Chapter 66
Remembrance 1 from Chapter 66
What to say when told about a dream
Arabic
Romanisation
Khayran ra’ayt, wa khayran yakūn. Khayran talqāh, wa sharran tawaqqāh, khayran lanā wa sharran ‘ālā a‘dā’inā, wa-l-ḥamdu li-llāhi Rabbi-l-‘ālamīn.
Context
WE RELATE FROM the book of Ibn as-Sunnī that the Prophet 
said to anyone who told him, “I have seen a dream”: “You have seen goodness and may it become goodness [in reality].” According to another report he said: “May you encounter good and may you be protected from evil. It is good for us and bad for our enemies. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds.” [1].
References
[1] Ibn as-Sunnī (777), al-Futūḥāt (3/193) and (3/186), and Natā ’ ij al-afkār (207). There is some weakness in this hadith’s chain. Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī states in his work Ṭaraf al-fawā ’ id wa zaraf al-farā ’ id that the points of etiquette to be observed after seeing a good dream are: praising Allah for it, inferring glad tidings from it, and informing others about it, but only to those who like one and not to those who harbour enmity towards one. As for the points to be observed upon seeing a bad dream, they are: seeking refuge in Allah from its evil, seeking refuge in Allah from Shayṭān, doing optional prayers upon waking from sleep, and not mentioning it to anyone. Al-Bukhārī adds offering prayers, and Muslim adds changing the side one is lying on. Ibn ‘Allān also mentions reciting Āyat al-kursī.