Collection: Sahih Muslim

Sahih Muslim 13020

It is better for the belly of any one of you to be stuffed with pus rather than to stuff (one’s mind) with poetry.

Sahih Muslim 13021

We were going with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ). As we reached the place (known as) `Arj there met (us) a poet who had been reciting poetry. Thereupon Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: Catch the satan or detain the satan, for filling the belly of a man with pus is better than stuffing his brain with poetry.

Sahih Muslim 13022

He who played Nardashir (a game similar to backgammon) is like one who dyed his hand with the flesh and blood of swine.

Sahih Muslim 13023

I used to see dreams (and was so much perturbed) that I began to quiver and have temperature, but did not cover myself with a mantle. I met Abu Qatada and made a mention of that to him. He said: I heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: A good vision comes from Allah and a […]

Sahih Muslim 13024

“I saw dreams (which perturbed me) but I did not cover myself with a mantle.”

Sahih Muslim 13025

“I felt disturbed because of that,” and there is an addition of these words in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Yunus: “Then spit thrice on the left side when you get up from sleep.”

Sahih Muslim 13026

A good vision is from Allah and a bad dream (hulm) is from the satan; so if one of you sees anything (in a dream) which he dislikes, he should spit on his left side thrice and seek refuge with Allah from its evil, and then it will never harm him. Abu Salama said: I […]

Sahih Muslim 13019

It is better for a man’s belly to be stuffed with pus which corrodes it than to stuff (one’s mind) with frivolous poetry. Abu Bakr has reported it with a slight variation of wording.

Sahih Muslim 13010

He who is presented with a flower should not reject it, for it is light to carry and pleasant in odour.