Hadith #4401 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âIf anyone acquires any knowledge of astrology he acquires a branch of magic of which he gets more as long as he continues to do so.â Ahmad, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #4402 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âIf anyone resorts to a kahin and believes him m what he says, or has intercourse with his wife when she is menstruating, or has intercourse with his wife through her anus, he has nothing to do with what has been sent down to Muhammad.â Ahmad and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4403 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âWhen God decrees a matter in heaven the angels move their wings in submission to His word which is like a chain on a smooth stone. Then when their hearts are delivered from fear they say, âWhat did your Lord say?â and receive the reply, âThat which He said is the truth and He is the Most High and the Most Great.â Then those who listen by stealth hear it, and they are thus, some above others (Sufyan* illustrating it with the palm of his hand, turning it and separating the fingers). The
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Hadith #4404 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
A man of the Ansar who was a companion of the Prophet told me that while they were sitting one night along with Godâs messenger, a star was thrown and shone brightly. He asked them what they used to say in the pre-Islamic period when something of that nature was thrown, and they replied, âGod and His messenger know best. We used to say that a great man had been born that night, or that a great man had died.â Then Godâs messenger said, âIt is not thrown because of anyoneâs death or li
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Hadith #4405 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Qatada said God most high created these stars for three purposes; He made them an adornment for the sky, missiles for the devils, and signs by which people find their way. If anyone explains them differently he makes a mistake, squanders what is allotted to him, and occupies himself with something he does not know. Bukhari transmitted it without a full isnad. Razlnâs version has, âoccupies himself with what does not concern him, what he has no knowledge of, and what prophets and angels are i
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Hadith #4406 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âIf anyone acquires a section of the science of the stars for a purpose other than what God has mentioned he has acquired a branch of magic. The astrologer is a kahin, the kahin is a magician, and the magician is an infidel.â Razin transmitted it.
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Hadith #4407 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âIf God were to withhold rain from his servants for five years and then send it, a section of mankind would be infidels saying they had been supplied with water through the agency of the rainy star al-Mijdah*.â Nasaâi transmitted it. * The word comet from a root meaning to stir up, and the plural is used as a general name for stars which are said to stir up rain, the singular used here may refer to the Hyades, but other explanations are also given. As rainy seasons were connected with part
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Hadith #4408 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAll that is left of prophecy is the mubashshirat.â* He was asked what that meant and said it was a good vision. Bukhari transmitted it. Malik added in the version of âAtaâ b. Yasar, âwhich a Muslim man sees, or which is shown to him.â * Literally the things which bring news. The news may cause either pleasure or pain.
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Hadith #4409 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âA good vision is a forty- sixth part of prophecy.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4410 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âHe who sees me in a dream has seen me, for the devil does not appear in my form.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4411 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âHe who sees me has seen what is genuine.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4412 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âHe who sees me in a dream will see me when awake*, for the devil, does not take my likeness.â (Bukhari and Muslim.) * This tradition has Caused some difficulty. It is suggested that if it refers to people in the Prophetâs time who have not yet emigrated to Medina, it means that they will emigrate and see the Prophet there; if it refers to people of later times, it means that they will see him in the next world.
