CHAPTER 1. The dreams of righteous people (faithful believers).

9:112 Narrated Anas bin Mâlik:

“A good dream (that comes true) of a righteous man is one of forty-six parts of An-Nubuwa (Prophethood).”

CHAPTER 2. (Good) dreams are from Allah.

9:114 Narrated Abü Sa’id Al-Khudri:

The Prophet said, “If anyone of you sees a dream that he likes, then it is from Allah, and he should thank Allah for it and narrate it to others; but if he sees something else, i.e., a dream that he dislikes, then it is from Satan, and he should seek refuge with Allah from its evil, and he should not mention it to anybody, for it will not harm him.

CHAPTER 3. Al-Mubashshirât (glad tidings).

9:119 Narrated Abü Huraira:

I heard Allah’s Messenger saying, “Nothing is left from the An-Nubuwa (Prophethood) except Al-Mubashshirat. They asked, ” What are Al-Mubashshirat?” He replied, “Righteous good dreams (that convey glad tidings).

CHAPTER 4. Whoever saw the Prophet in a dream.

9:122 Narrated (Abü Huraira):

I heard the Prophet saying, “Whoever sees me in a dream will see me in his wakefulness, and Satan cannot imitate me in shape.” [Abü ‘Abdullâh said, “Ibn Sirin said, ‘Only if he sees the Prophet in his (real) shape.’ “].

9:126 Narrated Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri:

The Prophet said, “Whoever sees me (in a dream) then he indeed has seen the truth, as Satan cannot appear in my shape.

CHAPTER 5. Day dreams. (And Ibn Sirin said: The dreams during the day are similar to the dreams at night).

9:130 Narrated Anas bin Mâlik:

Allah’s Messenger used to visit Umm Harâm bint Milhân and she was the wife of ‘Ubâda bin As-Samit. One day the Prophet visited her and she provided him with food and started looking for lice in his head. Then Allah’s Messenger slept and afterwards woke up smiling. Umm Harâm asked, “What makes you smile, 0 Allah’s Messenger?” He said, “Some of my followers were presented before me in my dream as fighters in Allah’s Cause, sailing in the middle of the seas like kings on the thrones or like kings sitting on their thrones.” (The narrator Ishaq is not sure as to which expression was correct). Umm Harâm added, ‘I said, “0 Allah’s Messenger! Invoke Allah, to make me one of them.” So Allah’s Messenger invoked Allah for her and then laid his head down (and slept). Then he woke up (again). (Umm Harâm added): I said, “What makes you smile, 0 Allah’s Messenger?” He said, “Some people of my followers were presented before me (in a dream) as fighters in Allah’s Cause.” He said the same as he had said before. I said, “0 Allah’s Messenger! Invoke Allah to make me from them.” He said, “You are among the first ones.” Then Umm Harâm sailed over the sea during the caliphate of Mu’âwiya bin Abü Sufyân, and she fell down from her riding animal after coming ashore, and died.

CHAPTER 6. (Seeing) oneself fettered in a dream.

9:144 Narrated Abü Huraira:

Allah’s Messenger said, “When the Day of Resurrection approaches, the dreams of a believer will hardly fail to come true, and a dream of a believer is one of the forty-six parts of An-Nubuwa (Prophethood) and whatever belongs to An-Nubuwa (Prophethood) can never be false.”

CHAPTER 7. If one sees in a dream that he takes something out of some place and places it in another.

9:161 Narrated (‘Abdullâh) Ibn ‘Umar:

The Prophet said, “I saw (in a dream) a black woman with unkempt hair going out of Al-Madina and settling at Mahya’a, i.e., Al-Juhfa. I interpreted that as a symbol of epidemic of Al-Madina being transferred to that place (A1-Juhfa).”

CHAPTER 8. Whoever tells a lie by narrating a dream which he did not see.

9:165 Narrated Ibn ‘Abbâs:

The Prophet said “Whoever claims to have seen a dream which he did not see, will be ordered to make a knot between two barley grains which he will not be able to do; and if somebody listens to the talk of some people who do not like him (to listen) then molten lead will be poured into his ears on the Day of Resurrection; and whoever makes a picture, will be punished on the Day of Resurrection and will be ordered to put a soul in that picture, which he will not be able to do.”

9:167 Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:

Allah’s Messenger said, “The worst lie is that a person claims to have seen a dream which he has not seen.”

CHAPTER 9. Whoever considers the interpretation of the first interpreter of one’s dream as not valid if he does not interpret it correctly.

9:170 Narrated Ibn ‘Abbâs:

A man came to Allah’s Messenger and said, “I saw in a dream, a cloud having shade. Butter and honey were dropping from it and I saw the people gathering it in their hands, some gathering much and some a little. And behold, there was a rope extending from the earth to the sky, and I saw that you (the Prophet held it and went up, and then another man held it and went up and (after that) another (third) held it and went up, and then after another (fourth) man held it, but it broke and then got connected again. Abu Bakr said, 0 Allah’s Messenger! Let my father be sacrified for you! By Allah, allow me to interpret this dream.” The Prophet said to him, “Interpret it.” Abü Bakr said, “The cloud with shade symbolises Islam, and the butter and honey dropping from it, symbolises the Qur’ân, its sweetness dropping and some people learning much of the Qur’an and some a little. The rope which is extended from the sky to the earth is the Truth which you (the Prophet) are following. You follow it and Allah will raise you high with it, and then another man will follow it and he will rise up with it and another person will follow it and he will rise up with it and then another man will follow it but it will break and then it will be connected for him and he will rise up with it. Tell me 0 Allah’s Messenger! Let my father be sacrificed for you! Am I right or wrong?” The Prophet replied, “You are right in some of it and wrong in some.” Abu Bakr said, “0 Allah’s Messenger! By Allah, you must tell me in what I was wrong.” The Prophet said, “Do not swear.”