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Sahih Muslim 2261e — Change Side After Bad Dream
The Book of Dreams
Change Side After Bad Dream: A Practical Hadith Teaching
Sahih Muslim : 2261e
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 2261e
وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ قُتَيْبَةُ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ، عَنِ اللَّيْثِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ يَعْنِي الثَّقَفِيَّ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ وَفِي حَدِيثِ الثَّقَفِيِّ قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ فَإِنْ كُنْتُ لأَرَى الرُّؤْيَا . وَلَيْسَ فِي حَدِيثِ اللَّيْثِ وَابْنِ نُمَيْرٍ قَوْلُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ إِلَى آخِرِ الْحَدِيثِ . وَزَادَ ابْنُ رُمْحٍ فِي رِوَايَةِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ " وَلْيَتَحَوَّلْ عَنْ جَنْبِهِ الَّذِي كَانَ عَلَيْهِ " .
Abu Salama Narrated from:
I used to see dreams, but the hadith transmitted on the authority of Laith b. Nu`man, the words of Abu Salama at the concluding part of the hadith are not mentioned. Ibn Rumh has reported in the hadith: "He (one who sleeps) should change the side on which he had been lying before."
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2261eIn-book reference : Book 42, Hadith 5USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 29, Hadith 5617
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 2261e
This Hadith about dreams keeps the main report and includes an added instruction in the narration of Ibn Rumh. The core teaching is the same: when a person sees a bad dream that he dislikes, he should seek refuge with Allah and respond as taught in the Hadith. The added words say that the sleeper should change the side on which he had been lying. This gives another simple action linked to the disliked dream. The narration also notes that some transmitters did not mention Abu Salama’s words at the end of the Hadith. For people searching change side after bad dream hadith, this report is especially useful because it mentions that action without adding extra claims.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Hadith keeps the main dream guidance from Abu Qatada.
- One wording adds changing the side one was lying on.
- The report notes differences in what transmitters included.
- The response to a bad dream remains simple and action-based.
