Bukhari sharif

1. Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:

I heard Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬saying, "If anyone of you saw a dream which
he liked, then that was from Allah, and he should thank Allah for it and tell it to others;
but if he saw something else, i.e, a dream which he did not like, then that is from Satan
and he should seek refuge with Allah from it and should not tell it to anybody for it will
not harm him."
‫ أَنَّهُ َس ِم َع‬، ِّ‫ ع َْن أَبِي َس ِعي ٍد ْال ُخ ْد ِري‬،‫ب‬ ٍ ‫ ع َْن َع ْب ِد هَّللا ِ ب ِْن خَ بَّا‬،َ‫ ع َْن يَ ِزيد‬، ُّ‫اورْ ِدي‬ َ ‫ َوال َّد َر‬،‫از ٍم‬ِ ‫ َح َّدثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي َح‬،َ‫َح َّدثَنَا إِ ْب َرا ِهي ُم بْنُ َح ْم َزة‬
‫ َوإِ َذا َرأَى‬،‫ِّث بِهَ ا‬ ْ ‫ َو ْلي َُح د‬،‫ فَ ْليَحْ َم ِد هَّللا َ َعلَ ْيهَ ا‬،ِ ‫ فَإِنَّهَ ا ِمنَ هَّللا‬،‫" إِ َذا َرأَى أَ َح ُد ُك ُم الرُّ ْؤيَ ا يُ ِحبُّهَ ا‬  ‫َرسُو َل هَّللا ِ صلى هللا عليه وسلم يَقُو ُل‬
" ُ‫ض َّره‬ ُ َ‫ فَإِنَّهَا لَ ْن ت‬،‫ َوالَ يَ ْذ ُكرْ هَا ألَ َح ٍد‬،‫ فَ ْليَ ْستَ ِع ْذ ِم ْن َشرِّ هَا‬،‫ فَإِنَّ َما ِه َي ِمنَ ال َّش ْيطَا ِن‬،ُ‫ك ِم َّما يَ ْك َره‬
َ ِ‫َغي َْر َذل‬
Reference  : Sahih al-Bukhari 7045

In-book reference  : Book 91, Hadith 59

USC-MSA web (English) reference  : Vol. 9, Book 87, Hadith 169

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2.

Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:

The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said, "If anyone of you sees a dream that he
likes, then it is from Allah, and he should thank Allah for it and narrate it to
others; but if he sees something else, i.e., a dream that he dislikes, then it
is from Satan, and he should seek refuge with Allah from its evil, and he
should not mention it to anybody, for it will not harm him."
ُ‫ أَنَّه‬، ِّ‫ ع َْن أَبِي َس ِعي ٍد ْال ُخ ْد ِري‬،‫ب‬ ٍ ‫ ع َْن َع ْب ِد هَّللا ِ ب ِْن خَ بَّا‬،‫ َح َّدثَنِي ابْنُ ْالهَ ا ِد‬،‫ْث‬ ُ ‫ َح َّدثَنَا اللَّي‬، َ‫َح َّدثَنَا َع ْب ُد هَّللا ِ بْنُ يُوسُف‬
،‫ فَ ْليَحْ َم ِد هَّللا َ َعلَ ْيهَ ا‬،ِ ‫" إِ َذا َرأَى أَ َح ُد ُك ْم ر ُْؤيَ ا ي ُِحبُّهَ ا فَإِنَّ َم ا ِه َي ِمنَ هَّللا‬  ‫ي ص لى هللا علي ه وس لم يَقُ و ُل‬ َّ ِ‫َس ِم َع النَّب‬
‫ فَإِنَّهَا‬،‫ َوالَ يَ ْذ ُكرْ هَا ألَ َح ٍد‬،‫ فَ ْليَ ْست َِع ْذ ِم ْن َشرِّ هَا‬،‫ فَإِنَّ َما ِه َي ِمنَ ال َّش ْيطَا ِن‬،ُ‫ َوإِ َذا َرأَى َغ ْي َر َذلِكَ ِم َّما يَ ْك َره‬،‫ِّث بِهَا‬ ْ ‫َو ْليُ َحد‬
." ُ‫الَ تَضُرُّ ه‬
Reference  : Sahih al-Bukhari 6985

