The Book of Vision (Kitab Al-Ruya)
Chapter 1:
Book 029, Number 5613:
Abu Salama reported: I used to see dreams (and was so much perturbed) that I began to
quiver and have temperature, but did not cover myself with a mantle. I met Abu Qatada and
made a mention of that to him. He said: I heard Allali's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: A good vision comes from Allah and a (bad) dream (hulm) from devil. So when one
of. you sees a bad dream (hulm) which he does not like, he should spit on his left side
thrice and seek refuge with Allah from its evil; then it will not harm him.
Book 029, Number 5614:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Qatada, but there is no mention
of the words of Abu Salama:" I saw dreams (which perturbed me) but I did not cover
myself with a mantle."
Book 029, Number 5615:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of
transmitters, but it does not contain the words:" I felt disturbed because of
that," and there is an addition of these words in the hadith transmitted on the
authority of Yunus:" Then spit thrice on the left side when you get up from
sleep."
Book 029, Number 5616:
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).
Book 029, Number 5617:
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."
Book 029, Number 5618:
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.
Book 029, Number 5619:
Abu Salama replied: I used to see (such horrible dreams) that I fell ill. I saw Abu
Qatada who also said: I used to see dreams which made me sick until I heard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Good dreams are from Allah, so if any one of
you sees which he likes he should not disclose it to one but whow he loves, but if he sees
something which he does not like he should spit on his left side thrice and seek refuge
with Allah from the mischief of the satan and its mischief (i. e. of the dream), and he
should not relate it to anyone, then it would not harm him.
Book 029, Number 5620:
Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: If anyone sees a
dream which he does not like, lie should spit on his left side.
Book 029, Number 5621:
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 tip and offer prayer and he should not
relate it to people, and he said: I would love to see fetters (in the dream), but I
dislike wearing of necklace, for the fetters is (an indication of) one's steadfastness in
religion. The narrator said: I do not know whether this is a part of the hadith or the
words of Ibn Sirin.
Book 029, Number 5622:
Abu Huraira reported: I love to see fetters but I hate necklace (in a dream), for
fetters signifies one's steadfastness in religion, and he also reported Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying: The vision of a believer is forty-sixth part of
Prophecy.
Book 029, Number 5623:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Huraira and the words
are:" When the time draws near," the rest of the hadith is the same.
Book 029, Number 5624:
Muhammad b. Sirin reported from Abu Huraira a hadith from Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) and he mentioned in his hadith his words:" I dislike shackles," up to
the end of his statement, but he made no mention of this:" A vision is a forty-sixth
part of Prophecy."
Book 029, Number 5625:
Ubida b. as-Samit reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The
vision of a believer is the forty-sixth part of Prophecy.
Book 029, Number 5626:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas b. Malik through another chain
of transmitters.
Book 029, Number 5627:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Verily the
vision of a believer is one of the forty-sixth part of Prophecy.
Book 029, Number 5628:
Allah's Messenger (may peace; be upon him) said: The vision of a Muslim which he sees
or which is shown to him, and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Ibn Alushir
(the words are):" The pious dream is the forty-sixth part of Prophecy."
Book 029, Number 5629:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The vision Qf
a pious man is the forty-sixth part of Prophecy.
Book 029, Number 5630:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Yahyi b. Abu Kathir with the same
chain of transmitters.
Book 029, Number 5631:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huiaira through another chain of
transmitters.
Book 029, Number 5632:
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The pious
dreams are the seventieth part of Prophecy.
Book 029, Number 5633:
This hadith has been reported on tile authority of 'Ubaidullah with the same chain of
transmitters.
Book 029, Number 5634:
A hadith like this has been reported on the authority of Nafi' with the same chain of
transmitters (and the words are):" I think Ibn 'Uniar said: The seventieth part from
Prophecy."
Chapter 2: THE SAYING OF THE HOLY PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM): HE WHO SEES
ME IN A DREAM IN FACT SEES ME
Book 029, Number 5635:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who saw me
in a dream in fact saw me, for the satan does not appear in my form.
Book 029, Number 5636:
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.
Book 029, Number 5637:
Abu Qatada reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who saw me
in dream in fact saw the truth (what is true).
Book 029, Number 5638:
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 he should not inform anyone, for it is a sort
of vain sport of devil in the state of sleep.
Chapter 3: DO NOT INFORM THE VAIN SPORT OF DEVIL IN A DREAM
Book 029, Number 5639:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who
saw me in a dream in fact saw me, for the satan cannot assume my form.
Book 029, Number 5640:
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.
Book 029, Number 5641:
Jabir reported that there came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) a desert Arab
and said: Allah's Messenger, I saw in the state of steep as if my head had been cut off
and I had been moving on haltingly after it. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said to that desert Arab: Do not narrate to the people the vain sporting of
satan with you in your sleep and (the narrator) also said: I heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) in his subsequent address: None amongst you should narrate the vain
sporting of devil with him in the dream.
Book 029, Number 5642:
Jabir reported that a'person came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and said:
Allah's Messenger, I have seen in the state of sleep as if my head had been cut off.
Thereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) laughed and said: When the satan plays
with any one of you in the state of steep, do not inention it to the people; and in the
hadith transmitted by Abu Bakr (the words are):" If one of you is played with, and he
did not make any mention of the word:" Satan."
