I see disturbing dreams in my sleep, even though I sometimes seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan. What do you advise me to do?

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Question:
His last question is personal in nature. He says: I see disturbing dreams in my sleep, even though I sometimes seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan, but I have not benefited from it so far. What is the guidance of Shaykh Salih (may Allah preserve him) in this matter?

Answer:
What the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) directed him to do is to recite when going to sleep, before he lies down in his bed, the Verse of the Throne

Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence.

اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ

[Al-Baqarah 2:255]

to its end. That is, if he recites it, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, a guardian from Allah will remain over him, and no Shaytan will approach him until he rises in the morning. If he recites with it Surat al-Ikhlas and the two Mu'awwidhat (the two chapters of seeking refuge), that is an increase in good. He should also make the supplication: "O Allah, I have placed my side to You, and I have submitted my self to You, and I have directed my face to You, and I have entrusted my affair

to You, there is no refuge and no safety and no deliverance from You except to You. I believe in Your Book which You have revealed, and in Your Prophet whom You have sent.

إليك، لا لجا ولا منجى ولا منتج منك إلا إليك، آمنت بكتابك الذي أنزلت، وبنبيك الذي أرسلت

." If he recites these verses and these chapters and makes this supplication, then Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) will protect him from the Shaytan, and the Shaytan will have no way over him. Yes.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أرى في منامي أحلاما مزعجة، مع أني أحيانا أستعيذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم، فبماذا ترشدوني؟ الفوزان — youtube.com

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