In-book reference  : Book 91, Hadith 4

USC-MSA web (English) reference  : Vol. 9, Book 87, Hadith 114

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3. Narrated Abu Qatada:

The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said, "A good dream is from Allah, and a bad
dream is from Satan. So whoever has seen (in a dream) something he
dislikes, then he should spit without saliva, thrice on his left and seek
refuge with Allah from Satan, for it will not harm him, and Satan cannot
appear in my shape."
‫ال النَّبِ ُّي‬ َ َ‫ ق‬،َ‫ ع َْن أَبِي قَتَا َدة‬،َ‫ أَ ْخبَ َرنِي أَبُو َسلَ َمة‬،‫ ع َْن ُعبَ ْي ِد هَّللا ِ ب ِْن أَبِي َج ْعفَ ٍر‬،‫ْث‬
َ َ‫ال ق‬ ُ ‫ َح َّدثَنَا اللَّي‬،‫َح َّدثَنَا يَحْ يَى بْنُ بُ َكي ٍْر‬
‫ث ع َْن ِش َمالِ ِه‬ ْ ِ‫ فَ َم ْن َرأَى َش ْيئًا يَ ْك َرهُ هُ فَ ْليَ ْنف‬،‫ان‬
ِ َ‫ َو ْالح ُْل ُم ِمنَ ال َّش ْيط‬،ِ ‫" الرُّ ْؤيَا الصَّالِ َحةُ ِمنَ هَّللا‬  ‫صلى هللا عليه وسلم‬
." ‫ َوإِ َّن ال َّش ْيطَانَ الَ يَتَ َرا َءى بِي‬،ُ‫ فَإِنَّهَا الَ تَضُرُّ ه‬،‫ان‬ ِ َ‫ َو ْليَتَ َع َّو ْذ ِمنَ ال َّش ْيط‬،‫ثَالَثًا‬
Reference  : Sahih al-Bukhari 6995

In-book reference  : Book 91, Hadith 14

USC-MSA web (English) reference  : Vol. 9, Book 87, Hadith 124

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4. Narrated Abu Qatada Al-Ansari:

(a companion of the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬and one of his cavalry men) "I
heard Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬saying, "A good dream is from
Allah, and a bad dream is from Satan; so, if anyone of you had a bad
dream which he disliked, then he should spit on his left and seek refuge
with Allah from it, for it will not harm him."
َ‫ي َ ـ َو َك ان‬ّ ‫ار‬ِ ‫ص‬ َ ‫ أَ َّن أَبَا قَتَا َدةَ األَ ْن‬،َ‫ ع َْن أَبِي َسلَ َمة‬،‫ب‬ ٍ ‫ َع ِن ا ْب ِن ِشهَا‬،‫ ع َْن ُعقَ ْي ٍل‬،‫ْث‬ ُ ‫ َح َّدثَنَا اللَّي‬،‫َح َّدثَنَا يَحْ يَى بْنُ بُ َكي ٍْر‬
‫" الرُّ ْؤيَ ا‬  ‫ْت َرسُو َل هَّللا ِ ص لى هللا علي ه وس لم يَقُ و ُل‬ ُ ‫ال َس ِمع‬ َ َ‫ب النَّبِ ِّي صلى هللا عليه وسلم َوفُرْ َسانِ ِه ق‬ ِ ‫ِم ْن أَصْ َحا‬
ُ َ‫ فَلَ ْن ي‬،ُ‫ار ِه َو ْليَ ْستَ ِع ْذ بِاهَّلل ِ ِم ْنه‬
." ُ‫ض َّره‬ ُ ‫ فَإِ َذا َحلَ َم أَ َح ُد ُك ُم ْال ُحلُ َم يَ ْك َرهُهُ فَ ْليَ ْب‬،‫ َو ْالح ُْل ُم ِمنَ ال َّش ْيطَا ِن‬،ِ ‫ِمنَ هَّللا‬
ِ ‫ص ْق ع َْن يَ َس‬
Reference  : Sahih al-Bukhari 7005

