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السيوطي:١٠٨٩٠a

"الرُّؤيَا مِنَ الله، وَالحُلْمُ مِنَ الشَّيطَانِ، فَإذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ شَيئًا يَكْرهُه فَليَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارهِ ثَلَاثًا، ويَسْتَعِذْ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيطَانِ الرَّجِيم ثَلَاثًا، وَليَتَحَوَّلْ عَنْ جَنْبه الَّذِي كَانَ عَلَيهِ".  

[هـ] ابن ماجة عن أَبي قتادة

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Collected by Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
muslim:2262[Chain 1] Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Layth [Chain 2] Ibn Rumḥ > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

If anyone sees a dream which he does not like, he should spit on his left side three times, and seek refuge with Allah from the Satan three times, and let him turn over from the side on which he was sleeping.  

مسلم:٢٢٦٢حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ رُمْحٍ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمُ الرُّؤْيَا يَكْرَهُهَا فَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثَلاَثًا وَلْيَسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ ثَلاَثًا وَلْيَتَحَوَّلْ عَنْ جَنْبِهِ الَّذِي كَانَ عَلَيْهِ  

abudawud:5021al-Nufaylī > Zuhayr > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abū Salamah > Abū Qatādah

I heard the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) say: A good vision comes from Allah and a dream (hulm) from the devil, so when one of you sees what he dislikes, he must spit on his left (three times), and seek refuge in Allah from its evil. It will then not harm him.  

أبو داود:٥٠٢١حَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ زُهَيْرًا يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ سَعِيدٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ الرُّؤْيَا مِنَ اللَّهِ وَالْحُلْمُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَإِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَنْفُثْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ لْيَتَعَوَّذْ مِنْ شَرِّهَا فَإِنَّهَا لاَ تَضُرُّهُ  

abudawud:5022Yazīd b. Khālid al-Hamdānī And Qutaybah b. Saʿīd al-Thaqafī > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

When one of you sees a vision which he dislikes, he must spit on his left (three times), seek refuge in Allah from the devil three times, and turn from the side on which he was lying.  

أبو داود:٥٠٢٢حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الثَّقَفِيُّ قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمُ الرُّؤْيَا يَكْرَهُهَا فَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ وَلْيَتَعَوَّذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ ثَلاَثًا وَيَتَحَوَّلْ عَنْ جَنْبِهِ الَّذِي كَانَ عَلَيْهِ  

ibnmajah:3908Muḥammad b. Rumḥ al-Miṣrī > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

“If anyone of you sees a dream that he dislikes, let him spit dryly to his left three times and seek refuge with Allah from Satan three times, and turn over onto his other side.”  

ابن ماجة:٣٩٠٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمُ الرُّؤْيَا يَكْرَهُهَا فَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثَلاَثًا وَلْيَسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ ثَلاَثًا وَلْيَتَحَوَّلْ عَنْ جَنْبِهِ الَّذِي كَانَ عَلَيْهِ  

ibnmajah:3909Muḥammad b. Rumḥ > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwf > Abū Qatādah

“(Good) dreams come from Allah and (bad) dreams come from Satan, so if anyone of you sees something that he dislikes, let him spit dryly to his left three times, and seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan three times, and turn over onto his other side.”  

ابن ماجة:٣٩٠٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ الرُّؤْيَا مِنَ اللَّهِ وَالْحُلْمُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَإِنْ رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثَلاَثًا وَلْيَسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ ثَلاَثًا وَلْيَتَحَوَّلْ عَنْ جَنْبِهِ الَّذِي كَانَ عَلَيْهِ  

ahmad:14780Ḥujayn And Yūnus > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

“If anyone of you sees a dream that he dislikes, let him spit dryly to his left three times and seek refuge with Allah from Satan three times, and turn over onto his other side.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3908)  

أحمد:١٤٧٨٠حَدَّثَنَا حُجَيْنٌ وَيُونُسُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمُ الرُّؤْيَا يَكْرَهُهَا فَلْيَبْزُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثَلَاثًا وَقَالَ يُونُسُ فَلْيَبْصُقْ وَلْيَسْتَعِذْ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ ثَلَاثًا وَلْيَتَحَوَّلْ عَنْ جَنْبِهِالَّذِي كَانَ عَلَيْهِ  

ahmad:22644Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Qatādah

I heard the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) say: A good vision comes from Allah and a dream (hulm) from the devil, so when one of you sees what he dislikes, he must spit on his left (three times), and seek refuge in Allah from its evil. It will then not harm him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5021)   

أحمد:٢٢٦٤٤حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةِ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ سَمِعَ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ الرُّؤْيَا مِنَ اللهِ وَالْحُلْمُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَإِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَلْيَسْتَعِذْ بِاللهِ مِنْ شَرِّهَا فَإِنَّهَا لَنْ تَضُرَّهُ  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ لِمَنْ رَأَى فِي مَنَامِهِ مَا يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَتَحَوَّلَ مِنْ شِقِّهِ إِلَى شِقِّهِ الْآخَرِ بَعْدَ النَّفْثِ وَالتَّعَوُّذِ اللَّذَيْنِ ذَكَرْنَاهُمَا

ibnhibban:6060Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Mawhab > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

When one of you sees a vision which he dislikes, he must spit on his left (three times), seek refuge in Allah from the devil three times, and turn from the side on which he was lying. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5022)  

