For them are glad tidings in the life of this world.” He said, “No one has asked me about it except you, apart from one man, since I asked the Messenger of Allah.” I asked the Messenger of Allah, and he said, “No one has asked me about it except you since it was revealed: it is the righteous vision that a Muslim sees or that is seen for him.”

Reports on this topic are also related from ‘Ubādah ibn al-Ṣāmit. He said: This is a ḥasan hadith.

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Qutaybah narrated to us; Ibn Lahī‘ah narrated to us, from Darrāj, from Abū al-Haytham, from Abū Sa‘īd, from the Prophet, who said: “The truest dreams are in the hours before dawn.”

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Muḥammad ibn Bashshār narrated to us; Abū Dāwūd narrated to us; Ḥarb ibn Shaddād and ‘Imrān al-Qaṭṭān narrated to us, from Yaḥyā ibn Abī Kathīr, from Abū Salamah, who said: I was informed about ‘Ubādah ibn al-Ṣāmit, who said: I asked the Messenger of Allah about His saying, “For them are glad tidings in the life of this world.” He said: “It is the righteous vision that a believer sees or that is seen for him.” Ḥarb said in his version: “Yaḥyā ibn Abī Kathīr narrated to me.” Abū ‘Īsā said: This is a ḥasan hadith.

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Muḥammad ibn Bashshār narrated to us; ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī narrated to us; Sufyān narrated to us, from Abū Isḥāq, from Abū al-Aḥwaṣ, from ‘Abd Allāh, from the Prophet, who said: “Whoever sees me in a dream has indeed seen me, for Satan cannot take my form.”

Reports on this topic are also related from Abū Hurayrah, Abū Qatādah, Ibn ‘Abbās, Abū Sa‘īd, Jābir, Anas, Abū Mālik al-Ashja‘ī from his father, Abū Bakrah, and Abū Juḥayfah. Abū ‘Īsā said: This is a ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ hadith.

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Qutaybah narrated to us: al-Layth narrated to us, from Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd, from Abū Salamah ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, from Abū Qatādah, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘A vision is from Allah, while a disturbing dream is from Satan. So when one of you sees something he dislikes, let him blow lightly to his left three times and seek refuge in Allah from its evil; then it will not harm him.’ At-Tirmidhī said: ‘Reports on this subject are also related from ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr, Abū Saʿīd, Jābir, and Anas. This hadith is ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ.’

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Maḥmūd ibn Ghaylān narrated to us: Abū Dāwūd narrated to us, saying: Shuʿbah informed us; he said: Yaʿlā ibn ʿAṭāʾ informed me; he said: I heard Wakīʿ ibn ʿAdus, from Abū Razīn al-ʿUqaylī, say that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'The believer's vision is one part out of forty parts of prophethood. It remains upon a bird's leg so long as it is not spoken of; when it is spoken of, it falls.' He (the narrator) said: 'I think he also said: It should be related only to an intelligent person or a beloved one.'

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Al-Hasan ibn ʿAlī al-Khallāl narrated to us: Yazīd ibn Hārūn narrated to us; Shuʿbah informed us, from Yaʿlā ibn ʿAṭāʾ, from Wakīʿ ibn ʿAdus, from his uncle Abū Razīn, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: 'A Muslim's vision is one part out of forty-six parts of prophethood. It remains upon a bird's leg so long as it is not spoken of; when it is spoken of, it falls.' He said: 'This hadith is ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ.' Abū Razīn al-ʿUqaylī was named Laqīṭ ibn ʿĀmir. Ḥammād ibn Salamah narrated from Yaʿlā ibn ʿAṭāʾ, who said 'Wakīʿ ibn Ḥudus'; Shuʿbah, Abū ʿAwānah, and Hushaym narrated from Yaʿlā ibn ʿAṭāʾ, from Wakīʿ ibn ʿAdus. This latter version is more sound.

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Aḥmad ibn Abī ʿUbayd Allāh al-Sulaymī al-Baṣrī narrated to us: Yazīd ibn Zurayʿ narrated to us; Saʿīd narrated to us, from Qatādah, from Muḥammad ibn Sīrīn, from Abū Hurayrah, who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Visions are of three kinds: a true vision, a vision in which a person speaks to himself, and a vision that grieves one, from Satan. Whoever sees something he dislikes should get up and pray.' He would also say: 'Fetters please me, but I dislike an iron collar; fetters signify steadfastness in religion.' And he would say: 'Whoever sees me [in a dream] has truly seen me, for Satan cannot take my form.' And he would say: 'A vision should be related only to a scholar or a sincere adviser.' Reports on this subject are also related from Anas, Abū Bakrah, Umm al-ʿAlāʾ, Ibn ʿUmar, ʿĀʾishah, Abū Mūsā, Jābir, Abū Saʿīd, Ibn ʿAbbās, and ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr. Abū ʿĪsā said: 'This hadith is ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ.'

