DREAMS IN ISLAM

Ansari Memorial Series

DREAMS IN ISLAM

A WINDOW TO TRUTH

AND TO THE HEART

Imran N. Hosein

MASJID DARUL QUR’AN LONG ISLAND NEW YORK USA

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First published 1997

This new edition 2001

About the Author

Imran N. Hosein, of Trinidad and Tobago, studied Islam under the Islamic scholar and Sufi Shaikh, Dr. Muhammad Fadlur Rahman Ansari, at the Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies, Karachi, and graduated with al-Ijazah al-’Aliyah. He did graduate studies in philosophy, psychology and sociology, and post-graduate studies in philosophy at the University of Karachi, and graduated with a Master’s degree in philosophy.  He also has a Post-Graduate Diploma in international relations from the University of the West Indies, and a Master’s degree in international relations from the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva.

He served in the diplomatic service of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago until he gave up that career in 1985 in order to devote his life to the mission of Islam.  Since 1991 he has been the Director of Islamic Studies for the Joint Committee of Muslim Organizations of Greater New York.  During this time he has also been khateeb at the Islamic Community of the United Nations, Manhattan.

Among his published works are‘Islam and Buddhism in the Modern World’,  ‘Islam and the Changing World Order’, ‘The Importance of the Prohibition of Riba in Islam and a work on the Abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate. Works which are currently being published include ‘The Religion of Abraham and the State of Israel - A View from the Qur’an’; ‘The Caliphate, the Hejaz and the Saudi-Wahhabi Nation-State’; and ‘The Prohibition of Riba in the Qur’an and Sunnah’.

Imran Hosein has conducted Islamic lecture-tours of several parts of the world, including more than a dozen visits to Malaysia and Singapore since 1988.  .

For my beloved daughter Hira

May Allah bless her with

good dreams

Ameen!

CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

Dreams in Pagan Arabia

Dreams in Christian Arabia

Dreams in the Qur’an:

1st.  Dream: Dream of Joseph(a) in which sun, moon, and eleven stars bow to him

2nd. Dream:  Dream to King’s Butler in prison in which he pours wine for King

3rd. Dream:  Dream to King’s Baker in prison of birds picking from basket of bread on his    head

4th. Dream:  Dream to Egyptian King of seven fat cows etc.

5th. Dream:  Dream to Abraham(a) to sacrifice his son, Ishmael (a)

6th. Dream:  Wahi (perhaps as a dream) to the mother of Moses to put her baby in a basket in the river Nile

7th. Dream:  Dream of Prophet Muhammad (s) the night before the battle of Badr

8th. Dream:  Dream of Prophet Muhammad (s) concerning making a pilgrimage to the House of Allah in Makkah

Dreams and Prophethood

Classification of Dreams in Islam:

First kind of Dream: A good true dream - like seeing the Prophet in a dream

How to qualify for good and true dreams?

How to respond if a believer says he has seen a dream

        Second kind of Dream: Evil dreams

        Third kind of Dream: from the nafs

Implication of false claim concerning dreams

Dreams which the Prophet saw

Dreams of the Companions of the Prophet

The Interpretation of Dreams

Conclusion

Notes

Source: Dreams in Islam by Imran Hosein
To be continued ....