Is it true that dream interpretation is inspiration from Allah?
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The questioner : Is it true that dream interpretation is inspiration from Allah?
The Shaykh : Yes, dream interpretation is not about a person being knowledgeable or intelligent, but rather it is intuition and practice in connecting things to one another. Interpreters of dreams may err, just as others do, and they may be correct.
On this occasion, I would like people not to pay too much attention to what they see in their sleep. You find that if a person sees something trivial, he goes looking for someone to interpret it. Dreams fall into three categories: a category that a person dislikes, a category that he likes and sees as containing great optimism, and a category that is neither. As for the one he likes and sees as containing great optimism, he should only tell those he loves about it and not tell anyone he dislikes, because they may envy him for it.
As for the one he dislikes, meaning if he sees a disturbing dream, the remedy is to seek refuge in Allah from the evil of Satan and from the evil of what he saw, and not to tell anyone about it, for it will not harm him. As for the other dreams that he neither dislikes nor likes, they are jumbled thoughts. However, a person should not run after dream interpretations. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. The questioner says, Abu Abdullah.
The Shaykh : Yes, dream interpretation is not about a person being knowledgeable or intelligent, but rather it is intuition and practice in connecting things to one another. Interpreters of dreams may err, just as others do, and they may be correct.
On this occasion, I would like people not to pay too much attention to what they see in their sleep. You find that if a person sees something trivial, he goes looking for someone to interpret it. Dreams fall into three categories: a category that a person dislikes, a category that he likes and sees as containing great optimism, and a category that is neither. As for the one he likes and sees as containing great optimism, he should only tell those he loves about it and not tell anyone he dislikes, because they may envy him for it.
As for the one he dislikes, meaning if he sees a disturbing dream, the remedy is to seek refuge in Allah from the evil of Satan and from the evil of what he saw, and not to tell anyone about it, for it will not harm him. As for the other dreams that he neither dislikes nor likes, they are jumbled thoughts. However, a person should not run after dream interpretations. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. The questioner says, Abu Abdullah.