True or false dreams

Al-Kāfi|Volume 8|Book 1|Chapter 62
Al-Kāfi

Volume 8, Book 1, Chapter 62

True or false dreams

1 hadith
عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ دُرُسْتَ بْنِ أَبِي مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ الرُّؤْيَا الصَّادِقَةُ وَ الْكَاذِبَةُ مَخْرَجُهُمَا مِنْ مَوْضِعٍ وَاحِدٍ قَالَ صَدَقْتَ أَمَّا الْكَاذِبَةُ الْمُخْتَلِفَةُ فَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَرَاهَا فِي أَوَّلِ لَيْلَةٍ فِي سُلْطَانِ الْمَرَدَةِ الْفَسَقَةِ وَ إِنَّمَا هِيَ شَيْ‏ءٌ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ وَ هِيَ كَاذِبَةٌ مُخَالِفَةٌ لَا خَيْرَ فِيهَا وَ أَمَّا الصَّادِقَةُ إِذَا رَآهَا بَعْدَ الثُّلُثَيْنِ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَعَ حُلُولِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ ذَلِكَ قَبْلَ السَّحَرِ فَهِيَ صَادِقَةٌ لَا تَخَلَّفُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ جُنُباً أَوْ يَنَامَ عَلَى غَيْرِ طَهُورٍ وَ لَمْ يَذْكُرِ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ حَقِيقَةَ ذِكْرِهِ فَإِنَّهَا تَخْتَلِفُ وَ تُبْطِئُ عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا.
62. A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from his father, from Al-Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Dorost Bin Abu Mansour, from Abu Baseer who said: ‘I said to Abu Abdullah عليه الصلاة والسلام, ‘May I be sacrificed for you عليه الصلاة والسلام, the true and the false dreams both come from one place’ He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘You have spoken the truth, but the false dreams are different for the man sees is in the first (part) of the night during the domination of the sinful rebels, and it is an imaginary thing to the man, and it is false and contradictory. There is nothing good in it. And as for the true (dream) it is if he saw it after the (passing) of the two thirds of the night with the advent of the Angels, and that is before the dawn. So this is the true (dream), it will not be contradicted, Allah عز وجل Willing, except if he was in a state of being in requirement of Major ablution (Junuub), or he has slept without being clean, and he did not Mention Allah عز وجل Mighty and Majestic with true Remembrance, for then it would vary and be delayed to its dreamer’.
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