Authentic Interpretation Of The Dreams According To Quran And Sunnah

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• Dr. Ahmed Fareed

Page:01Authentic Interpretation of the DREAMS According to Quran & Sunnah Dr. Ahmed Fareed
Page:02Table of Contents Preface............. The Meaning and Types of Dreams The Benefit of a Good Dream. The Benefit of seeing the Prophet in a Dream .7 .12 ..20 .25 2823 18 Etiquette of Seeing a Dream........... A- The Etiquette that a Muslim should adhere to so that his or her dream may come true....... 1. One must always tell the truth,... 2. A person should fear Allah & in all his affairs .25 .25 27 3. Muslims should respect the etiquette of sleep............. .28 4. One should ask Allah & to grant him a good dream......... B- The Etiquette that a person should adhere to after .31 having a dream............. .31 C- The Etiquettes that interpreters of dreams should adhere to. Categories of Interpreting Dreams....... .37 .41 A- Interpreting Dreams from a Qur'anic Perspective. .41 A Ship....... .41 Wood.. ..41 Stones... .42 Disease. .42 Eggs .42 Water.... Meat.. .43 .43 The Entry of a King. 43 Ascension to the Sky. .43 Adhan... ..44 Sujud.. Ruku............ Praying with the wrong Qiblah. The Ka'bah........... .44 45 45 .45 3
Page :03The Meaning and types of Dreams Al-Hafidh Ibn Hajar, may Allah have Mercy upon him, said: "Al-Qadi Abu Bakr Ibn al-Arabi has said: "Dreams are perceptions placed in the heart of a person, in the hands of an angel or a devil, either in the form of names, (true nature), or surnames, (interpretation), or confusion. They are equivalent to thoughts and ideas in wakefulness, because they may come in a regular order, in the form of a story, or naturally." However, Abu Ishaaq has said: "Al-Qadi Abu Bakr Ibn at- Tayyib thinks that dreams are beliefs. He justified his argument by saying that a dreamer may see himself as an animal or a bird, for example, which is not perception; therefore, it must be a belief, as it may be unlike the thing perceived."7 However, the reader should know that not all the things that a dreamer sees in his sleep could have a meaning for interpretation. The dreamer may see one of the following three things: 1- Confused, false dreams from Satan, as in the story of the man who said to the Prophet: "I saw in a dream that I had been beheaded, then I followed it (the severed head) and put 7 Fath al-Bari, (12/352,353). 12
Page :04Al-Baghawi has said: "The Prophet's statement 'one forty- sixth part of prophethood' is confirmation that good dreams are always fulfilled, and that they were a part of the prophethood of the Prophets, but not for anyone else." Ubaid Ibn Umair said: "The dreams of the Prophets were revelations, as he recited Allah's verse, I have seen in a dream that I was slaughtering you (offered you as a sacrifice to Allah), so what do you think? He said: 'O my father! Do that which you are commanded). Others, however, have stated that good dreams are one of the signs of prophethood; so the sign of prophethood remains, but Prophethood, itself, does not. The Prophet said: "Good manner of conduct, dignified bearing and moderation are a twenty-fifth part of prophecy."21 These noble qualities are a part of the characteristics of the Prophets that righteous people should try to emulate, not because they represent true prophethood, as the prophethood cannot be shared out, nor is there a prophet after Prophet Muhammad. Al-Hafidh Ibn Hajar, may Allah have Mercy upon him, said: "Good dreams (which come true) may also appear to disbelievers, as in the case of the two prisoners with Yusuf , and the dream of their king. Al-Qadi, Abu Bakr Ibn al- 21 Abu Dawud: 4776 and at-Tirmidhi: 2011, on the authority of Abdullah Ibn Sarjis al-Muzani. 19