In-book reference  : Book 91, Hadith 23

USC-MSA web (English) reference  : Vol. 9, Book 87, Hadith 133

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5. Narrated Abu Salama:
I used to see a dream which would make me sick till I heard Abu Qatada
saying, "I too, used to see a dream which would make me sick till I heard
the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬saying, "A good dream is from Allah, so if
anyone of you saw a dream which he liked, he should not tell it to anybody
except to the one whom he loves, and if he saw a dream which he disliked,
then he should seek refuge with Allah from its evil and from the evil of
Satan, and spit three times (on his left) and should not tell it to anybody, for
it will not harm him. "
‫ت أَ َرى الرُّ ْؤيَ ا‬
ُ ‫ يَقُ و ُل لَقَ ْد ُك ْن‬،َ‫ْت أَبَ ا َس لَ َمة‬ ُ ‫ قَا َل َس ِمع‬،‫ ع َْن َع ْب ِد َربِّ ِه ْب ِن َس ِعي ٍد‬،ُ‫ َح َّدثَنَا ُش ْعبَة‬،‫يع‬ ِ ِ‫َح َّدثَنَا َس ِعي ُد بْنُ ال َّرب‬
‫ي ص لى هللا علي ه‬ َّ ِ‫ْت النَّب‬
ُ ‫ َحتَّى َس ِمع‬،‫ض نِي‬ ُ ‫ت ألَ َرى الرُّ ْؤيَ ا تُ ْم ِر‬ ُ ‫ْت أَبَا قَتَ ا َدةَ يَقُ و ُل َوأَنَ ا ُك ْن‬
ُ ‫ضنِي َحتَّى َس ِمع‬ ُ ‫فَتُ ْم ِر‬
ُ‫ َوإِ َذا َرأَى َم ا يَ ْك َره‬، ُّ‫ِّث بِ ِه إِالَّ َم ْن ي ُِحب‬ ْ ‫ فَإِ َذا َرأَى أَ َح ُد ُك ْم َما يُ ِحبُّ فَالَ يُ َح د‬،ِ ‫" الرُّ ْؤيَا ْال َح َسنَةُ ِمنَ هَّللا‬  ‫وسلم يَقُو ُل‬
ُ َ‫ِّث بِهَا أَ َحدًا فَإِنَّهَا لَ ْن ت‬
." ُ‫ض َّره‬ ْ ‫ َو ِم ْن َش ِّر ال َّش ْيطَا ِن َو ْليَ ْتفِلْ ثَالَثًا َوالَ ي َُحد‬،‫فَ ْليَتَ َع َّو ْذ بِاهَّلل ِ ِم ْن َش ِّرهَا‬
Reference  : Sahih al-Bukhari 7044

In-book reference  : Book 91, Hadith 58

USC-MSA web (English) reference  : Vol. 9, Book 87, Hadith 168

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6. Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:

Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬said, "While I was sleeping, I saw myself
performing the Tawaf of the Ka`ba. Behold, there I saw a whitish-red lank-
haired man (holding himself) between two men with water dropping from
his hair. I asked, 'Who is this?' The people replied, 'He is the son of Mary.'
Then I turned my face to see another man with red complexion, big body,
curly hair, and blind in the right eye which looked like a protruding out
grape. I asked, 'Who is he?' They replied, 'He is Ad-Dajjal.' Ibn Qatan
resembles him more than anybody else among the people and Ibn Qatan
was a man from Bani Al-Mustaliq from Khuza`a."
‫ أَ َّن َع ْب َد هَّللا ِ ْبنَ ُع َم َر ـ رضى‬،‫ أَ ْخبَ َرنِي َسالِ ُم بْنُ َع ْب ِد هَّللا ِ ب ِْن ُع َم َر‬،‫ي‬ ُّ ‫ َع ِن‬، ٌ‫ أَ ْخبَ َرنَا ُش َعيْب‬،‫ان‬
ِّ ‫الز ْه ِر‬ ِ ‫َح َّدثَنَا أَبُو ْاليَ َم‬
ُ‫" بَ ْينَا أَنَا نَائِ ٌم َرأَ ْيتُنِي أَطُ وفُ بِ ْال َك ْعبَ ِة فَ إِ َذا َر ُج ٌل آ َد ُم َس ْبط‬  ‫هللا عنهما ـ قَا َل قَا َل َرسُو ُل هَّللا ِ صلى هللا عليه وسلم‬
‫ت فَ إِ َذا َر ُج ٌل أَحْ َم ُر َج ِس ي ٌم َج ْع ُد‬ ُ ِ‫ْت أَ ْلتَف‬
ُ ‫ فَ َذهَب‬.‫ت َم ْن هَ َذا قَالُوا ابْنُ َمرْ يَ َم‬ ُ ‫ فَقُ ْل‬،‫ال َّش َع ِر بَ ْينَ َر ُجلَ ْي ٍن يَ ْن ِطفُ َر ْأ ُسهُ َما ًء‬
ْ
ِ َّ‫ أَ ْق َربُ الن‬.ُ‫ت َم ْن هَ َذا قَ الُوا هَ َذا ال َّدجَّال‬
ُ‫اس بِ ِه َش بَهًا ابْن‬ ُ ‫ قُ ْل‬،ٌ‫ َكأ َ َّن َع ْينَهُ ِعنَبَةٌ طَافِيَة‬،‫س أَ ْع َو ُر ْال َعي ِْن ْاليُ ْمنَى‬ِ ‫الرَّأ‬
.َ‫ق ِم ْن ُخزَ ا َعة‬ ِ ِ‫ َوابْنُ قَطَ ٍن َر ُج ٌل ِم ْن بَنِي ْال ُمصْ طَل‬." ‫قَطَ ٍن‬
Reference  : Sahih al-Bukhari 7026

