he told me such-and-such and instructed me to do such-and-such. If what he reports runs contrary to the Sacred Law, it is false, and the lie rests on the person who related it—even if the figure he saw matched every recorded feature of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his family.

842 – Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet ﷺ declared, “A righteous dream”—in another wording, “a good dream”—“is from Allah, whereas a nightmare is from Satan. So whoever sees something he dislikes should blow lightly to his left three times and seek refuge with Allah from Satan, and it will not harm him.” Agreed upon. Nafth (a light blowing) is a gentle exhalation with no saliva.

843 – Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When any one 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 then turn over onto the side opposite to the one on which he was lying.” Related by Muslim.

844 – Abu al-Asqaʿ, Wathilah ibn al-Asqaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stated: “Among the gravest fabrications are for a man to claim descent from someone other than his own father, to allege that his eyes saw what they never saw, or to attribute to the Messenger ﷺ words he never spoke.” Reported by