Chapter 4: PERTAINING TO THE INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS
Book 029, Number 5643:
It is reported eithfr on the authority of Ibn Abbas or on the authority of Abu Huraira
that a person came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: Allah's
Messenger, I saw while I was sleeping during the night (this vision) that there was a
canopy from which butter and honey were trickling and I also saw people collecting them in
the palms of their hands, some more, some less, and I also saw a rope connecting the earth
with the sky and I saw you catching hold of it and rising towards the heaven; then another
person after you catching hold of it and rising towards (Heaven) ; then another person
catching hold of it, but it was broken while it was rejoined for him and he also climbed
up. Abu Bakr said: Allah's Messenger, may my father be sacrificed for you, by Allah, allow
me to interpret it. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) sail: Well, give its
interpretation. Thereupon Abu Bakr said: The canopy signifies the canopy of Islam and that
what it trickles out of it in the form of butter and honey is the Holy Qur'an and its
sweetness and softness and what the people get hold of it in their palms implies major
portion of the Qur'an or the small portion; and so far as the rope joining the sky with
the earth is concerned, it is the Truth by which you stood (in the worldly life) and by
which Allah would raise you (to Heaven). Then the person after you would take hold of it
and he would also climb up with the help of it. Then another person would take hold of it
and climb up with the help of it. Then another person would take hold of it and it would
be broken; then it would be rejoined for him and he would climb up with the help of it.
Allah's Messenger, may my father be taken as a ransom for you, tell me whether I have
interpreted it currectly or I have made an error. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: You have interpreted a part of it correctly and you have erred in interpreting
a part of it. Thereupon he said: Allah's Messenger, by Allah, tell me that part where I
have committed an error. Thereupon he said: Don't take oath.
Book 029, Number 5644:
Ibn 'Abbas reported that there came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) a person
as he was returning from Uhud and lie 'said: Allah's Messenger, I saw in sleep during the
night a canopy trickling butter and honey; the rest of the hadith is the same.
Book 029, Number 5645:
It is reported either on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas or on that of Abu Huraira that a
person came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: Verily I saw during the
night a canopy; the rest of the hadith is the same.
Book 029, Number 5646:
Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) used to say to his
Companions: He who amongst you sees a vision should narrate it and I would interpret it
for him, and a person came and said: Allah's Messenger, I saw a canopy. The rest of the
hadith is the same.
Chapter 5: THE VISION OF THE HOLY PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM)
Book 029, Number 5647:
Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I saw
during the night that which a person sees during the sleep as if we are in the house of
'Uqba b. Rafi' that there was brought to us the fresh dates of Ibn Tab. I interpreted it
as the sublimity for us in the world and good ending in the Hereafter and that our
religion is good.
Book 029, Number 5648:
Abdullah b. 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I saw
in a dream that I was using miswak and the two persons contended to get it from me, the
one being older than the other one. I gave the miswak to the younger one. It was said to
me to give that to the older one and I gave it to the older one.
Book 029, Number 5649:
Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I saw in sleep
that I was about to migrate from Mecca to a land abounding in palmtrees and I guessed that
it would be Yamama or Hajar, but it was the city of Yathrib (the old name of Medina), and
I saw in this dream of mine that I was brandishing a sword and its upper end was broken
and this is what fell (in the form of misfortune to the believers on the Day of Ubud). I
brandished (the sword) for the second time and it became all right and this is what came
to be true when Allah granted us victory and solidarity of the believers. And I saw
therein cows also and Allah is the Doer of good. These meant the group from amongst the
believers on the Day of Ubud and the goodness which Allah brought after that and the
reward of attestation of his Truth which Allah brought to us after the Day of Badr.
Book 029, Number 5650:
Ibn Abbas reported that Musailima al-Kadhdhab (the greater liar) (who claimed
prophethood after the death of the Holy Prophet) came during the lifetime of Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) to Medina and said: If Muhammad assigns his caliphate to
me after him I would follow, and there came along with him a large body of persons of his
tribe and there came to him Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) along with Thabit b.
Qais b. Shammas and the Prophet of Allah (may peace be upon him) had a piece of wood in
his hand until he came in front of Musailima in the company of his companions and said: If
you were to ask even this (wood), I would never give it to you. I am not going to do
anything against the will of God in your case, and if you turn away (from what I say)
Allah will destroy you. And I find you in the same state which I was shown (in the dream)
and here is Thabit and he would answer you on my behalf. He (the Holy Prophet) then went
back. Ibn 'Abbas said: I asked the (meanings of the) words of Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him):" You are the same what I was made to see about you in my dream."
and Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger. (may peace be upon him) said: While I was
sleeping I saw in my hands two gold bangles. This had a disturbing effect upon me and I
was given a suggestion in the sleep that I should blow over them, so I blew over them and
they were no more. And I interpreted these (two bangles) as the two great liars who would
appear after me and the one amongst them was 'Anasi the inhabitant of San'a' and the other
one Musailima the inhabitant of Yamama.
Book 029, Number 5651:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: While I was
sleeping, the treasures of the earth were presented to me and I was made to wear in my
hands two gold bangles. I felt a sort of burden upon me and I was disturbed and it was
suggested to me that I should blow over them, so I blew and both of them disappeared. I
interpreted them as two great liars who would appear at any time, one is the inhabitant of
Sana' and the other is that of Yamama.
Book 029, Number 5652:
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?
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