In-book reference  : Book 91, Hadith 43

USC-MSA web (English) reference  : Vol. 9, Book 87, Hadith 153

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Muslim Sharif
Book 29, Number 5613:

Abu Salama reported : I used to see dreams (and was so much perturbed)
that I began to quiver and have temperature, but did not cover myself with a
mantle. I met Abu Qatada and made a mention of that to him. He said: I
heard Allali's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A good
vision comes from Allah and a (bad) dream (hulm) from devil. So when one
of.you sees a bad dream (hulm) which he does not like, he should spit on
his left side thrice and seek refuge with Allah from its evil; then it will not
harm him.

Book 29, Number 5616:

Abu Qatada reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as

saying: A good vision is from Allah and a bad dream (hulm) is from the
satan; so if one of you sees anything (in a dream which he dislikes, he
should spit on his left side thrice and seek refuge with Allah from its evil,
and then it will never harm him. Abu Salama said: I used to see dreams
 weighing more heavily upon me than a mountain; but since I heard this
hadith I don't care for it (its burden).

Book 29, Number 5618:

Abu Qatada reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as

saying : The good vision are from Allah and the evil dreams are from the
satan. If one sees a dream which one does not like, one should spit on
one's left side and seek the refuge of Allah from the satan; it will not do one
any harm, and one should not disclose it to anyone and if one sees a good
vision one should feel pleased but should not disclose it to anyone but
whom one loves.

Book 29, Number 5619:

Abu Salama replied: I used to see (such horrible dreams) that I fell ill. I saw
Abu Qatada who also said: I used to see dreams which made me sick until
I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Good
dreams are from Allah, so if any one of you sees which he likes he should
not disclose it to one but whow he loves, but if he sees something which he
does not like he should spit on his left side thrice and seek refuge with Allah
from the mischief of the satan and its mischief (i.e. of the dream), and he
should not relate it to anyone, then it would not harm him.

Book 29, Number 5622:

Abu Huraira reported: I love to see fetters but I hate necklace (in a dream),
for fetters signifies one's steadfastness in religion, and he also reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The vision of a
believer is forty-sixth part of Prophecy.

Book 29, Number 5624:

Muhammad b. Sirin reported from Abu Huraira a hadith from Allah's

Apostle (may peace be upon him) and he mentioned in his hadith his
words: "I dislike shackles," up to the end of his statement, but he made no
mention of this: "A vision is a forty-sixth part of Prophecy."

Book 29, Number 5625:

Ubida b. as-Samit reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as

saying: The vision of a believer is the forty-sixth part of Prophecy.
Book 29, Number 5627:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
Verily the vision of a believer is one of the forty-sixth part of Prophecy.

