When seeing a nightmare #1
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " الرُّؤْيَا الصَّالِحَةُ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَالْحُلْمُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَإِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمُ الشَّىْءَ يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَنْفُثْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ وَلْيَتَعَوَّذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّهَا فَإِنَّهَا لَنْ تَضُرَّهُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ " . قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ إِنْ كُنْتُ لأَرَى الرُّؤْيَا هِيَ أَثْقَلُ عَلَىَّ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ فَلَمَّا سَمِعْتُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فَمَا كُنْتُ أُبَالِيهَا .
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The good dream is from Allah, and the bad dream is from shaytan. When you see what you dislike:
- Spit to your left side three times when you wake up,
- And seek refuge with Allah from its evil. It will not harm you then, Allah willing.
أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
A‛oodhu billaahi minash-shayṭaanir-rajeem
I seek refuge in Allah from Satan the outcast
Abu Salama (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I would see dreams which weighed on me more heavily than a mountain. When I heard this hadith, I was not concerned about it.”
(Muwatta Malik Book 52, Hadith 1754)
When seeing a nightmare #2
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ قَالَ " إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمُ الرُّؤْيَا يَكْرَهُهَا فَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ وَلْيَتَعَوَّذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ ثَلاَثًا وَيَتَحَوَّلْ عَنْ جَنْبِهِ الَّذِي كَانَ عَلَيْهِ "
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When one of you sees a vision which he dislikes:
- He must spit on his left (three times),
- Seek refuge in Allah from the devil three times,
- And turn from the side on which he was lying (turn to the opposite side).
(Sunan Abi Dawud 5022, Authenticated by Al Albani as Sahih)
When seeing a good dream or nightmare
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " الرُّؤْيَا الصَّالِحَةُ مِنَ اللَّهِ فَإِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ مَا يُحِبُّ فَلاَ يُحَدِّثُ بِهَا إِلاَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّ وَإِنْ رَأَى مَا يَكْرَهُ فَلْيَتْفِلْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثَلاَثًا وَلْيَتَعَوَّذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشَرِّهَا وَلاَ يُحَدِّثْ بِهَا أَحَدًا فَإِنَّهَا لَنْ تَضُرَّهُ " .
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Good dreams are from Allah, so if any one of you sees which he likes:
- He should not disclose it to one but whom he loves,
But if he sees something which he does not like:
- He should spit on his left side thrice
- And seek refuge with Allah from the mischief of the Satan and its mischief (i.e. of the dream),
- And he should not relate it to anyone, then it would not harm him.
(Sahih Muslim 2261)