Dream interpretation is a noble knowledge, which reveals future situations. The Holy Prophet
said:
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لَمْ یَبْقَ مِنَ النُّبُوَّۃِ ِاِلاَّالْمُبَشِّرَاتُ قَالُوْ ا وَمَاالْمُبَشِّرَاتُ قَالَ الرُّؤْیَاالصَّالِحَتہُ
Sahih Bukhari: Chapter 93, Hadith 6990
Sahih Muslim: Chapter 1, Hadith 479b
Sunan Abu Dawood: Chapter 157, Hadith 876
"Nothing is left of the prophetism except Al-Mubashshirat." They asked, "What are
Al-Mubashshirat?" He replied, "The true good dreams (that conveys glad tidings)."(Sahih
Bukhari: 6990)
This hadith indicates that the believers now have nothing left, except for dreams that can
reveal the future. As clouds indicate rain, true dreams point towards the future. The importance
of true dreams is also evident from the fact that the first thing in the divine revelation that
Holy Prophet
came across with were true dreams. In those days, interpretation of the dreams that the Prophet
saw were as
clear as daylight
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Sahih Bukhari: Chapter 93, Hadith 6982
Sahih Muslim: Chapter 1, Hadith 160a
Musnad Ahmad ibn Hunbal: Chapter 103/6, Hadith 25243
. After these
circumstances, the Prophet was inclined to
take seclusion for the remembrance of God, by taking refuge in the cave of Hira. The
significance of a true dream is also evident from the fact that it is called part of prophecy.
As per one of the Hadith:
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اَلرُّؤْیَا الصَّالِحَتُہ جُزْ ءٌ مِّنْ سِتَّتٍہ وَاَرْبَعِیْنَ جُزْ ءً مِّنَ النُّبُوَّۃِ
Sahih Bukhari: Chapter 93, Hadith 6989
Sahih Muslim: The Book of Dreams, Hadith 2264a
"A good dream is a part of the forty six parts of prophetism."(Sahih
Bukhari: 6989)
From this hadith, one comes to knows that true dreams are a part of the science of prophethood.
Even though prophethood concluded with the Last Prophet Muhammad , the knowledge
of prophethood still remains.