Book 29, Number 5628:

َ
‫ َّد َث َنا‬FFFF‫ ح َو َح‬،‫ش‬ ِ ‫ َع ِن األعْ َم‬،‫ا َعلِيُّ بْنُ م ُْس ِه ٍر‬FFFF‫ أَ ْخ َب َر َن‬،‫ِيل‬ ِ ‫ َّد َث َنا إِ ْسمَاعِ ي ُل بْنُ ْال َخل‬FFFF‫َو َح‬
‫ا َل َر ُسو ُل‬FF‫ا َل َق‬FF‫ َق‬،‫ر َة‬F َ F‫ َعنْ أَ ِبي ه َُر ْي‬،‫صال ٍِح‬ َ ‫ َعنْ أَ ِبي‬، ُ‫ َّد َث َنا األَعْ َمش‬F‫ َح‬،‫ َّد َث َنا أَ ِبي‬F‫ َح‬،‫ر‬F
ٍ F‫ابْنُ ُن َم ْي‬
" ‫ْن م ُْس ِه ٍر‬ ِ ‫ث اب‬ ِ ‫ دِي‬F‫ َوفِي َح‬. " ‫ ُه‬F ‫رى َل‬F َ F‫ا أَ ْو ُت‬FF‫ا ْالم ُْسل ِِم َي َرا َه‬FF‫هَّللا ِ صلى هللا عليه وسلم " ر ُْؤ َي‬
" ‫ِين ج ُْزءًا م َِن ال ُّنب َُّو ِة‬ َ ‫جُز ٌء ِمنْ سِ َّت ٍة َوأَرْ َبع‬
ْ ‫الرُّ ْؤ َيا الصَّال َِح ُة‬.

Allah's Messenger (may peace; be upon him) said: The vision of a Muslim
which he sees or which is shown to him, and in the hadith transmitted on
the authority of Ibn Alushir (the words are): "The pious dream is the forty-
sixth part of Prophecy."

Book 29, Number 5635:

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as

saying: He who saw me in a dream in fact saw me, for the satan does not
appear in my form.

Book 29, Number 5636:

Abu Huraira reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: He who saw me in a dream would soon see me in the state of
wakefulness, or as if he saw me in a state of wakefulness, for the satan
does not appear in my form.

Book 29, Number 5637:

Abu Qatada reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
He who saw me in dream in fact saw the truth (what is true).

Book 29, Number 5638:

Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying : He

who saw me in sleep in fact saw me, for it is not possible for the satan to
appear in my form; and he also said: When any one of you sees a hulm he
should not inform anyone, for it is a sort of vain sport of devil in the state of
sleep.
Book 29, Number 5639:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: He who saw me in a dream in fact saw me, for the satan cannot
assume my form.

Book 29, Number 5640:

Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:

There came to him (the Holy Prophet) a desert Arab and said: I saw in a
dream that I had been beheaded and I had been following it (the severed
head). Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) reprimanded him saying:
Do not inform about the vain sporting of devil with you during the night.

Book 29, Number 5641:

Jabir reported that there came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
a desert Arab and said: Allah's Messenger, I saw in the state of steep as if
my head had been cut off and I had been moving on haltingly after it.
Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to that desert
Arab: Do not narrate to the people the vain sporting of satan with you in
your sleep and (the narrator) also said: I heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) in his subsequent address: None amongst you should
narrate the vain sporting of devil with him in the dream.

Book 29, Number 5646:

Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) used
to say to his Companions: He who amongst you sees a vision should
narrate it and I would interpret it for him, and a person came and said:
Allah's Messenger, I saw a canopy. The rest of the hadith is the same.

Chapter 5 : THE VISION OF THE HOLY PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE UPON

HIM)

Book 29, Number 5647:

Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as

saying: I saw during the night that which a person sees during the sleep as
if we are in the house of 'Uqba b. Rafi' that there was brought to us the
fresh dates of Ibn Tab. I interpreted it as the sublimity for us in the world
and good ending in the Hereafter and that our religion is good.
Book 29, Number 5648:

Abdullah b. 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as

saying: I saw in a dream that I was using miswak and the two persons
contended to get it from me, the one being older than the other one. I gave
the miswak to the younger one. It was said to me to give that to the older
one and I gave it to the older one.

Book 29, Number 5649:

Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
I saw in sleep that I was about to migrate from Mecca to a land abounding
in palmtrees and I guessed that it would be Yamama or Hajar, but it was
the city of Yathrib (the old name of Medina), and I saw in this dream of
mine that I was brandishing a sword and its upper end was broken and this
is what fell (in the form of misfortune to the believers on the Day of Ubud). I
brandished (the sword) for the second time and it became all right and this
is what came to be true when Allah granted us victory and solidarity of the
believers. And I saw therein cows also and Allah is the Doer of good. These
meant the group from amongst the believers on the Day of Ubud and the
goodness which Allah brought after that and the reward of attestation of his
Truth which Allah brought to us after the Day of Badr.

