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Sunan Ibn Majah 3912

Chapter: One whom Satan plays with in his dream should not tell people about it

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 3912

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ رَجُلٌ وَهْوَ يَخْطُبُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ رَأَيْتُ الْبَارِحَةَ فِيمَا يَرَى النَّائِمُ كَأَنَّ عُنُقِي ضُرِبَتْ وَسَقَطَ رَأْسِي فَاتَّبَعْتُهُ فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَأَعَدْتُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏

"‏ إِذَا لَعِبَ الشَّيْطَانُ بِأَحَدِكُمْ فِي مَنَامِهِ فَلاَ يُحَدِّثَنَّ بِهِ النَّاسَ ‏"

It was narrated that Jabir said:

“A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) when he was delivering a sermon and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Last night in my dream I saw my neck being struck and my head fell off, and I chased it, picked it up and put it back.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘If Satan plays with any one of you in his dreams, he should not tell people about it.’”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 3912), Muslim (No. 2268e) and Ahmad (No. 13864).

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ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3912
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3912
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih Muslim The hadith No. 3912
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3912

Other versions

Authentic Sahih Muslim 2268e

Allah's Messenger, I have seen in the state of sleep as if my head had been cut off. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) laughed and said: When the satan plays with any one of you in the state of sleep, do not mention it to the people; and in the hadith transmitted by Abu Bakr (the words are): "If one of…

إِذَا لَعِبَ الشَّيْطَانُ بِأَحَدِكُمْ فِي مَنَامِهِ فَلاَ يُحَدِّثْ بِهِ النَّاسَ ‏"

Narrated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 4616

“In a dream I seemed to see any head had been cut off." The Prophet laughed and replied: “When the devil makes sport of any of you in a dream he should not tell people about it." Muslim transmitted it.

وَعَن جَابر قَالَ: جَاءَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: رَأَيْتُ فِي الْمَنَامِ كَأَنَّ رَأْسِي قُطِعَ قَالَ: فَضَحِكَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَالَ: «إِذَا لَعِبَ…

Narrated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

Also reported by… (5)
  • شرح السنة (3181)إِذَا لَعِبَ الشَّيْطَانُ بِأَحَدِكُمْ فِي مَنَامِهِ ، فَلا يُحَدِّثَنَّ بِهِ النَّاسَ
  • فوائد ابن أخي ميمي الدقاق (2)إِذَا لَعِبَ الشَّيْطَانُ بِأَحَدِكُمْ فِي مَنَامِهِ فَلا يُحَدِّثْ بِهِ النَّاسَ
  • مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي (2245)إِذَا لَعِبَ الشَّيْطَانُ بِأَحَدِكُمْ فِي مَنَامِهِ ، فَلا يُحَدِّثْ بِهِ النَّاسَ
  • مسند عبد بن حميد (1038)إِذَا لُعِبَ بِأَحَدِكُمْ فِي مَنَامِهِ فَلا يُحَدِّثْ بِهِ النَّاسَ
  • مصنف ابن أبي شيبة (29883)إِذَا لَعِبَ الشَّيْطَانُ بِأَحَدِكُمْ فِي مَنَامِهِ فَلَا يُحَدِّثْ بِهِ النَّاسَ

On the same subject

Authentic Sahih Muslim 2268d

Allah's Messenger, I saw in the state of sleep as if my head had been cut off and I had been moving on haltingly after it. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to that desert Arab: Do not narrate to the people the vain sporting of satan with you in your sleep and (the narrator) also said: I heard…

لاَ يُحَدِّثَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ بِتَلَعُّبِ الشَّيْطَانِ بِهِ فِي مَنَامِهِ ‏"

Narrated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

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