indeed, it is one of the finest remedies, taught to you by the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.
Section Three: dreams that are a jumble of images—confused, headless and footless. A person sees mutually contradictory or utterly bizarre scenes. Pay no attention to such dreams and relate them to no one. A man once said to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, “O Messenger of Allah, in my sleep I saw a man sever my head; the head then ran off and I went chasing after it.”
The Prophet replied, “Do not tell people what Satan toys with you about in your sleep.”
In other words, Satan is the one who shows you your head being cut off and rolling away while you run after it—something that has no basis at all. Ignore such dreams and do not narrate them to anyone.
As for someone who sees the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in a dream: if he sees him in the well-known description recorded in the prophetic biography and in a pleasing state, this signals good for the dreamer and that he has taken the Prophet as a worthy model. If, however, he sees him otherwise, let him hold himself to account. For example, if he sees himself speaking to the Prophet but the Prophet turns away, or walks off and leaves him, or appears in an unbecoming state—whether in his garments, cloak, waist-wrapper, or anything similar—then he should examine himself, for he is falling short in following the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.
The second issue: Whoever eavesdrops on a group while they dislike his listening will have al-ʾanuk (molten lead) poured into his ears on the Day of Resurrection. The scholars explain that al-ʾanuk is molten lead—may Allah protect us—and lead