Dreams & Visions

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

Chapters On Dreams

"The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) was asked about Waraqah. Khadijah said to him: 'He believed in you, but he died before your advent.' So the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: 'I saw him in a dream, and upon him were...

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

Chapters On Dreams

"I saw that the people had gathered, so Abu Bakr drew a bucket or two buckets- in him was some weakness- and Allah forgive him. Then 'Umar stood to draw and the bucket turned into a very large one, and...

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

Chapters On Dreams

"I saw a black woman with unkempt hair going out of Al-Madinah, until she stood in Mabaya'ah, and it is Al-Juhfah. So I interpreted that to be an epidemic in Al-Madinah that would spread to Al-Juhfah."

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

Chapters On Dreams

"In the end of time, the dreams of a believer will hardly ever fail to come true, and the most truthful of them in dreams will be the truest in speech among them. And dreams are three types: The good...

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

Chapters On Dreams

"I had a dream while sleeping as if there were two gold bracelets in my hands which bothered me very much. So it was reveled to me to blow them off. I blew them off and they flew away. I...

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

Chapters On Dreams

"I had a dream of a cloud with shade dripping butter and honey. I saw the people scooping it up with their hands, some taking much and some taking little. I saw a rope extending from the sky to the...

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

Chapters On Dreams

"When the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) had led us in Subh(Fajr prayer), he turned to face the people and said: 'Did any of you have a dream during the night?'" This is how Bundar reported this Hadith, with its brevity,...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Visions

"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. Yasar, "which a Muslim man sees, or...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Visions

"A good vision is a forty- sixth part of prophecy.” (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Mishkat al-Masabih

Visions

"He who sees me in a dream has seen me, for the devil does not appear in my form.” (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Mishkat al-Masabih

Visions

"He who sees me has seen what is genuine.” (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Mishkat al-Masabih

Visions

"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 suggested that if it refers to people in...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Visions

"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 he...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Visions

"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 lying." Muslim transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih

Visions

‘‘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." Muhammad b. Sirin said he held that visions were of three...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Visions

“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." Muslim transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih

Visions

“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 granted...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Visions

“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 vision of mine I...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Visions

“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 blow on them, and when...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Visions

“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 that his good deeds were still increasing. This is said...