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harm him.” Agreed upon.

846 – Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “The righteous dream—in another narration, the pleasant dream—is from Allah, whereas the nightmare is from Satan. Whoever sees something he dislikes should blow lightly to his left three times and seek refuge with Allah from Satan, for it will not harm him.” Agreed upon. The term “nafth” denotes a gentle puff without saliva.

847 – Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “If any of you sees a dream he dislikes, let him spit lightly to his left three times, seek Allah’s protection from Satan three times, and turn over onto the opposite side from the one he was on.” Reported by Muslim.

848 – Abu al-Asqaʿ Wathilah ibn al-Asqaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Among the gravest fabrications⦗1⦘ are for a man to claim descent from someone other than his father, to allege that his eyes saw what they did not see, or to attribute to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ something he did not say.” Reported by al-Bukhari.

(1) The term is the plural of firya (a flagrant lie). The phrase “or he shows his eye what it has not seen” means that he fabricates a dream.

تَضُرُّهُ » متفق عليه . ٨٤٦ - وعن أبي قَتَادَةَ رضي الله عنه قال : قال النبي ﷺ : « الرُّؤْيَا الصَّالِحَةُ - وفي رواية : الرُّؤْيَا الْحَسَنَةُ - مِنَ اللَّهِ ، وَالْحُلْمُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ ، فَمَنْ رَأَى شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَنْفُثْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ ثَلَاثًا ، وَلْيَتَعَوَّذْ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَضُرُّهُ » متفق عليه . « النَّفْثُ » نَفْخٌ لَطِيفٌ لَا رِيقَ مَعَهُ . ٨٤٧ - وعن جابر رضي الله عنه ، عن رسول الله ﷺ قال : « إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ الرُّؤْيَا يَكْرَهُهَا ، فَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثَلَاثًا ، وَلْيَسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ ثَلَاثًا ، وَلْيَتَحَوَّلْ عَنْ جَنْبِهِ الَّذِي كَانَ عَلَيْهِ » رواه مسلم . ٨٤٨ - وعن أبي الأسقع واثلة بن الأسقع رضي الله عنه قال : قال رسول الله ﷺ : « إِنَّ مِنْ أَعْظَمِ الْفِرَى (١) أَنْ يَدَّعِيَ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ ، أَوْ يُرِيَ عَيْنَهُ مَا لَمْ تَرَ ، أَوْ يَقُولَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا لَمْ يَقُلْ » رواه البخاري .

(١) جمع فرية وهي الكذبة العظيمة ، وقوله : أو يُرِيَ عينه ما لم تر ، أي : يكذب في رؤياه .