He heard Abu Hurayrah say that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When the end of time draws near, the dreams of a believer will hardly ever prove false. The dream of a believer is one of forty-six parts of prophethood."Muhammad said, "And I say this as well."He said, it used to be said, dreams are of three kinds, the inner conversation of the soul, frightening from Satan, and glad tidings from Allah. So whoever sees something he dislikes should not relate it to anyone, but should get up and pray.He said, being shackled in a dream was disliked, while being fettered was viewed favorably, and it was said, fetters represent steadfastness in religion.
أنه سمع أبا هريرة يقول: قال رسول الله ﷺ إذا اقترب الزمان لم تكد تكذب رؤيا المؤمن، ورؤيا المؤمن جزء من ستة وأربعين جزءا من النبوة قال محمد: وأنا أقول هذه، قال: وكان يقال: الرؤيا ثلاث: حديث النفس، وتخويف الشيطان، وبشرى من الله، فمن رأى شيئا يكرهه فلا يقصه على أحد، وليقم فليصل. قال: وكان يكره الغل في النوم، وكان يعجبهم القيد، ويقال: القيد ثبات في الدين.
Bukhari related it in the Book of Dream Interpretation (7017) from Abdullah bin Sabbah, who said, Mutamir narrated to us, I heard Awf say, Muhammad bin Sirin narrated to us, and he related it.Bukhari said after it, "Qatada, Yunus, Hisham, and Abu Hilal related it from Ibn Sirin, from Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ. Some of them incorporated all of it into the hadith, but Awf's version is clearer. Yunus said, I think it is only about the Prophet's ﷺ statement regarding the shackle." End of Bukhari's remark.Muslim related it in the Book of Dreams (2663) from Muhammad bin Abu Umar Makki, who said, Abdul-Wahhab Thaqafi narrated to us, from Ayub Sakhtiyani, from Muhammad bin Sirin, from Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ, who said, "When time draws near, the dream of a Muslim will hardly ever prove false, and the truest of you in dreams is the truest of you in speech. The dream of a Muslim is one of forty-five parts of prophecy. Dreams are of three kinds, a good dream is glad tidings from Allah, a distressing dream is from Satan, and a dream that reflects what a person has been thinking about. So if one of you sees something he dislikes, let him get up and pray, and not tell people about it."He said, "I like the shackle and dislike the chain, for the shackle represents steadfastness in religion." I do not know whether this is part of the hadith or a statement of Ibn Sirin's.Muslim also related it from Muhammad bin Rafi, who said, Abdul-Razzaq narrated to us, Mamar informed us, from Ayub, with this same chain, but in this version it states, Abu Hurairah said, "I am pleased with the shackle and dislike the chain, for the shackle represents steadfastness in religion." And the Prophet ﷺ said, "The dream of a believer is one of forty-six parts of prophecy."He also related it from Abu Rabi, who said, Hammad (meaning Ibn Zayd) narrated to us, Ayub and Hisham narrated to us, from Muhammad, from Abu Hurairah, who said, "When time draws near," and he continued the hadith, but did not mention the Prophet ﷺ in it.He also related it from Ishaq bin Ibrahim, who said, Muaz bin Hisham informed us, my father narrated to me from Qatada, from Muhammad bin Sirin, from Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ. In this version, the statement "I dislike the chain" up to the end of the speech was incorporated into the hadith, and the phrase "the dream is one of forty-six parts of prophecy" was not mentioned. Daraqutni, in Ilal (1833), after setting out the various versions, affirmed decisively that its attribution to the Prophet is sahih.Regarding the phrase "When time draws near," Abu Dawud said in Sunan (5019), "The drawing near of time means when night and day draw close together and become equal." End of his statement. But it seems to me that what is meant by it is the approach of the Day of Resurrection. This is supported by what appears in the hadith of Abu Hurairah recorded by Abu Dawud (2291), via Ayub, from Ibn Sirin, from Abu Hurairah, "In the last part of time, the dream of a believer will hardly ever prove false." Its chain of transmission is sahih.