The dream of Khuzaymah bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him)

Umarah bin Khuzaymah bin Thabit narrates from his father (may Allah be pleased with him) that he saw in a dream that he was prostrating on the blessed forehead of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He related this dream to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed the spirit certainly meets the spirit," or he said: "The spirit meets the spirit." The narrator Yazid is in doubt. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) bowed his head and ordered him to prostrate, so he prostrated from behind him on his blessed forehead.

It is narrated from Ali bin Zayd (may Allah have mercy on him) and Abu Imran al-Jawni (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him): "I saw in a dream that I was twisting a rope, and when I had twisted it I put it down beside me, and small sheep were eating it." Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "You will marry a woman who has a son, and he will consume your earnings." He said: "I saw a bull that came out of a hole but could not then go back into it." Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: "This is the great word that comes out of a man's mouth, and he has no power to take it back." He said: "I saw as though it was being said that the Dajjal was coming out, and I began to hide behind walls. Suddenly I looked behind me and saw that the earth had split open for me, so I entered it." Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "You will meet with difficulties in your religion, and the Dajjal will come soon after you."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I saw in a dream that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) was eating dates. So I wrote to him: "I saw you eating dates, and its interpretation, if Allah Almighty wills, is the sweetness of faith."

Humayd bin Hilal narrates from al-Ala bin Ziyad al-Adawi, who said: I saw in a dream an old woman blind in one eye, and her other eye was also close to going. On her were chrysolite and the most beautiful jewellery. I said to her: "Who are you?" She said: "I am the world." I said: "I seek refuge with Allah from your evil." She said: "If you wish that Allah Almighty should save you from my evil, then hate the dirham."

It is narrated from Fudayl bin Ghazwan, who said that Abdullah bin al-Qasim related to him: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him about drinks. He said: "Some people are those who drink them and some are those who leave them."

It is narrated from Jarir bin Hazim that it was said to Muhammad bin Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him): "So-and-so laughs." He said: "Why should he not laugh, when one better than him has laughed? It was related to me that Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) laughed so much on hearing a man's dream that I never saw him laugh more at anything." Muhammad bin Sirin said: "I know what the dream was and what its interpretation is. That man saw that his head had been cut off and that he was going after it. The head means the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the man wishes to reach the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) through his deeds, but he cannot reach him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him), or Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) himself, said: "I saw in a dream that I travelled many roads until I reached a mountain. I saw that on top of the mountain was the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and at his side Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), and he was pointing towards Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). I said: 'Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un (We belong to Allah and to Him we return). By Allah, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) has died.'" I said: "Will you not write this dream and send it to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)?" He said: "I will not give Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) the news of his own death."

It is narrated from Nafi' that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) saw in a dream that an angel set off with him towards the Fire. Another angel met him and began to forbid that angel, and he said to me: "Do not be afraid. What an excellent man this is, if only he would pray during part of the night." The narrator says that after this he used to offer long prayers at night. Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "He took me near to Hell, and I was saying: 'I seek refuge with Allah from the Fire.' I saw that it was like a room whose lower part is wide and whose upper part is narrow, and I saw many men of Quraysh, whom I recognised, hanging in it upside down by their feet."