Book 29, Number 5650:

Ibn Abbas reported that Musailima al-Kadhdhab (the greater liar) (who
claimed prophethood after the death of the Holy Prophet) came during the
lifetime of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) to Medina and said: If
Muhammad assigns his caliphate to me after him I would follow, and there
came along with him a large body of persons of his tribe and there came to
him Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) along with Thabit b. Qais b.
Shammas and the Prophet of Allah (may peace be upon him) had a piece
of wood in his hand until he came in front of Musailima in the company of
his companions and said: If you were to ask even this (wood), I would
never give it to you. I am not going to do anything against the will of God in
your case, and if you turn away (from what I say) Allah will destroy you.
And I find you in the same state which I was shown (in the dream) and here
is Thabit and he would answer you on my behalf. He (the Holy Prophet)
then went back. Ibn 'Abbas said: I asked the (meanings of the) words of
 Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him): "You are the same what I was
made to see about you in my dream." and Abu Huraira reported that Allah's
Messenger. (may peace be upon him) said: While I was sleeping I saw in
my hands two gold bangles. This had a disturbing effect upon me and I was
given a suggestion in the sleep that I should blow over them, so I blew over
them and they were no more. And I interpreted these (two bangles) as the
two great liars who would appear after me and the one amongst them was
'Anasi the inhabitant of San'a' and the other one Musailima the inhabitant of
Yamama.

Book 29, Number 5651:

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as

saying: While I was sleeping, the treasures of the earth were presented to
me and I was made to wear in my hands two gold bangles. I felt a sort of
burden upon me and I was disturbed and it was suggested to me that I
should blow over them, so I blew and both of them disappeared. I
interpreted them as two great liars who would appear at any time, one is
the inhabitant of Sana' and the other is that of Yamama.

Book 29, Number 5652:

Samura b. Jundab reported that when Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) had performed his dawn prayer he turned his face towards them (that is
towards his Companions) and said: Did any one of you see any vision last
night?

https://islamqa.info/en/answers/604/justification-for-following-the-sunnah

Proof of the importance of the Sunnah

(1) The Qur’aan speaks of the importance of the Sunnah, for example:

(a) Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “He who obeys the Messenger has
indeed obeyed Allaah . . .” [al-Nisaa’ 4:80] Allaah described obedience to the
Prophet (peace be upon him) as being a part of obedience to Him. Then He made
a connection between obedience to Him and obedience to the Prophet (peace be
upon him): “O you who believe! Obey Allaah and obey the Messenger . . .” [al-
Nisaa’ 4:59]

(b) Allaah warns us not to go against the Prophet (peace be upon him), and states
that whoever disobeys him will be doomed to eternal Hell. Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning): “. . . And let those who oppose the Messenger’s
commandment beware, lest some fitnah (trial, affliction, etc.) befall them or a
painful torment be inflicted on them.” [al-Nur 24:63]

(c) Allaah has made obedience to His Prophet a religious duty; resisting or
opposing it is a sign of hypocrisy: “”But no, by your Lord, they can have no Faith,
until they make you [Muhammad] judge in all disputes between them, and find in
themselves no resistance against your decisions, and accept (them) with full
submission.” [al-Nisaa’ 4:65]

(d) Allaah commands His slaves to respond to Him and His Messenger: “O you
who believe! Answer Allaah (by obeying Him) and (His) Messenger when he calls
you to that which will give you life . . .” [al-Anfaal 8:24]

(e) Allaah also commands His slaves to refer all disputes to him: “. . . (And) if you
differ in anything amongst yourselves, refer it to Allaah and His Messenger . . .”
[al-Nisaa’ 4:59]

(2) The Sunnah itself indicates the importance of the Sunnah. For example:

(a) Al-Tirmidhi reported from Abu Raafi’ and others that the Prophet (peace be
upon him) said: “I do not want to see any one of you reclining on his couch and,
when he hears of my instructions or prohibitions, saying ‘I don’t accept it; we
didn’t find any such thing in the Book of Allaah.’” Abu ‘Eesaa said: This is a
saheeh hasan hadeeth. (See Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Shaakir edition, no. 2663).
(https://muflihun.com/tirmidhi/41/2663) authentic, checked

Al-’Irbaad ibn Saariyah, may Allaah be pleased with him, reported that the
Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Would any of you think, reclining on his
couch, that Allaah would only describe what is forbidden in the Qur’aan? I tell
you, by Allaah, that I have warned and commanded and prohibited things that are
as important as what is in the Qur’aan, if not more so.” (Reported by Abu Dawud,
Kitaab al-Khiraj wa’l-imaarah wa’l-fay’).

