10. Book of Visions
١٠۔ كِتَابُ الرُّؤْيَا
While I was asleep I saw people being presented to me (in a dream) and they wore shirts and some of these reached up to the breasts and some even beyond them. Then there happened to pass 'Umar b. Khattab and his shirt had been trailing. They said: Allah's Messeneer, how do you interpret the dream? He said: (As strength of) faith. (Using translation from Muslim 2390)
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «بَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ رَأَيْتُ النَّاسَ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَيْهِمْ قُمُصٌ مِنْهَا مَا يَبْلُغُ الثُّدِيَّ وَمِنْهَا مَا يَبْلُغُ دُونَ ذَلِكَ» وَعُرِضَ عَلَيَّ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَعَلَيْهِ قَمِيصٌ يَجُرُّهُ فَقَالَ «مَنْ حَوْلَهُ» فَمَاذَا تَأَوَّلْتَ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «الدِّينَ»
[Machine] I was in the time of the Prophet ﷺ, and I had nowhere to stay except in the Prophet's Mosque. Whenever the Prophet ﷺ would wake up in the morning, people would come to him and narrate their dreams to him. So I said, "Why don't I see anything?" Then I saw as if people were being gathered and thrown onto their faces in a pit. I was taken and when I approached the well, a man said, "Take him with the right group." When I woke up, my dream bothered me, so I asked Hafsah about it. She said, "Yes, what did you see?" So I said, "Ask the Prophet ﷺ about it." So she asked him, and he said, "Indeed, the man is Abdullah. If he were to offer the night prayer."
كُنْتُ فِي عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمَا لِي مَبِيتٌ إِلَّا فِي مَسْجِدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ يَأْتُونَهُ فَيَقُصُّونَ عَلَيْهِ الرُّؤْيَا قَالَ فَقُلْتُ مَا لِي لَا أَرَى شَيْئًا فَرَأَيْتُ كَأَنَّ النَّاسَ يُحْشَرُونَ فَيُرْمَى بِهِمْ عَلَى أَرْجُلِهِمْ فِي رَكِيٍّ فَأُخِذْتُ فَلَمَّا دَنَا إِلَى الْبِئْرِ قَالَ رَجُلٌ خُذُوا بِهِ ذَاتَ الْيَمِينِ فَلَمَّا اسْتَيْقَظْتُ هَمَّتْنِي رُؤْيَايَ وَأَشْفَقْتُ مِنْهَا فَسَأَلْتُ حَفْصَةَ عَنْهَا؟ فَقَالَتْ نِعْمَ مَا رَأَيْتَ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا سَلِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَتْهُ؟ فَقَالَ «نِعْمَ الرَّجُلُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ لَوْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ»
نَافِعٌ وَكَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ يُصَلِّي اللَّيْلَ
[Machine] "I heard the Prophet ﷺ say that while I was asleep, I was brought a cup of milk, and I drank from it until I could see the whiteness in my nails or he said, in my finger nails. Then I handed the remaining portion to Umar. They asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, what did you interpret from this?' He said, 'Knowledge.'"
سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ بَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ إِذْ أُتِيتُ بِقَدَحٍ مِنْ لَبَنٍ فَشَرِبْتُ مِنْهُ حَتَّى إِنِّي لَأَرَى الرِّيَّ فِي ظُفْرِي أَوْ قَالَ فِي أَظْفَارِي ثُمَّ نَاوَلْتُ فَضْلَهُ عُمَرَ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَوَّلْتَهُ قَالَ «الْعِلْمَ»
[Machine] Some of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ told me that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Milk is natural, swimming is a salvation, camels bring sadness, greenery is paradise, and women are good."
