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Sahih al-Bukhari 3622 (Book 61, Hadith 128) #3460
The Prophet's Dream and its Symbolic Meaning

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad's dream of migrating to Medina, and how it symbolized the victory and defeat of Muslims on the Day of Uhud.

Narrated Abu Musa: The Prophet said, "In a dream I saw myself migrating from Mecca to a place having plenty of date trees. I thought that it was Al-Yamama or Hajar, but it came to be Medina ie Yathrib. In the same dream I saw myself moving a sword and its blade got broken. It came to symbolize the defeat which the Muslims suffered from, on the Day of Uhud. I moved the sword again, and it became normal as before, and that was the symbol of the victory Allah bestowed upon Muslims and their gathering together. I saw cows in my dream, and by Allah, that was a blessing, and they symbolized the believers on the Day of Uhud. And the blessing was the good Allah bestowed upon us and the reward of true belief which Allah gave us after the day of Badr.
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ بُرَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى ـ أُرَاهُ ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ قَالَ ‏ "‏ رَأَيْتُ فِي الْمَنَامِ أَنِّي أُهَاجِرُ مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِلَى أَرْضٍ بِهَا نَخْلٌ، فَذَهَبَ وَهَلِي إِلَى أَنَّهَا الْيَمَامَةُ أَوْ هَجَرُ، فَإِذَا هِيَ الْمَدِينَةُ يَثْرِبُ، وَرَأَيْتُ فِي رُؤْيَاىَ هَذِهِ أَنِّي هَزَزْتُ سَيْفًا فَانْقَطَعَ صَدْرُهُ، فَإِذَا هُوَ مَا أُصِيبَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ، ثُمَّ هَزَزْتُهُ بِأُخْرَى فَعَادَ أَحْسَنَ مَا كَانَ، فَإِذَا هُوَ مَا جَاءَ اللَّهُ بِهِ مِنَ الْفَتْحِ وَاجْتِمَاعِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَرَأَيْتُ فِيهَا بَقَرًا وَاللَّهُ خَيْرٌ فَإِذَا هُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ، وَإِذَا الْخَيْرُ مَا جَاءَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ، وَثَوَابِ الصِّدْقِ الَّذِي آتَانَا اللَّهُ بَعْدَ يَوْمِ بَدْرٍ

TOPICS
migration  *  trees  *  sword  *  cows  *  victory  *  defeat

QUICK LESSONS:
Have faith in Allah even during difficult times; Persevere through hardships; Remain resilient even when faced with defeat; Have hope for better days ahead; Believe in true faith after Badr .

EXPLANATIONS:
In this hadith, the Prophet Muhammad tells us about a dream he had in which he was migrating from Mecca to a place with plenty of date trees. He thought it was either Al-Yamama or Hajar, but it turned out to be Medina. In his dream, he also saw himself moving a sword whose blade got broken. This symbolized the defeat that Muslims suffered on the Day of Uhud. When he moved the sword again, it became normal as before which symbolized Allah's victory bestowed upon Muslims and their gathering together. He also saw cows in his dream which represented believers on the Day of Uhud and Allah's blessing upon them for their true belief after Badr.

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