ابن حبّان:٦٠٦٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهَبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمُ الرُّؤْيَا يَكْرَهُهَا فَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثَلَاثًا وَلْيَسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ ثَلَاثًا وَيَتَحَوَّلْ عَنْ جَنْبِهِ الَّذِي كَانَ عَلَيْهِ»  

nasai-kubra:7606Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

“If anyone of you sees a dream that he dislikes, let him spit dryly to his left three times and seek refuge with Allah from Satan three times, and turn over onto his other side.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3908)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٦٠٦أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمُ الرُّؤْيَا يَكْرَهُهَا فَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثَلَاثًا وَلْيَسْتَعِذْ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ ثَلَاثًا وَلْيَتَحَوَّلْ عَنْ جَنْبِهِ الَّذِي كَانَ عَلَيْهِ»  

nasai-kubra:7608Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Qatādah

I heard the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) say: A good vision comes from Allah and a dream (hulm) from the devil, so when one of you sees what he dislikes, he must spit on his left (three times), and seek refuge in Allah from its evil. It will then not harm him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5021)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٦٠٨أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الرُّؤْيَا مِنَ اللهِ وَالْحِلْمُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَإِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَنْفِثْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَلْيَسْتَعِذْ بِاللهِ مِنْ شَرِّهَا فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَضُرُّهُ»  

nasai-kubra:10669Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > Bishr b. Shuʿayb from my father > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > Abū Qatādah

(a companion of the Prophet ﷺ and one of his cavalry men) "I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "A good dream is from Allah, and a bad dream is from Satan; so, if anyone of you had a bad dream which he disliked, then he should spit on his left and seek refuge with Allah from it, for it will not harm him." (Using translation from Bukhārī 7005)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٦٦٩أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الرُّؤْيَا الصَّالِحَةُ مِنَ اللهِ وَالْحُلُمُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَإِذَا حَلَمَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْحُلُمَ يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثَلَاثًا وَلْيَسْتَعِذْ بِاللهِ مِنْهُ فَلَنْ يَضُرَّهُ»  

nasai-kubra:10670Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Qatādah

I heard the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) say: A good vision comes from Allah and a dream (hulm) from the devil, so when one of you sees what he dislikes, he must spit on his left (three times), and seek refuge in Allah from its evil. It will then not harm him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5021)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٦٧٠أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الرُّؤْيَا مِنَ اللهِ وَالْحُلُمُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَإِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَنْفِثْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثَلَاثًا وَلْيَسْتَعِذْ بِاللهِ مِنْ شَرِّهَا فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَضُرُّهُ»  

nasai-kubra:10671ʿAlī b. Ḥarb > Ibn Fuḍayl > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abū Salamah > Abū Qatādah

I heard the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) say: A good vision comes from Allah and a dream (hulm) from the devil, so when one of you sees what he dislikes, he must spit on his left (three times), and seek refuge in Allah from its evil. It will then not harm him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5021)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٦٧١أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الرُّؤْيَا مِنَ اللهِ وَالْحُلُمُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَإِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَتْفُلْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ لِيَتَعَوَّذْ مِنْ شَرِّهَا فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَضُرُّهُ»  

nasai-kubra:10672ʿAlī b. Ḥarb Marrah Ukhrá > Ibn Fuḍayl > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Dreaming is from Allah and visions are from Satan. So whoever sees something in a dream that he dislikes, let him seek refuge with Allah from it and spit three times to his left, and let him not mention it to anyone, for it will not harm him."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٦٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَرْبٍ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «الرُّؤْيَا مِنَ اللهِ وَالْحُلُمُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَمَنْ رَأَى مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَتَعَوَّذْ بِاللهِ مِنْهَا وَلْيَنْفِثْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثَلَاثًا وَلَا يَذْكُرْهَا لِأَحَدٍ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَا يَضُرُّهُ»  

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“If anyone of you sees a dream that he dislikes, let him spit dryly to his left three times and seek refuge with Allah from Satan three times, and turn over onto his other side.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3908)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٦٨١أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ رُؤْيَا يَكْرَهُهَا فَلْيَبْزُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثَلَاثًا وَلْيَسْتَعِذْ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ ثَلَاثًا وَلْيَتَحَوَّلْ عَنْ جَنْبِهِ الَّذِي كَانَ عَلَيْهِ»  

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When one of you sees a vision which he dislikes, he must spit on his left (three times), seek refuge in Allah from the devil three times, and turn from the side on which he was lying. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5022)   

السيوطي:١٨٢٣a

"إِذَا رأى أحدُكُمْ الرُّؤْيا يكْرَهُها فليَبْصُقْ عنْ يَسارِه ثلاثا. وليستعذْ باللهِ من الشَّيطَانِ ثلاثًا. وليتحوَّل عن جنْبه الذي كان عليه".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة وعبد بن حميد، [م] مسلم [د] أبو داود [هـ] ابن ماجة [حب] ابن حبّان عن جابر [هـ] ابن ماجة عن أبي هريرة
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السيوطي:١٠٩٠٣a

"الرُّؤيَا الصَّالِحَةُ مِنَ الله، وَالحُلْمُ مِنْ الشَّيطَان. فَإِذَا رَأى أَحَدُكُمْ شَيئًا يَكْرَهه فَليَنْفُثْ حِينَ يَسْتَيقِظ عَنْ يَسَارِه ثَلَاثًا وليتعَوَّذ بالله مِنْ شَرِّهَا فَإِنَّها لَا تَضُرُّه".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي [حب] ابن حبّان عن أَبي قتادة