The Ruling on Dream Interpreters Specifying the Time of a Vision

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: Some dream interpreters say in their interpretation of visions that such and such will happen in such and such a year, and they may specify it by the day or the year. Is this a claim of the unseen that makes the one who claims it a disbeliever?

Answer:
Without a doubt, the interpretation of a vision is conjectural, not definitive. The interpretation of a vision is speculative, not certain. So the one who says that it will happen on such and such a day and in such and such a place, this means that he is certain that the interpretation will come to pass, and this is invalid. Interpretation is speculative, merely an expectation, and merely an intuition; it is not definitive. It may happen, or it may not. For this reason, Yusuf (peace be upon him) said: My Lord, [it is] conjecture, because when he interpreted the vision for them, it indicated that the interpretation of a vision is conjectural, not certain.