Darul Ifta Ibn Masood

Seeing a bad dream

· 5 Jumada II 1445 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

I have heard that if one has a bad dream and informs others about it, then it will turn out to be true. Is this correct?

Answer

A good or righteous dream is from Allah and an evil dream is from Shaytaan. Whoever sees an evil dream which he dislikes then he should spit to his left and seek refuge in Allah from Shaytaan and it will not harm him. Also, he should not inform anyone regarding it. If he sees a good dream, then he should rejoice and not inform anyone except those beloved to him.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «الرُّؤْيَا الصَّالِحَةُ مِنَ اللهِ، وَالرُّؤْيَا السَّوْءُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ، فَمَنْ رَأَى رُؤْيَا فَكَرِهَ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا فَلْيَنْفُثْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ، وَلْيَتَعَوَّذْ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ، لَا تَضُرُّهُ وَلَا يُخْبِرْ بِهَا أَحَدًا، فَإِنْ رَأَى رُؤْيَا حَسَنَةً، فَلْيُبْشِرْ وَلَا يُخْبِرْ إِلَّا مَنْ يُحِبُّ» (مسلم)

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Mufti Mohammed Desai
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