Hadith 5020

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ ، أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْلَى بْنُ عَطَاءٍ ، عَنْ وَكِيعِ بْنِ عُدُسٍ ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَبِي رَزِينٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " الرُّؤْيَا عَلَى رِجْلِ طَائِرٍ مَا لَمْ تُعَبَّرْ فَإِذَا عُبِّرَتْ وَقَعَتْ ، قَالَ : وَأَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ : وَلَا تَقُصَّهَا إِلَّا عَلَى وَادٍّ أَوْ ذِي رَأْيٍ " .
Narrated Abu Razin: The Prophet ﷺ said: The vision flutters over a man as long as it is not interpreted, but when it is interpreted, it settles. And I think he said: Tell it only to one who loves (i. e. friend) or one who has judgment.
Hadith Reference سنن ابي داود / كتاب الأدب / 5020
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: إسناده حسن, مشكوة المصابيح (4622)
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
A loving and sincere companion will rejoice with you at good news.
And will remain silent regarding something bad.
And a person of knowledge will either interpret (the matter) excellently,
Or will inform you of a way to avoid some evil.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 5020
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
That is, the interpretation of this dream remains suspended until it is expressed;
it does not attain any stability.
Only after the interpretation has been given does it become settled.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2278
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:

The thing held in the bird’s claw may fall, and it is also possible that it does not fall. In the same way, as long as a dream has not been interpreted, it is possible that the indication given in the dream comes to pass, and it is also possible that it does not come to pass. Once it has been interpreted, then it takes on the meaning that has been stated.


Imam Bukhari rahimahullah states that if the first interpreter makes a mistake in interpreting, and after him another person gives the correct interpretation, then the second interpretation will be considered valid. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab al-Ta’bir, Chapter: Whoever did not see the dream for the first interpreter if he did not get it right, Hadith: 7046)


The person interpreting the dream should not be ignorant, otherwise he will give an incorrect interpretation, which will become a cause of distress. Whereas a scholar will try to find a good explanation for it, and likewise a sincere friend will seek a good meaning, but a stranger will not have that sympathy in his heart, so it is possible that he may give an inappropriate interpretation.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3914