حَدَّثَنِي بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «اللَّبَنُ الْفِطْرَةُ وَالسَّفِينَةُ نَجَاةٌ وَالْجَمَلُ حُزْنٌ وَالْخُضْرَةُ الْجَنَّةُ وَالْمَرْأَةُ خَيْرٌ»
"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 earth. Then I saw you O Messenger of Allah ! You took hold of it and went up, then a man took hold of it after you do so, then a man took hold of it after him to do so. Then a man took hold of it and it was severed, and then connected for him, and he did so (i.e. , went up)." Abu Bakr said: "May my father and mother be ransomed for you O Messenger of Allah! Allow me to interpret it." He said: "Interpret it." so he said: "As for the cloud with its shade, it is Islam. As for what the butter and honey that dropped from it, this is the Quran and its delicateness and sweetness. It means some of them gathered much of the Quran and some of them a little. As for the rope extending from the sky to the earth, it is the truth which you are upon, you clug to it and Allah exalted you. Then another man will take hold of it after you and ascend on it, then after him, another man will take hold of it and ascend on it. Then another [man] will take hold of it but it will break, then be connected so he will ascend on it. Inform me O Messenger of Allah! Am I correct or am I mistaken?" The Prophet ﷺ said: "You are correct in some of it and mistaken in some of it." He (i.e., Abu Bakr) said: "I swear to you by my father and my mother O Messenger of Allah! Inform me in what I was mistaken?" The Prophet ﷺ said: "Do not swear." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2293)
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ مِمَّا يَقُولُ لِأَصْحَابِهِ «مَنْ رَأَى مِنْكُمْ رُؤْيَا فَلْيَقُصَّهَا عَلَيَّ فَأَعْبُرَهَا لَهُ» قَالَ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ رَأَيْتُ ظُلَّةً بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ تَنْطِفُ عَسَلًا وَسَمْنًا وَرَأَيْتُ سَبَبًا وَاصِلًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ وَرَأَيْتُ أُنَاسًا يَتَكَفَّفُونَ مِنْهَا فَمُسْتَكْثِرٌ وَمُسْتَقِلٌّ وَرَأَيْتُ سَبَبًا وَاصِلًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ فَأَخَذْتَ بِهِ فَعَلَوْتَ «فَأَعْلَاكَ اللَّهُ» ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِهِ الَّذِي بَعْدَكَ فَعَلَا «فَأَعْلَاهُ اللَّهُ» ثُمَّ أَخَذَهُ الَّذِي بَعْدَهُ فَعَلَا «فَأَعْلَاهُ اللَّهُ» ثُمَّ أَخَذَهُ الَّذِي بَعْدَهُ فَقُطِعَ بِهِ ثُمَّ وُصِلَ فَاتَّصَلَ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ائْذَنْ لِي فَأَعْبُرَهَا فَقَالَ «اعْبُرْهَا» وَكَانَ أَعْبَرَ النَّاسِ لِلرُّؤْيَا بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَمَّا الظُّلَّةُ فَالْإِسْلَامُ وَأَمَّا الْعَسَلُ وَالسَّمْنُ فَالْقُرْآنُ حَلَاوَةُ الْعَسَلِ وَلِينُ السَّمْنِ وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ يَتَكَفَّفُونَ مِنْهُ فَمُسْتَكْثِرٌ وَمُسْتَقِلٌّ فَهُمْ حَمَلَةُ الْقُرْآنِ وَأَمَّا السَّبَبُ الْوَاصِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ فَالْحَقُّ الَّذِي أَنْتَ عَلَيْهِ تَأْخُذُ بِهِ فَيُعْلِيكَ اللَّهُ بِهِ ثُمَّ يَأْخُذُ بِهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ فَيَعْلُوَ بِهِ ثُمَّ يَأْخُذُ بِهِ رَجُلٌ آَخَرُ فَيَعْلُو بِهِ ثُمَّ يَأْخُذُ بِهِ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ فَيَنْقَطِعُ بِهِ ثُمَّ يَوصَلُ لَهُ فَيَعْلُو بِهِ فَأَخْبِرْنِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بَأَبِي أَنْتَ أَصَبْتُ أَمْ أَخْطَأْتَ فَقَالَ «أَصَبْتَ وَأَخْطَأْتَ» فَقَالَ فَمَا الَّذِي أَصَبْتُ؟ وَمَا الَّذِي أَخْطَأْتُ؟ فَأَبَى أَنْ يُخْبِرَهُ
[Machine] It seemed as if the sun or the moon was suspended on the Earth, with strong chains. Abu Ja'far had doubts about it, so he mentioned that to the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. The Prophet replied, "That is the death of your nephew, meaning the Messenger of Allah himself."
