Dreams

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-