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Sunan Abi Dawud 5019 (Book 43, Hadith 247) #25310
The Truth of a Believer's Vision

SUMMARY: A believer's vision is usually true, and visions can be from Allah, the devil, or one's own thoughts. When one sees something they don't like, they should pray and not tell others about it.

Abu Hurairah reported the Prophet (May peace be upon him) as saying: When the time draws near, a believer’s vision can hardly be false. The truer one of them is in his speech, the truer he is in his vision. Visions are of three types: Good visions are glad tidings from Allah, a terrifying vision caused by the devil, and the ideas which come from within a man. So when one sees anything he dislikes, he should get up and pray, and should not tell it to the people. He said : I like a fetter and dislike a shackle on the neck; a fetter indicates being firmly established in religion. Abu Dawud said : "when the time draws near" means that when the day and night are equal.
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ قَالَ ‏"‏ إِذَا اقْتَرَبَ الزَّمَانُ لَمْ تَكَدْ رُؤْيَا الْمُؤْمِنِ أَنْ تَكْذِبَ وَأَصْدَقُهُمْ رُؤْيَا أَصْدَقُهُمْ حَدِيثًا وَالرُّؤْيَا ثَلاَثٌ فَالرُّؤْيَا الصَّالِحَةُ بُشْرَى مِنَ اللَّهِ وَالرُّؤْيَا تَحْزِينٌ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَرُؤْيَا مِمَّا يُحَدِّثُ بِهِ الْمَرْءُ نَفْسَهُ فَإِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ مَا يَكْرَهُ فَلْيَقُمْ فَلْيُصَلِّ وَلاَ يُحَدِّثْ بِهَا النَّاسَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ وَأُحِبُّ الْقَيْدَ وَأَكْرَهُ الْغُلَّ وَالْقَيْدُ ثَبَاتٌ فِي الدِّينِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ ‏"‏ إِذَا اقْتَرَبَ الزَّمَانُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ يَعْنِي إِذَا اقْتَرَبَ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ يَعْنِي يَسْتَوِيَانِ

TOPICS
vision  *  belief  *  tidings  *  devil  *  prayer  *  ruya  *  iman  *  bushra  *  shaytan  *  salat

QUICK LESSONS:
Have faith in yourself, seek guidance from Allah through prayerful supplication when uncertain about your visions .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks to the truth of a believer’s vision. It explains that when a believer has a vision it is usually true and can come from three sources; Allah, the devil or one’s own thoughts. If someone has a vision that they do not like then they should pray to Allah for guidance rather than telling others about it. The hadith also mentions that when day and night are equal in length then this is an indication that time is drawing near which could mean either death or judgement day depending on context. This hadith teaches us to have faith in our visions but also to seek guidance from Allah if we are unsure of what our visions mean or how we should act upon them.

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