DREAMS الرُّؤيا

Dec 6, '12 11:06 AM for everyone

Glad Tidings in Dreams

1– The Prophet (SAWA), with regard to Allah's verse in the Qur'an "for them are glad tidings" [Qur'an 10:64], said, 'This is in reference to the good dream which a believer has and which gives him good news in this world.’[al-Kafi, v. 8, p. 90, no. 60]

2– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'No remnants of prophecy remain today [in people's lives] except glad tidings.’ When asked what glad tidings were, he replied, 'True dreams. (Bihar ul Anwar v. 61, p. 177, no. 39]

3– Imam al-Rida (AS) said, 'When the Prophet (SAWA) used to wake up in the morning, he used to first ask his companions, 'Are there any good news?' meaning any good dreams ’[al-Kafi, v. 8, p. 90, no. 58]

Categories of Dreams

4– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'When people sleep, their spirits go out into the sky. Whatever the spirit sees while in the sky is true, and whatever it sees on the way in the wind are just muddled dreams.’[Amali al-Saduq, p. 125, no. 16]

5– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'There are three types of dreams: glad tidings from Allah for the believer, ominous dreams from Satan, and muddled dreams.’[al-Kafi, v. 8, p. 90, no. 61]

Interpretation of Dreams

6– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'When any of you sees a good dream, then go ahead and interpret it and inform others of it, and if you see a bad dream, then neither interpret it, nor inform others of it.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 41392]

7– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'A dream should only ever be related to a believer who does not harbour jealousy or wrongdoing.’[al-Kafi, v. 8, p. 336, no. 530]

Tags: hadees