What I have memorized on the jurists who interpreted dreams

Sufyan narrates from his father, who said: I heard Ibrahim al-Taymi say: "What compelled me to this gathering of mine is that I saw in a dream that I was distributing 'rayhan' flowers among the people. I mentioned this dream to Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, and he said: 'Rayhan is very pleasing to look at, but its taste is bitter.'"

It is narrated from Mujahid, who said: "And You have taught me of the interpretation of events" [Yusuf: 101] means the interpretation of dreams.

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Shaddad that while praying he heard some people relating a dream. When he had finished the prayer he asked them about that dream, and they concealed it. He said: "Take note: the interpretation of the dream of Yusuf (peace be upon him) came to pass after forty years."

Ayyub (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that a man asked Muhammad bin Sirin, saying: I saw in a dream that I was eating a sweet called "khabis" in the prayer. He said: Khabis is lawful, but it is not lawful for you to eat in the prayer. Then he asked him: Do you kiss your wife while fasting? He said: Yes! He said: Do not do so.

Abu Uthman narrates from Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) that between the dream of Yusuf (peace be upon him) and its interpretation there was a gap of forty years.

Abdullah bin Awn narrates from Ibrahim that when the righteous predecessors saw something unpleasant in a dream, they would make this supplication: I seek refuge with the One in whose protection are the angels of Allah and His Messenger, from the evil of this dream that I have seen, lest any harm reach me in this world or the Hereafter that I dislike.

Bukayr bin Abi al-Sumayt (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that he heard Muhammad bin Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him) speak when he was asked about a man who had seen in a dream that he had a sword which he was drawing from its sheath. He said: It is a male child. The man said: Then the sword broke. He said: That child will die.

He said: Ibn Sirin was asked about seeing stones in a dream, and he said: It is hard-heartedness.

And he was asked about seeing wood in a dream, and he said: It is hypocrisy.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said that a question was asked about a man who saw a light in the middle of the night. He said: If this had been something good, the Companions of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) would certainly have seen it.

Humayd bin Hilal narrates from Silah bin Ashyam that he said: I saw in a dream that I was among a group of people, and behind me stood a man with his sword drawn. Whenever he came to any one of us, he struck off his head and the head fell; then the slain man would sit up and become whole again as before. He said: I began to wait for when he would come to me and what he would do to me. Then he came to me and struck my head, and my head fell. It is as if I am still looking at my head, how I took hold of it while I was shaking the dust from my lips. Then I took hold of my head, put it back in its place as before, and it was made whole.

It is narrated from Humayd bin Hilal that Silah said: I saw Sayyiduna Abu Rifa'ah (may Allah be pleased with him), after he had been killed, in a dream, riding a swift she-camel, while I was on a sluggish camel taking short steps, following along behind him. He would turn the she-camel towards me, and I would say: Now I can make him hear my voice. Then he set the she-camel going again, and I went on following behind him. He said: I took the interpretation of my dream to be that I would walk the path of Abu Rifa'ah, and that after him I would strive hard in deeds.

It is narrated from Thabit that Abu Thamir saw in a dream: Woe to the women who make their bodies fat, because of weakness in the bones on the Day of Resurrection. The Book of Dreams is complete, and all praise is for Allah, the Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our master Muhammad and upon his family and companions.