Visions

Book 24 of 25 · Mishkat al-Masabih

20 hadith Hadith 4408–4427 Sunni
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Book 24 of 25

Visions

Mishkat al-Masabih

20 hadith Hadith 4408–4427 Sunni

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Compiled in the 14th century CE by al-Tabrizi.

Visions is book 24 of 25 in Mishkat al-Masabih, containing 20 hadith.

Hadith in This Book 20 hadith

1 4408
"All that is left of prophecy is the mubashshirat.”* He was asked what that meant and said it was a good vision. Bukhari transmitted it. Malik added in the version of ‘Ata’ b.…
2 4409
"A good vision is a forty- sixth part of prophecy.” (Bukhari and Muslim.)
3 4410
"He who sees me in a dream has seen me, for the devil does not appear in my form.” (Bukhari and Muslim.)
4 4411
"He who sees me has seen what is genuine.” (Bukhari and Muslim.)
5 4412
"He who sees me in a dream will see me when awake*, for the devil, does not take my likeness.” (Bukhari and Muslim.) * This tradition has Caused some difficulty. It is…
6 4413
"A 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…
7 4414
"When 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…
8 4415
‘‘When the time draws near* a believer’s vision can hardly be false. A believer’s vision is a forty-sixth part of prophecy, and what pertains to prophecy cannot be false."…
9 4416
“In a dream I seemed to see any head had been cut off." The Prophet laughed and replied: “When the devil makes sport of any of you in a dream he should not tell people about it."…
10 4417
“One night it seemed to me in a dream that I was in the house of ‘Uqba b. Rafi' and was brought some of the fresh dates of Ibn Tab*. I interpreted it as meaning that to us is…
11 4418
“I 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…
12 4419
“While 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…
13 4420
“That represents his good deeds* which are kept increasing for him.” Bukhari transmitted it. * ‘Uthman had died after the battle of Badr, but this vision is taken as showing…
14 4421
When the Prophet prayed he turned his face to us and asked, “Who among you had a vision last night?” If one of us had had one he told it and he would interpret it as God willed.…
15 4422
“A believer’s 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.” And I think he said,…
16 4423
“I 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.” Ahmad and Tirmidhi…
17 4424
Ibn Khuzaima b. Thabit quoted his paternal uncle Aba Khuzaima as saying he had had a dream in which he prostrated himself on the Prophet's forehead. When he told him he lay down…
18 4425
“We 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…
19 4426
“The worst lie is when a man pretends to have seen what he has not seen." Bukhari transmitted it,
20 4427
“The truest vision comes a little before daybreak.” Tirmidhi and Darimi transmitted it.