Ibn Mas’ud reported: While I was sitting and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was resting beside me, I beheld men around him in white garments. Allah knows best how handsome they were! They stopped near me and a group sat by the head of the Prophet, while another sat by …
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Samurah ibn Jundub reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, saw in a dream, “As for the one whose head was crushed by a stone, he had taken the Quran but refused to act upon it, and he slept through the prescribed prayers.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1143 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Bukhari …
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Ibn Qudamah reported: Malik ibn Dinar, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked about the reason for his repentance and he said: I was an officer and I was given to drinking wine. When half the night had passed in the month of Sha’ban, which was Friday night, I became drunk from wine and …
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Anas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, a dream will come to pass in the manner it is interpreted. The parable of this is a man who raises his foot until he places it down. Thus, if one of you sees a dream, let him not speak about …
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Ibn Abbas reported: A man came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said, “O Messenger of Allah, I saw while I was sleeping night as if I were praying behind a tree. I prostrated and the tree prostrated along with me. I heard it saying: O Allah, write a reward …
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Nafi’ reported: Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, saw the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in his dream on the night he was killed the following morning. The Prophet said, “O Uthman, break your fast with us tonight.” Then, he was killed while he was fasting. Source: Dalā’il al-Nubuwwah lil-Bayhaqī 7/48 Grade: …
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Abdur Rahman ibn Samurah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, came out to us and he said, “Verily, I saw something wondrous last night. I saw a man of my nation as angels were holding him back, and his ablution came to save him from that. I saw a man …
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Abdullah ibn Amr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “If one of you is frightened by a dream during sleep, let him say: I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from His anger, His punishment, and the evil of His servants, from the insinuations of devils and …
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‘Urwah ibn al-Zubayr reported: Aisha, may Allah have pleased with her, would say when she intended to sleep, “O Allah, I ask you for good and true dreams, not false dreams, beneficial and not harmful.” When she said this, they knew that she would not say anything more until she awoke in the morning or …
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Abu Sa’id reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The most truthful of dreams are seen shortly before dawn.” Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2274 Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Ibn al-Qattan عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَصْدَقُ الرُّؤْيَا بِالْأَسْحَارِ 2274 سنن الترمذي كتاب الرؤيا باب قوله لهم البشرى …
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Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “While I was sleeping, I saw people displayed before me. They were wearing shirts, some of which covered their chests and some of which covered below that. Umar ibn al-Khattab passed by me and he was wearing a shirt dragging …
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Abu Salamah reported: He asked Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, “How was the night prayer of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, in Ramadan?” Aisha said, “He would not pray more than eleven cycles in Ramadan or other times. He would pray four cycles, but do not ask about …
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Jabir reported: When the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, emigrated to Medina, Al-Tufayl ibn ‘Amr also emigrated along with a man from his people. They strongly disliked the climate of Medina and the man became sick and suffered from anxiety. He took some of his arrowheads, cut the joints of his fingers, and …
Hadith on Suicide: Muslim who kills himself not an unbeliever Read More »
Abu Umamah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “While I was sleeping, two men came to me and took me by the arm to a rough mountain. They said: Climb up. I said: I am unable to do so. They said: We will make it easy for you. I …
Hadith on Fasting: Warning to those who break fast without excuse Read More »
‘Ata’ reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, we among the prophets, our eyes will sleep yet our hearts do not sleep.” Source: al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kubrá 419 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّا مَعْشَرَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ تَنَامُ أَعْيُنُنَا وَلا تَنَامُ قُلُوبُنَا 419 الطبقات …
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Samrah ibn Jundab reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Two angels came to me in the night and took me until we arrived at a city built with gold and silver bricks. We met some men whose first half was the most beautiful you had ever seen, but their …
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Jabir ibn Abdullah reported: The angels came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, while he was sleeping and some of them said, “He is asleep.” And some of them said, “His eyes are asleep but his heart is awake.” They said, “Verily, your companion has a parable, so present the parable for …
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Abu Shuraih reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, the most tyrannical of people to Allah Almighty is he who kills those who did not fight him, or he demands the blood feuds of ignorance be settled by the people of Islam, or he claims his eyes have seen …
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Abu Huraira reported: There were two men from the tribe of Quda’ah who embraced Islam with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. One of them was martyred and the other lived for another year. Talhah said, “I had a dream of Paradise and I saw the one who lived longer enter Paradise before …
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Wathilah ibn al-Asqa’ reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, the worst of lies are for a man to claim lineage from someone other than his father, or that he saw a dream he did not see, or to say the Messenger of Allah said what he did not …
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