كَأَنَّ شَمْسًا أَوْ قَمَرًا شَكَّ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ تُرْفَعُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ بِأَشْطَانٍ شِدَادٍ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «ذَاكَ وَفَاةُ ابْنِ أَخِيكَ يَعْنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَفْسَهُ»
“In a dream I saw myself emigrating from Makkah to a land in which there were date-palm trees, and I thought that it was Yamamah or Hajar, but it was Al-Madinah, Yathrib. And I saw in this dream of mine that I was wielding a sword then it broke in the middle. That was what befell the believers on the Day of Uhud. Then I wielded it again and it was better than it had been before, and that is what Allah brought about of the Conquest and the regrouping of the believers. And I also saw cows, and by Allah it is good, for they are the group of the believers (who were martyred) on the Day of Uhud, and the goodness is that which Allah brought forth after that, and the reward of the truth which Allah brought us on the Day of Badr.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3921)
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «رَأَيْتُ فِي رُؤْيَايَ هَذِهِ أَنِّي هَزَزْتُ سَيْفًا فَانْقَطَعَ صَدْرُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ مَا أُصِيبَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ ثُمَّ هَزَزْتُهُ أُخْرَى فَعَادَ كَأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانَ فَإِذَا هُوَ مَا جَاءَ اللَّهُ بِهِ مِنَ الْفَتْحِ وَاجْتِمَاعِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَرَأَيْتُ فِيهَا أَيْضًا بَقَرًا وَاللَّهِ خَيْرٌ فَإِذَا هُوَ النَّفَرُ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَإِذَا الْخَيْرُ مَا جَاءَ اللَّهُ بِهِ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ وَثَوَابِ الصِّدْقِ الَّذِي آتَانَا بَعْدَ يَوْمِ بَدْرٍ»
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I saw as if I were in a fortified shield and I saw a cow being slaughtered. I interpreted the shield to be Madinah and the cow to be a group of people. By Allah, they are better off if we confront them when they enter upon us." They said, "By Allah, they have never entered upon us during the pre-Islamic times. Will they then enter upon us during Islam?" He said, "That is your concern then." Some of the Ansar said to each other, "We will discuss the Prophet's ﷺ matter in his presence." So they went to him and said, "O Messenger of Allah, what is your opinion?" He said, "Now, if a prophet wears an armor for his people, he should not take it off until he fights."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «رَأَيْتُ كَأَنِّي فِي دِرْعٍ حَصِينَةٍ وَرَأَيْتُ بَقَرًا يُنْحَرُ فَأَوَّلْتُ أَنَّ الدِّرْعَ الْمَدِينَةُ وَأَنَّ الْبَقَرَ نَفَرٌ وَاللَّهِ خَيْرٌ وَلَوْ أَقَمْنَا بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَإِذَا دَخَلُوا عَلَيْنَا قَاتَلْنَاهُمْ» فَقَالُوا وَاللَّهِ مَا دُخِلَتْ عَلَيْنَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ أَفَتُدْخَلُ عَلَيْنَا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ قَالَ «فَشَأْنَكُمْ إِذًا» وَقَالَتْ الْأَنْصَارُ بَعْضُهَا لِبَعْضٍ رَدَدْنَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَأْيَهُ فَجَاءُوا فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ شَأْنُكَ فَقَالَ «الْآنَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِنَبِيٍّ إِذَا لَبِسَ لَأْمَتَهُ أَنْ يَضَعَهُا حَتَّى يُقَاتِلَ»
[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ , it is narrated that he used to say, "I dislike extremism and I love moderation. Moderation is firmness in religion."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ «أَكْرَهُ الْغُلَّ وَأُحِبُّ الْقَيْدَ الْقَيْدُ ثَبَاتٌ فِي الدِّينِ»
[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "I saw in a dream a black woman with disheveled hair being expelled from the city and settled in Mahyah, and then I interpreted it as an epidemic hitting Madinah being transferred by Allah to Mahyah."
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «رَأَيْتُ فِي الْمَنَامِ امْرَأَةً سَوْدَاءَ ثَائِرَةَ الشَّعْرِ تَفِلَةً أُخْرِجَتْ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ فَأُسْكِنَتْ مَهْيَعَةَ فَأَوَّلْتُهَا وَبَاءَ الْمَدِينَةِ يَنْقُلُهَا اللَّهُ إِلَى مَهْيَعَةَ»
[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ, he said one day, "Indeed, I saw in a dream that a man came to me with a bunch of dates, and I ate them. Then I found a seed in them that harmed me when I chewed it. Then he gave me another bunch of dates." So I said, "When I ate what you gave me, I found a seed in it that harmed me." Abu Bakr said, "Your eyes found sleep, O Messenger of Allah. This is the secret mission that you sent, both of which they captured, and they found a man seeking your protection. So I said to Mujalid, 'What is he seeking your protection for?' He said, 'He says, "There is no god but Allah".'"