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Maḥmūd ibn Ghaylān narrated to us: Abū Aḥmad al-Zubayrī narrated to us: Sufyān narrated to us, from ʿAbd al-Aʿlā, from Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī, from ʿAlī, who said—though I think he attributed it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)—that he said: 'Whoever fabricates a dream will be charged on the Day of Resurrection with tying a barley grain [in a knot].'

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Qutaybah narrated to us: Abū ʿAwānah narrated to us, from ʿAbd al-Aʿlā, from Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī, from ʿAlī, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), with a report like the preceding one. He said: 'This hadith is ḥasan.' Reports on this subject are also related from Ibn ʿAbbās, Abū Hurayrah, Abū Shurayḥ, and Wāthilah. Abū ʿĪsā said: 'This version is more sound than the first report.'

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Muḥammad ibn Bashshār narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Wahhāb narrated to us: Ayyūb narrated to us, from ʿIkrimah, from Ibn ʿAbbās, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: 'Whoever falsely claims to have had a dream will be tasked on the Day of Resurrection with tying two barley grains together—and he will never be able to tie them together.' Abū ʿĪsā said: 'This hadith is ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ.'

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Qutaybah ibn Saʿīd narrated to us: al-Layth narrated to us, from ʿUqayl, from al-Zuhrī, from Ḥamzah ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar, from Ibn ʿUmar, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'While I was sleeping, a cup of milk was brought to me. I drank from it, then gave what remained to ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb.' They asked: 'How did you interpret it, Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Knowledge.' Reports on this subject are also related from Abū Hurayrah, Abū Bakrah, Ibn ʿAbbās, ʿAbdullāh ibn Salām, Khuzaymah, al-Ṭufayl ibn Sakhbarah, Samurah, Abū Umāmah, and Jābir. He said: 'The hadith of Ibn ʿUmar is ṣaḥīḥ.'

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Al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Jurayrī al-Balkhī narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Razzāq narrated to us, from Maʿmar, from al-Zuhrī, from Abū Umāmah ibn Sahl ibn Ḥunayf, from one of the Prophet's Companions, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'While I was sleeping, I saw people being shown to me wearing shirts: some reached to their breasts and some lower than that. ʿUmar was brought before me wearing a shirt that trailed behind him.' They asked: 'How did you interpret it, Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Religion.'

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ʿAbd ibn Ḥumayd narrated to us: Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Saʿd narrated to us, from his father, from Ṣāliḥ ibn Kaysān, from al-Zuhrī, from Abū Umāmah ibn Sahl ibn Ḥunayf, from Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), a report with the same meaning. He said: 'This version is more sound.'

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Muḥammad ibn Bashshār narrated to us: al-Anṣārī narrated to us: Ashʿath narrated to us, from al-Ḥasan, from Abū Bakrah, that one day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Who among you has seen a vision?' A man said: 'I saw what seemed to be a balance descending from the sky. You and Abū Bakr were weighed, and you outweighed Abū Bakr; then Abū Bakr and ʿUmar were weighed, and Abū Bakr outweighed ʿUmar; then ʿUmar and ʿUthmān were weighed, and ʿUmar outweighed ʿUthmān. Then the balance was lifted.' We saw displeasure on the Messenger of Allah's face. Abū ʿĪsā said: 'This hadith is ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ.'

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Abū Mūsā al-Anṣārī narrated to us: Yūnus ibn Bukayr narrated to us: ʿUthmān ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān narrated to me, from al-Zuhrī, from ʿUrwah, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about Waraqah. Khadījah said to him, 'He believed you, but he died before your message became manifest.' The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'I saw him in a dream wearing white garments. Had he been among the people of the Fire, he would have been wearing something else.' He said: 'This report is gharīb. ʿUthmān ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān is not considered strong by the hadith scholars.'

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Muḥammad ibn Bashshār narrated to us: Abū ʿĀṣim narrated to us: Ibn Jurayj informed us: Mūsā ibn ʿUqbah informed me: Sālim ibn ʿAbdullāh informed me, from ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar, concerning a vision of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Abū Bakr, and ʿUmar. He said: 'I saw people gathered. Abū Bakr drew one or two buckets, but there was some weakness in his drawing—may Allah forgive him. Then ʿUmar stood and drew, and the bucket became a huge one. I have never seen a masterful man do such work until the people had watered their camels at the troughs.' Reports on this subject are also related from Abū Hurayrah. This is a ṣaḥīḥ gharīb report from Ibn ʿUmar.