by Asma bint Shameem
Dreams can be of three kinds
The good dream- that’s from Allaah
🍃Ibn ‘Abbaas Radhi Allaahu anhu said:
“The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ drew back the curtain and the people were lined up in rows behind Abu Bakr.
He said: “O people, there is nothing left of the glad tidings of Prophethood except a good dream that a Muslim sees or that is seen for him.” (Saheeh Muslim 479)
The bad dream - the nightmares, the ones you worry about- that’s from the Shaytaan
The thoughts that we’ve been thinking about - that’s from the person’s own subconscious mind.
So for example, if we’ve been cooking all day and preparing for a special dinner, we might dream about it too
Or a student studying hard might dream of himself taking an exam etc.
🍃 The Prophet ﷺ said:
“Good dreams come from Allaah and bad dreams come from the Shaytaan.”
(al-Bukhaari 3292, Muslim 2261)
🔺What to do when you see bad dreams ?
🍃 The Prophet ﷺ said:
A)”If any one of you sees a bad dream which makes him afraid, let him spit drily to his left and seek refuge with Allaah from its evil, then it will not harm him.”
(al-Bukhaari 3292, Muslim 2261)
B) “If any one of you sees a dream that he dislikes, let him spit drily to his left three time, and seek refuge with Allaah from the Shaytaan three times, and change the side on which he was sleeping.” (Muslim 2262)
C) “If any one of you sees something that he dislikes (in a dream), let him get up and pray, and not tell people about it.’” (Muslim 2263)
So if you see a bad dream, you should do the following:
🔺1. Know that this dream is from the Shaytaan, so don’t pay any attention to it.
🔺2. Spit drily to your left side three times.
🔺3. Say Aa'oodhu Billaahi min ash-Shaytaanir-Rajeem
or you can say
أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ غَضَبِهِ وَعِقَابِهِ، وَشَرِّ عِبَادِهِ، وَمِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَنْ يَحْضُرُونِ
‘A’oothu bikalimaatil-laahit-taammaati min ghadhabihi wa ‘iqaabihi, wa sharri ‘ibaadihi, wa min hamazaatish-shayaateeni wa ‘an yahdhuroon.
“I seek refuge in the Perfect Words of Allah from His anger and His punishment, from the evil of His slaves and from the taunts of devils and from their presence.” (at-Tirmidhi -hasan by al-Albaani)
🔺4. Ask Allaah to protect you from the evil of this dream.
🔺5. Don’t tell anyone about it.
🔺6. Turn over from the side on which you were sleeping.
🔺7. If you can, then get up and pray.
If you do this then In shaa’ Allaah this bad dream will not harm you or affect you in any way.
QUESTION
How can a dream “harm” someone?
Bad dreams are described in the hadeeth as “harming” or being “from the shaytaan.”
What that means is that they make the person sad, anxious or scared and cause distress.
That’s why the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam said the bad dream is “from the Shaytaan” because the Shaytaan wants to cause fear or anxiety in the person and bother him.
🍃 Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said:
“Alarm comes from the shaytaan.
The shaytaan depicts to a person in his sleep things that alarm him with regard to himself, his wealth or his family, or in his community, because the shaytaan loves to make the believers sad, as Allaah says:
“Secret counsels (conspiracies) are only from Shaytaan, in order that he may cause grief to the believers.
But he cannot harm them in the least, except as Allaah permits”
[al-Mujaadilah 58:10]
Everything that causes distress to people and upsets them, the shaytaan is eager for it, whether it is when they are awake or asleep, because the shaytaan is an enemy as Allaah says:
“Surely, Shaytaan is an enemy to you, so take (treat) him as an enemy”
[Faatir 35:6]”
(Majmoo’ Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen 1/329)
And Allaah knows best
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