💐 In The Name Of Allah The Most Gracious The Most Merciful
💌 Oftentimes we wake up from nightmares or strange dreams about people whom we're acquainted with, whether they're our relatives, colleagues, neighbors or someone we've met through a mutual friend. Some of the visions we've had about those people may cause excessive worry, anxiety or feelings of discomfort when we're around them.
Allah the Almighty knows best. Two examples of bad dreams about individuals whom we know offline, regardless of how close our connection is with them include:
1] Seeing somebody try to harm us physically or emotionally in a dream. Being harmed, chased or confusingly ridiculed by them.
2] Having a weird dream in which you and a familiar face are being unusually intimate or inappropriate. Being in bed with them, enjoying a supposedly romantic date with them, strangely flirting with one another, watching them propose to you, or kissing them are some things you may have seen in this kind of dream.
🔸 Some possible meanings of certain nightmares concerning people:
1] Allah the Most Wise may be giving you signs regarding how this person truly feels about you. Perhaps they like you a lot or find specific traits of yours admirable, and this dream is a warning for you to ensure your affectionate moves are displayed moderately or you're given signals to avoid being too available, so the bond between you doesn't lead to something haraam/forbidden or abnormal.
Otherwise if you saw this person in your dream hurting you, there's a possibility that they could be secretly jealous of you, or they're completely against a number of your qualities or life choices. This dream may be a message from Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala for you to stay safe by slightly distancing yourself from them and accepting the fact that they can't always be relied on.
2] It may be that shaytan is attempting to play emotional and mental games with you by appearing in your dreams and resembling the image of people you know. Perhaps he wants you to pursue your feelings of attraction to someone and commit zina with them, or he desires that you discontinue a blessed friendship with a righteous Muslim by making them seem unpleasant and dangerous in a nightmare.
Inn-sha-Allah such nightmares, which shouldn't be interpreted literally, can't negatively impact you as long as you seek Allah's protection and resist the urge to spread it around.
3] A lot of your dreams could also represent your innermost thoughts, feelings and current condition. Maybe you miss that person so much so that a copy of them showed up in your dream as a way of coping with the sorrowful emotions associated with missing them. Maybe there's a quality that they possess which you can benefit from if you had it too e.g. humility, courage, confidence, assertiveness or generosity. Or maybe their presence in your life actually has significant meaning. Thus rather than taking them for granted, do what you can to maintain good connections with them for Allah's sake in a manner that inspires you two to be successful Muslims in both worlds.
https://www.abukhadeejah.com/notes-on-dream-interpretation/
📖 Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, “When one of you sees a dream that he likes, it is from Allah so let him praise Allah for it and speak about it. When one of you sees something else he dislikes, it is from shaytan, so let him seek refuge from its evil and not mention it to anyone. It will not harm him."
Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 6584
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Bukhari
📖 Jabir RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "If one of you sees a dream which he dislikes, let him blow on his left side three times and seek refuge in Allah from shaytan three times. Let him turn to the other side on which he was sleeping."
Source: Sahih Muslim 2262
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Muslim
📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Whoever sees me in a dream has truly seen me, for shaytan cannot assume my form."
Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 6592
Sahih Muslim 2266
Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (Authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim
📖 Abu Qatadah RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "The good dream is from Allah and the bad dream is from shaytan. Whoever sees something that he dislikes, let him blow to his left side three times and seek refuge from shaytan. Verily, it will not harm him and shaytan cannot appear in my form."
Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 6594
Sahih Muslim 2261
Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (Authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim
📖 Abdullah ibn Amr RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "If one of you is frightened by a dream during sleep, let him say: 'I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from His anger, His punishment, and the evil of His servants, from the insinuations of devils and their presence.' Verily, they will never harm him."
Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 3528
Grade: Hasan (Fair) according to At-Tirmidhi
