Sahih Muslim — hadith #5751–#5775
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Abu Qatada reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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.
Abu Salama reported: 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 (ﷺ) 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 whom 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.
Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: If anyone sees a dream which he does not like, he should spit on his left side three times, and seek refuge with Allah from the Satan three times, and let him turn over from the side on which he was sleeping.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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 up 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.
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 (ﷺ) as saying: The vision of a believer is forty-sixth part of Prophecy.
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.
Muhammad b. Sirin reported from Abu Huraira a hadith from Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) 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."
`Ubada b. as-Samit reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The vision of a believer is the forty-sixth part of Prophecy.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas b. Malik through another chain of transmitters.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Verily the vision of a believer is one of the forty-sixth part of Prophecy.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The vision of a Muslim which he sees or which is shown to him, and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Ibn Mushir (the words are): "The pious dream is the forty-sixth part of Prophecy."
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The vision of a pious man is the forty-sixth part of Prophecy.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Yahya b. Abu Kathir with the same chain of transmitters.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters.
Ibn `Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The pious dreams are the seventieth part of Prophecy.
This hadith has been reported on the authority of `Ubaidullah with the same chain of transmitters.
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 `Umar said: The seventieth part from Prophecy."
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.
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.
Abu Qatada reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who saw me in dream in fact saw the truth (what is true).
The above two hadith have been narrated likewise through another chain of transmitters.
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.
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.
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.
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.