(b) Abu Dawud also reported from al-’Irbaad ibn Saariyah, may Allaah be pleased
with him, that “the Messenger of Allaah (peace be upon him) led us in prayer one
day, then he turned to us and exhorted us strongly . . . (he said), ‘Pay attention to
my sunnah (way) and the way of the Rightly-guided Khaleefahs after me, adhere
to it and hold fast to it.’” (Saheeh Abi Dawud, Kitaab al-Sunnah).

(3) The scholars’ consensus (ijmaa’) affirming the importance of the Sunnah.
Al-Shaafi’i, may Allaah have mercy on him, said: “I do not know of anyone among
the Sahaabah and Taabi’een who narrated a report from the Messenger of Allaah
(peace be upon him) without accepting it, adhering to it and affirming that this
was sunnah. Those who came after the Taabi’een, and those whom we met did
likewise: they all accepted the reports and took them to be sunnah, praising
those who followed them and criticizing those who went against them. Whoever
deviated from this path would be regarded by us as having deviated from the way
of the Companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and the scholars who
followed them, and would be considered as one of the ignorant.

(4) Common sense indicates the importance of the Sunnah.

The fact that the Prophet (peace be upon him) is the Messenger of Allaah
indicates that we must believe everything he said and obey every command he
gave. It goes without saying that he has told us things and given instructions in
addition to what is in the Qur’aan. It is futile to make a distinction between the
Sunnah and the Qur’aan when it comes to adhering to it and responding to it. It is
obligatory to believe in what he has told us, and to obey his instructions.

The ruling concerning those who deny the importance of the Sunnah is that they
are kaafirs, because they deny and reject a well-known and undeniable part of the
religion.

http://www.alim.org/library/quran/AlQuran-tafsir/TIK/24/63

Tafsir Ibn Kathir- Surah 24. An-Nur, Ayah 63

The Prohibition of going against the Messenger's Commandment

﴿F‫ر ِه‬Fِ ‫م‬Fْ Fَ‫ أ‬F‫ن‬Fْ ‫ون َع‬

Fَ Fُ‫خـ ِلف‬F Fْ ‫ل َي‬FFْ‫( ﴾ َف‬Quran)
Fَ F‫ ِذ‬Fَّ‫ل‬F‫ر ا‬Fِ ‫ذ‬Fَ ‫ح‬F
Fَ ‫ين ُي‬
(And let those beware who oppose the Messenger's commandment) This
means going against the commandment of the Prophet , which is his way,
methodology and Sunnah. All words and deeds will be measured against
his words and deeds; those that are in accordance with his words and
deeds will be accepted, and whatever does not match up will be rejected,
no matter who the person is who said and did them. It was recorded in
the Two Sahihs and elsewhere that the Messenger of Allah said:

« ‫د‬Fٌّ ‫ر‬Fَ ‫فه َُو‬Fَ F‫ا‬F‫ُر َن‬F ‫ْم‬F َF‫ه أ‬Fِ ‫ي‬FْFَ‫عل‬Fَ ‫س‬F
Fَ ‫ ْي‬Fَ‫ماًل ل‬Fَ ‫ع‬Fَ F‫ َل‬F‫ْن َع ِم‬F ‫( » َم‬Hadith)
(Whoever does a deed that is not in accordance with this matter of ours
will have it rejected.) meaning, let those beware who go against the
Shari`ah of the Messenger , in secret and in the open,

ٌ ‫ت َن‬FْFِ‫م ف‬Fْ ‫ه‬Fُ ‫ب‬Fَ‫صِ ي‬F‫ ُت‬F‫َن‬F‫( ﴾أ‬Quran)

﴿F‫ة‬F
(lest some Fitnah should befall them), i.e., lest some disbelief or
hypocrisy or innovation enter their hearts.

Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Hurayrah said, "The Messenger of Allah
said:

‫ت َما َح ْولَهَا‬ ْ ‫اء‬

َ ‫ض‬ َ َ‫)«مثَلِي َو َمثَلُ ُك ْم َك َمثَ ِل َر ُج ٍل ا ْستَ ْوقَ َد نَا ًرا فَلَ َّما أ‬
َ Hadith(
‫ َو َج َع َل يَحْ ُج ُزهُ َّن‬،‫ار يَقَ ْع َن فِيهَا‬ ِ َّ‫َج َع َل ْالفَ َراشُ َوهَ ِذ ِه ال َّد َوابُّ الاَّل ئِي يَقَ ْع َن فِي الن‬
‫ار هَلُ َّم‬ِ َّ‫ أَنَا آ ِخ ٌذ بِ ُح َج ِز ُك ْم َع ِن الن‬،‫ك َمثَلِي َو َمثَلُ ُك ْم‬َ ِ‫ فَ َذل‬:‫ال‬ َ َ‫َويَ ْغلِ ْبنَهُ فَيَ ْقتَ ِح ْم َن فِيهَا ق‬
»‫ون فِيهَا‬ َ ‫ فَتَ ْغلِبُونِي َوتَ ْقتَ ِح ُم‬،‫ار‬ ِ َّ‫َع ِن الن‬
(The parable of me and you is as the example of a man who kindled a
fire and when it illuminated all around him, moths and other creatures
started falling into the fire, and he was trying to stop them but they
overwhelmed him and still kept falling in. This is the parable of me and
you. I am trying to restrain you and keep you away from the fire, but you
overwhelm me and fall in.) This was also narrated by Al-Bukhari and
Muslim.

Narrated Abu Huraira:

I heard Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬saying, "My example and the example of the
people is that of a man who made a fire, and when it lighted what was around it, Moths
and other insects started falling into the fire. The man tried (his best) to prevent them,
(from falling in the fire) but they overpowered him and rushed into the fire. The Prophet (
‫ )ﷺ‬added: Now, similarly, I take hold of the knots at your waist (belts) to
prevent you from falling into the Fire, but you insist on falling into it."
‫ َس ِم َع أَبَا هُ َر ْي َرةَ ـ رض ى هللا عن ه ـ أَنَّهُ َس ِم َع‬،ُ‫ أَنَّهُ َح َّدثَهُ أَنَّه‬،‫ ع َْن َع ْب ِد الرَّحْ َم ِن‬،‫ َح َّدثَنَا أَبُو ال ِّزنَا ِد‬، ٌ‫ أَ ْخبَ َرنَا ُش َعيْب‬،‫َح َّدثَنَا أَبُو ْاليَ َما ِن‬
‫ت َما َحوْ لَهُ َج َع َل ْالفَ َراشُ َوهَ ِذ ِه‬ َ َ‫ فَلَ َّما أ‬،‫اس َك َمثَ ِل َر ُج ٍل ا ْستَوْ قَ َد نَارًا‬
ْ ‫ضا َء‬ ِ َّ‫" إِنَّ َما َمثَلِي َو َمثَ ُل الن‬  ‫َرسُو َل هَّللا ِ صلى هللا عليه وسلم يَقُو ُل‬
." ‫ َوأَ ْنتُ ْم تَ ْقت َِح ُمونَ فِيهَا‬،‫ار‬ َ ‫ فَأَنَا آ ُخ ُذ بِح‬،‫ فَ َج َع َل يَ ْن ِز ُعه َُّن َويَ ْغلِ ْبنَهُ فَيَ ْقت َِح ْمنَ فِيهَا‬،‫ار يَقَ ْعنَ فِيهَا‬
ِ َّ‫ُج ِز ُك ْم َع ِن الن‬ ِ َّ‫ال َّد َوابُّ الَّتِي تَقَ ُع فِي الن‬
Reference  : Sahih al-Bukhari 6483

In-book reference  : Book 81, Hadith 72

 USC-MSA web (English) reference  : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 490

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scheme)

“…ascertain the truth, lest ye harm people unwittingly, and

afterwards become full of repentance for what ye have
done.” (Quran 49:6)