Hammad ibn Zayd narrated from Ayyub: “I saw al-Hasan in a dream, bound in chains, and I saw Ibn Sirin in a dream, likewise bound in chains.” (1)

Abu Shihab al-Hannat reported from Hisham ibn Hassan that Ibn Sirin bought a consignment of goods in Manuniya (2); he was on the brink of earning a profit of eighty thousand, but some misgiving entered his heart and he abandoned the deal. Hisham said, “By Allah, it was not usury.” (3)

Muhammad ibn Saʿd said: “I asked al-Ansari about the debt that overtook Muhammad ibn Sirin until he was jailed. He replied, ‘He purchased grain for forty thousand, but when a report reached him about the grain’s source he disliked it, so he gave it up—or gave it away in charity—and was then detained for the money. A woman brought the claim against him, and the one who actually imprisoned him was Malik ibn al-Mundhir.’” (4)

Hisham also said, “Muhammad relinquished forty thousand over a matter that people today would see no harm in.” (5)

He (Hisham) further related that Ibn Sirin said, “Once I called a man, ‘You bankrupt!’ and I was punished for it.” (6)

When this was reported to Abu Sulayman al-Darani, he remarked, “Their sins were few, so they knew exactly where their trials came from; our sins are many, and we no longer know from which direction trouble befalls us.” (6)

Quraysh ibn Anas narrated to us from ʿAbd al-Hamid ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Muslim ibn Yasar (7) that the jailer said to Ibn Sirin, “When night falls, go home to your family,”