Sunan Ibn Majah Book 35, Hadith 22

“Dreams are attached to the foot of a bird* until they are interpreted, then when they are interpreted they come to pass.” He said: “And dreams are one of the forty-six parts of prophecy.” He (the narrator) said: “And I think he said: ‘(A person) should not tell them except to one whom he loves or one who is wise.’”

Previous Hadith

“If anyone of you has a bad dream, he should not tell people about how Satan played with him in his dream.”

Sunan Ibn Majah Book 35, Hadith 21


Next Hadith

“Interpret them (dreams) in accordance with the names of the things you see, and understand what is hinted at, and the dream is for the first interpreter.”

Sunan Ibn Majah Book 35, Hadith 23