The Ruling on Seeking Refuge from a Vision One Thinks Is Bad

The questioner : Yes. May Allah reward you. I say that a person sometimes sees a vision and thinks it is a bad vision, so he seeks refuge in Allah from its evil and the evil of what he saw. I say: does it happen to him or not, if in reality it is a good vision? So if a person sees a shackle and fears it, and he seeks refuge, and the vomit is steadfastness in the religion, does he get what he saw, or does it go away from him because he sought refuge?

The Shaykh : It appears that he may be punished and deprived of the good of this vision because he did not verify it.

The questioner : Certainly. I ask.

The Shaykh : Yes, the person asks.

The questioner : He fears.

The Shaykh : The usual, the usual thing is that a person does not grieve except for something, for a condition.

The questioner : He fears that if he asks, it will be a bad vision, so if he is informed, it will happen to him, and if he remains silent and seeks refuge, it will pass him by.

The Shaykh : And he did not say: “O Allah, if it is evil, then protect me from its evil or the evil of Satan.”