Today, I would like to share points about dream. Not for the future but
dreams in your sleep. It is happen that sometimes we have a bad dream. We
called it nightmares. Nightmares have two categories:
1 – The Shaytan’s attempts to frighten
2 – The workings of the subconscious.
So, Rasulullah, our Prophet has taught us how to deal with such dreams
o It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allah be upon him) said: “Dreams are of three types: glad tidings from Allah,
what is on a person’s mind, and frightening dreams from the Shaytan. If any of
you sees a dream that he likes, let him tell others of it if he wishes, but if
he sees something that he dislikes, he should not tell anyone about it, and he
should get up and pray.”
(Saheeh Sunan Ibn Maajah, 3154)
o It was narrated that Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allah (peace
and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “If any one of you sees a dream that
he dislikes, let him turn over, and spit drily to his left three times and ask
Allah of His goodness, and seek refuge with Him from its evil.”
(Saheeh Sunan Ibn Maajah).
o The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told us the
difference between good dreams and bad dreams. It was narrated from Abu Sa’eed
al-Khudri that he heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) say: “If any one of you sees a dream that he likes, it is from
Allaah, so let him praise Allaah for it and tell people about it. But if he
sees something other than that, that he dislikes, it is from the Shaytaan, so
let him seek refuge with Allaah from its evil and not mention it to anyone, for
it will not harm him.”
(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 7045).
So we may sum up from these hadeeth the most important points about what
a person should do if he sees a dream that he dislikes, as follows:
1- He should know that this dream is from the
Shaytan who wants to cause him grief, so he should annoy the Shaytan by not
paying any attention to him.
2- He should seek refuge with Allah from the
accursed Shaytan.
3- He should seek refuge with Allah from the
evil of this dream.
4- He should spit drily to his left three times,
i.e., blowing with a little bit of saliva.
5- He should not tell anyone about it.
6- He should turn over from the side on which he
was sleeping, so if he was lying on his left side he should turn over to his
right side, and vice versa.
7- He should get up and pray.
If a person adheres to this etiquette, then we hope that this bad dream
will not harm him, as it says in the texts.
And Allah knows best.
-Islam is the way of life-