Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2270

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ إِذَا اقْتَرَبَ الزَّمَانُ لَمْ تَكَدْ رُؤْيَا الْمُؤْمِنِ تَكْذِبُ وَأَصْدَقُهُمْ رُؤْيَا أَصْدَقُهُمْ حَدِيثًا وَرُؤْيَا الْمُسْلِمِ جُزْءٌ مِنْ سِتَّةٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ جُزْءًا مِنَ النُّبُوَّةِ وَالرُّؤْيَا ثَلاَثٌ فَالرُّؤْيَا الصَّالِحَةُ بُشْرَى مِنَ اللَّهِ وَالرُّؤْيَا مِنْ تَحْزِينِ الشَّيْطَانِ وَالرُّؤْيَا مِمَّا يُحَدِّثُ بِهَا الرَّجُلُ نَفْسَهُ فَإِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ مَا يَكْرَهُ فَلْيَقُمْ وَلْيَتْفُلْ وَلاَ يُحَدِّثْ بِهَا النَّاسَ قَالَ وَأُحِبُّ الْقَيْدَ فِي النَّوْمِ وَأَكْرَهُ الْغُلَّ الْقَيْدُ ثَبَاتٌ فِي الدِّينِ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

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.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The final personal comment about liking fetters and disliking a collar follows the Prophet’s instruction in the Arabic text, but its speaker is not made explicit there.

  • قَالَ وَأُحِبُّ الْقَيْدَ فِي النَّوْمِ وَأَكْرَهُ الْغُلَّ الْقَيْدُ ثَبَاتٌ فِي الدِّينِ

    The source’s final “I like…” statement does not name its speaker explicitly.

    Should this be attributed to the Prophet or to the narrator?