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Sunan Ibn Majah 3907

Chapter: Dreams are of Three Types

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 3907

Narrator:Awf ibn Mālik

حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبِيدَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، مُسْلِمُ بْنُ مِشْكَمٍ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ ‏

"‏ إِنَّ الرُّؤْيَا ثَلاَثٌ مِنْهَا أَهَاوِيلُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ لِيَحْزُنَ بِهَا ابْنَ آدَمَ وَمِنْهَا مَا يَهُمُّ بِهِ الرَّجُلُ فِي يَقَظَتِهِ فَيَرَاهُ فِي مَنَامِهِ وَمِنْهَا جُزْءٌ مِنْ سِتَّةٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ جُزْءًا مِنَ النُّبُوَّةِ ‏"

It was narrated from Abu ‘Ubaidullah Muslim bin Mishkam, that ‘Awf bin Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“Dreams are of three types: Some are terrifying things from Satan, aimed at causing grief to the son of Adam; some are things that a person is concerned with when he is awake, so he sees them in his dreams; and some are a part of the forty-six parts of prophecy.” He said: “I said to him: ‘Did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?’ He said: ‘Yes, I heard it from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), I heard it from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).’”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 3907).

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Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( مِنْهَا أَهَاوِيلُ ) جَمْع أَهْوَال هُوَ جَمْع هَوْلٍ كَأَقَاوِيل جَمْع أَقْوَال جَمْع قَوْل وَفِي الزَّوَائِد إِسْنَاده صَحِيح رِجَاله ثِقَات.…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3907
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3907
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3907
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3907

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