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Hadith #4413 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âA good vision comes from God and a dream (hulm) from the devil. So when one of you sees what he likes he must tell it only to one whom he likes; but when he sees What he dislikes he must seek refuge in God from its evil and from the evil of the devil, spit on his left three times, and not tell anyone of it. It will then not harm him.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4414 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âWhen one of you sees a vision which he dislikes he must spit on his left three times, seek refuge in God from the devil three times, and turn from the side on which he was lying.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #4415 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
ââWhen the time draws near* a believerâs vision can hardly be false. A believerâs vision is a forty-sixth part of prophecy, and what pertains to prophecy cannot be false.â Muhammad b. Sirin said he held that visions were of three types: ideas which come from within, terrifying caused by the devil, and good news from God; so when one sees anything he dislikes he should not tell it to anyone, but should get up and pray. He said he disliked seeing a shackle on the neck in sleep, but that
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Hadith #4416 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âIn a dream I seemed to see any head had been cut off.â The Prophet laughed and replied: âWhen the devil makes sport of any of you in a dream he should not tell people about it.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #4417 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âOne night it seemed to me in a dream that I was in the house of âUqba b. Rafiâ and was brought some of the fresh dates of Ibn Tab*. I interpreted it as meaning that to us is granted eminence (rifâa) in this world, a blessed hereafter (al- âaqiba) in the next, and that our religion has been good (tab).â** Muslim transmitted it. * While some suggest that Ibn Tab was a man who lived either in the desert or in Medina who had dates, the correct explanation is more likely that this is the
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Hadith #4418 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âI saw in a dream that I was emigrating from Mecca to a land containing palm-trees and I conjectured that it was to al-Yamama or to Hajar, but it was the city of Yathrib.* In this vision of mine I saw that I brandished a sword and the front part of it was cut off; this represented those believers who were smitten at the battle of Uhud. I brandished it again and it was restored to perfect condition; and this represented the victory and the community of believers which God brought about.â** (B
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Hadith #4419 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âWhile I was asleep I was brought the treasures of the earth, and two bracelets of gold which were placed in my hands weighed upon me. Then it was revealed to me that I should blow on them, and when I did so they departed. I interpreted them as representing the two liars between whom I am placed, the one in Sanâaâ and the one in al-Yamama.â (Bukhari and Muslim.) A version says that one of them was Musailima,* the man in al-Yamama, and the other al-âAnsi,** the man in Sanâaâ. I (the
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Hadith #4420 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âThat represents his good deeds* which are kept increasing for him.â Bukhari transmitted it. * âUthman had died after the battle of Badr, but this vision is taken as showing that his good deeds were still increasing. This is said to mean their reward. Cf. Mirqat, iv, 545.
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Hadith #4421 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
When the Prophet prayed he turned his face to us and asked, âWho among you had a vision last night?â If one of us had had one he told it and he would interpret it as God willed. One day he asked us, âHas any of you had a vision?â and when we replied that we had not he said: âBut last night I saw two men who came to me, took me by the hand and brought me out to a holy land. I saw a man sitting and a man standing with a hooked piece of iron in his hand which he was inserting into the oth
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Hadith #4422 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âA believerâs vision is a forty-sixth part of prophecy. It flutters over a man as long as he does not talk about it, but when he talks about it it settles.â And I think he said, âTalk only to a friend or one with sound judgment.â Tirmidhi transmitted it. In Abu Dawudâs version he said, The vision flutters over a man as long as it is not interpreted, but when it is interpreted it settles.â And I think he said, âTell it only to one who loves him or one who has judgment.â
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Hadith #4423 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âI was shown him in a dream wearing white clothes, and if he had been one of the inhabitants of hell he would have been wearing different clothing.â Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4424 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Khuzaima b. Thabit quoted his paternal uncle Aba Khuzaima as saying he had had a dream in which he prostrated himself on the Prophetâs forehead. When he told him he lay down for him and said, âVerify your vision,â so he prostrated himself on his forehead. It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna.
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Hadith #4425 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âWe came to a luxuriant garden containing all kinds of Spring blossom in the middle of which there was a man who was so tall that I could scarcely see his head, so high it went up into the sky; and around the man there were more children than I had ever seen. I asked my companions who this was and who these were, but they told me to come away. So we went on and came to a huge garden than which I had never seen any larger or more beautiful. They told me to go up into it, and when we had done so
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Hadith #4426 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âThe worst lie is when a man pretends to have seen what he has not seen.â Bukhari transmitted it,
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Hadith #4427 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âThe truest vision comes a little before daybreak.â Tirmidhi and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4428 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âDeeds are to be judged only by intentions, and a man will have only what he intended. When oneâs emigration is to God and His Messenger, his emigration is to God and His Messenger; but when his emigration is to a worldly end at which he aims, or to a woman whom he marries, his emigration is to that to which he emigrated.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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