Question:
What is the interpretation of seeing a deceased person repeatedly in a dream?
Answer:
If the deceased person appears in a dream in a good state, then one should hope for goodness from it. If the state is otherwise, it may also be the work of Satan, because Satan can take on the undesirable form of any person. Through this his aim is to plunge the living into grief and sorrow. The statement of Allah the Exalted is:
«إِنَّمَا النَّجْوَى مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ لِيَحْزُنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَيْسَ بِضَارِّهِمْ شَيْئًا إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللَّـهِ»
“Secret counsel is only from Satan, so that he may grieve those who believe, but he cannot harm them at all except by the permission of Allah.”
Based on this, if a person sees a deceased person in an undesirable state in a dream, he should seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan and should not inform anyone about it. In this way, the deceased will not be harmed. Similarly, whoever sees something undesirable in a dream should seek Allah’s refuge from the evil of Satan, spit three times to the left, change the side on which he was sleeping, and if he is able to perform wudu and pray, it is far better. He should not inform anyone about what he saw in the dream, and in this way what he saw will not harm him.
