Interpretation of Dreams

It wasnarrated that Qabus said: “Umm Fadl said: ‘O Messenger ofAllah!It is as if I saw (in a dream) one of your limbs in my house.’Hesaid: ‘What you have seen is good. Fatimah will give birth to a boyand you will breastfeed him.’ Fatimah gave birth to Husain orHasan,and I breastfed him with the milk of Qutham.’ She said: ‘Ibrought himto the Prophet (ﷺ) and placed him in his lap, and heurinated, so Istruck him on the shoulder.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said:“You have hurt myson, may Allah have mercy on you.”

It wasnarrated from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar concerning the dream of theProphet (ﷺ) that he (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said: “I saw a blackwomanwith disheveled hair, who left Al-Madinah and went to stay inAl-Mahya’ah, which is Juhfah. I interpreted it as referring to anepidemic in Al-Madinah which moved to Juhfah.”

It wasnarrated from Talhah bin ‘Ubaidullah that two men from Balicame tothe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). They had become Muslim together,butone of them used to strive harder than the other. The one who usedtostrive harder went out to fight and was martyred. The other onestayed for a year longer, then he passed away. Talhah said: “I sawina dream that I was at the gate of Paradise and I saw them (thosetwomen). Someone came out of Paradise and admitted the one who haddiedlast, then he came out and admitted the one who had beenmartyred.Then he came back to me and said: ‘Go back, for your timehas not yetcome.’” The next morning, Talhah told the people ofthat and they wereamazed. News of that reached the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) and theytold him the story. He said: “Why are you soamazed at that?” Theysaid: “O Messenger of Allah, the first onewas the one who stroveharder, then he was martyred, but the otherone was admitted toParadise before him. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: “Did he notstay behind for a year?” They said: “Yes.”He said: “And did notRamadan come and he fasted, and he offeredsuch and such prayersduring that year?” They said: “Yes.” TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: “The difference between them isgreater than the differencebetween heaven and earth.”

It wasnarrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: “Idislike (to see in a dream) a chain around the neck, but Ilike tosee fetters on the feet, for fetters (represent) steadfastnessinreligion.”