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Sunan Ibn Majah 3913

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

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 3913

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ ‏

"‏ إِذَا حَلَمَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلاَ يُخْبِرِ النَّاسَ بِتَلَعُّبِ الشَّيْطَانِ بِهِ فِي الْمَنَامِ ‏"

It was narrated from Jabir that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“If anyone of you has a bad dream, he should not tell people about how Satan played with him in his dream.”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 3913).

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

قَوْله ( إِذَا حَلَمَ ) بِفَتْحِ اللَّام مِنْ الْحُلْم بِمَعْنَى مَا يَرَاهُ النَّائِم وَالْمُرَاد مَا يَكْرَههُ كَمَا تَقَدَّمَ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَم.…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3913
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3913
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih Muslim The hadith No. 3913
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3913

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  • السنن الكبرى للنسائي (7351)إِذَا حَلَمَ أَحَدُكُمْ ، فَلا يُخْبِرْ أَحَدًا بِتَلَعُّبِ الشَّيْطَانِ بِهِ فِي الْمَنَامِ
  • مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي (2233)إِذَا حَلَمَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلا يُخْبِرِ النَّاسَ بِتَلَعُّبِ الشَّيْطَانِ بِهِ فِي الْمَنَامِ
  • نظم الآلي بالمائة العوالي (75)إِذَا حَلَمَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلا يُخْبِرِ النَّاسَ بِتَلاعُبِ الشَّيْطَانِ بِهِ فِي الْمَنَامِ

On the same subject

Authentic Sunan Ibn Majah 3912

“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…

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

Narrated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh + 3 other versions

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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