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَوْمًا مِنَ الْأَيَّامِ «إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ فِي الْمَنَامِ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَانِي بِكُتْلَةٍ مِنْ تَمْرٍ فَأَكَلْتُهَا فَوَجَدْتُ فِيهَا نَوَاةً فَآذَتْنِي حِينَ مَضَغْتُهَا ثُمَّ أَعْطَانِي كُتْلَةً أُخْرَى» فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ الَّذِي أَعْطَيْتَنِي وَجَدْتُ فِيهَا نَوَاةً آذَتْنِي فَأَكَلْتُهَا فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ نَامَتْ عَيْنُكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذِهِ السَّرِيَّةُ الَّتِي بَعَثْتَ بِهَا غَنِمُوا مَرَّتَيْنِ كِلْتَاهُمَا وَجَدُوا رَجُلًا يَنْشُدُ ذِمَّتَكَ فَقُلْتُ لِمُجَالِدٍ «مَا يَنْشُدُ ذِمَّتَكَ» قَالَ يَقُولُ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ»
[Machine] Narrated Aisha, the wife of the Prophet: "There was a woman from the people of Medina who had a merchant husband. They used to have disputes, and whenever her husband was absent, she would see a dream. Every time he was away, she would see in her dream that the roof of her house had collapsed and that she had given birth to a male child who was blind in one eye. So, she would come to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and say, 'My husband has gone out as a merchant, and he has left me behind while I am pregnant. I have seen in my dream what a sleeper sees.?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would say: 'Good, it will be as you have seen it,' and she would return to her house. Indeed, her husband would return to her, and she would give birth to a male child who was blind in one eye. This happened two or three times, and every time she would see the dream, she would come to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and tell him about it. Once, she came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was absent, and she had seen the dream. She said to me, 'What do you advise me to do? Should I ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about it?' I said, 'Yes.' So, when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came, she told him about it. He said to her, 'What is your desired outcome?' She replied, 'By Allah, if your interpretation is true, my husband will die and I will give birth to a male child who will eventually become evil.' Then, she started weeping. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the room while she was weeping and asked her what was wrong. She told him what she had said and how she had interpreted the dream. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'O Aisha, tell her that when you see a dream, it is either about what you have seen or about what the person who sees it interprets it to be. Her husband will die, and by Allah, she will give birth to a male child who will eventually become evildoer.'
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ كَانَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ لَهَا زَوْجٌ تَاجِرٌ يَخْتَلِفُ فَكَانَتْ تَرَى رُؤْيَا كُلَّمَا غَابَ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا وَقَلَّمَا يَغِيبُ إِلَّا تَرَكَهَا حَامِلًا فَتَأْتِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَتَقُولُ إِنَّ زَوْجِي خَرَجَ تَاجِرًا فَتَرَكَنِي حَامِلًا فَرَأَيْتُ فِيمَا يَرَى النَّائِمُ أَنَّ سَارِيَةَ بَيْتِي انْكَسَرَتْ وَأَنِّي وَلَدْتُ غُلَامًا أَعْوَرَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «خَيْرٌ يَرْجِعُ زَوْجُكِ عَلَيْكِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى صَالِحًا وَتَلِدِينَ غُلَامًا بَرًّا» فَكَانَتْ تَرَاهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا كُلُّ ذَلِكَ تَأْتِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَيَقُولُ ذَلِكَ لَهَا فَيَرْجِعُ زَوْجُهَا وَتَلِدُ غُلَامًا فَجَاءَتْ يَوْمًا كَمَا كَانَتْ تَأْتِيهِ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ غَائِبٌ وَقَدْ رَأَتْ تِلْكَ الرُّؤْيَا فَقُلْتُ لَهَا عَمَّ تَسْأَلِينَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَا أَمَةَ اللَّهِ؟ فَقَالَتْ رُؤْيَا كُنْتُ أُرَاهَا فَآتِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَسْأَلُهُ عَنْهَا؟ فَيَقُولُ خَيْرًا فَيَكُونُ كَمَا قَالَ فَقُلْتُ فَأَخْبِرِينِي مَا هِيَ؟ قَالَتْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَعْرِضَهَا عَلَيْهِ كَمَا كُنْتُ أَعْرِضُ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا تَرَكْتُهَا حَتَّى أَخْبَرَتْنِي فَقُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ صَدَقَتْ رُؤْيَاكِ لَيَمُوتَنَّ زَوْجُكِ وَتَلِدِينَ غُلَامًا فَاجِرًا فَقَعَدَتْ تَبْكِي وَقَالَتْ مَا لِي حِينَ عَرَضْتُ عَلَيْكِ رُؤْيَايَ فَدَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهِيَ تَبْكِي فَقَالَ لَهَا مَا لَهَا يَا عَائِشَةُ؟ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ الْخَبَرَ وَمَا تَأَوَّلْتُ لَهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَهْ يَا عَائِشَةُ «إِذَا عَبَرْتُمْ لِلْمُسْلِمِ الرُّؤْيَا فَاعْبُرُوهَا عَلَى الْخَيْرِ فَإِنَّ الرُّؤْيَا تَكُونُ عَلَى مَا يَعْبُرُهَا صَاحِبُهَا فَمَاتَ وَاللَّهِ زَوْجُهَا وَلَا أُرَاهَا إِلَّا وَلَدَتْ غُلَامًا فَاجِرًا»