Sahih Muslim: The Book of Dreams
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Chapter: The Words Of The Prophet (SAW): "Whoever Sees Me In A Dream Has Indeed Seen Me."
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
He who saw me in a dream in fact saw me, for the satan does not appear in my form.
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2266a |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 23 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 29, Hadith 5635 |
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Abu Huraira reported:
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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.
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2266b |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 24 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 29, Hadith 5636 |
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Abu Qatada reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
He who saw me in dream in fact saw the truth (what is true).
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2267a |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 25 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 29, Hadith 5637 |
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The above two hadith have been narrated likewise through another chain of transmitters.
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2267b |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 26 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 29, Hadith 5637 |
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Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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.
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2268a |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 27 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 29, Hadith 5638 |
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Jabir b. `Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
He who saw me in a dream in fact saw me, for the satan cannot assume my form.
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2268b |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 28 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 29, Hadith 5639 |
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Chapter: No One Should Speak Of How The Shaitan Toyed With Him In His Sleep
Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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 (ﷺ) reprimanded him saying: Do not inform about the vain sporting of devil with you during the night.
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2268c |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 29 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 29, Hadith 5640 |
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Jabir reported that there came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) a desert Arab and said:
Allah's Messenger, I saw in the state of sleep as if my head had been cut off and I had been moving on haltingly after it. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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 (ﷺ) in his subsequent address: None amongst you should narrate the vain sporting of devil with him in the dream.
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2268d |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 30 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 29, Hadith 5641 |
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Jabir reported that a person came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) 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 (ﷺ) laughed and said: When the satan plays with any one of you in the state of sleep, do not mention 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."
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2268e |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 31 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 29, Hadith 5642 |
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Chapter: Interpretation Of Dreams
It is reported either on the authority of Ibn `Abbas or on the authority of Abu Huraira that a person came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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 (ﷺ) said: Well, give its interpretation. Thereupon Abu Bakr said: The canopy signifies the canopy of Islam and that what 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 correctly or I have made an error. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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 an oath.
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2269a |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 32 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 29, Hadith 5643 |
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Ibn `Abbas reported that there came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) a person as he was returning from Uhud and he 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.
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2269b |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 33 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 29, Hadith 5644 |
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It is reported either on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas or on that of Abu Huraira that a person came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said:
Verily I saw during the night a canopy; the rest of the hadith is the same.
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2269c |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 34 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 29, Hadith 5645 |
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Ibn `Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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.
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2269d |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 35 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 29, Hadith 5646 |
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Chapter: The Dreams Of The Prophet (SAW)
Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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.
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2270 |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 36 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 29, Hadith 5647 |
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Abdullah b. `Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
I saw in a dream that I was using miswak and two persons contended to get it from me, 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.
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2271 |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 37 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 29, Hadith 5648 |
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Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
I dreamt (while asleep) that I was about to migrate from Mecca to a land abounding in palm trees 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 Uhud). 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 Uhud 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.
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2272 |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 38 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 29, Hadith 5649 |
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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 (ﷺ) to Medina and said:
If Muhammad assigns his caliphate to me after him I would follow him, and there came along with him a large body of persons of his tribe, and there came to him Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) along with Thabit b. Qais b. Shammas and the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) 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 (meaning of the) words of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ): "You are the same what I was made to see about you in my dream." and Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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 Al-`Anasi the inhabitant of San`a' and the other one Musailima the inhabitant of Yamama.
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2273, 2274a |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 39 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 29, Hadith 5650 |
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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 San`a' and the other is that of Yamama.
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2274b |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 40 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 29, Hadith 5651 |
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Samura b. Jundab reported that when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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?
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2275 |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 41 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 29, Hadith 5652 |
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