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Dua for Seeking Refuge from a Bad Dream

Source: Sunan Abi Dawud 5065

عَنْأَبِيسَلَمَةَقَالَ:سَأَلَأَبُوالْقَاسِمِﷺيَوْمًافَقَالَ:يَارَسُولَاللَّهِ،إِنِّيأَرَىفِيالْمَنَامِمَايَكْرَهُ.قَالَ:«ذَلِكَمِمَّايُحَدِّثُبِهِالشَّيْطَانُالْإِنْسَانَفِيمَنَامِهِ،فَلَاتَقْصُصْهَاعَلَىأَحَدٍ،وَقُلْ:اللَّهُمَّإِنِّيأَعُوذُبِكَمِنْعَمَلِالشَّيْطَانِوَزَخْرِهِ»

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Transliteration

ʿan Abī Salamah qāla: saʾala Abū al-Qāsim ﷺ yawman fa-qāla: yā Rasūla Allāh, innī arā fī al-manāmi mā yakrah. qāla: «dhālika mimmā yuḥaddithu bihi al-shayṭānu al-insāna fī manāmihi, fa-lā taqṣuṣhā ʿalā aḥadin, wa-qul: Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ʿamali al-shayṭāni wa-zakhrihi»

Translation

Abu Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that he asked the Prophet ﷺ: 'O Messenger of Allah, I see bad dreams.' The Prophet ﷺ replied: 'That is from Satan; he frightens whomever he wishes. So, when any of you sees a bad dream which he dislikes, he should not tell it to anyone, but instead say: O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evil of Satan and from the evil of the dream itself.'

Context

Abu Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) once asked the Prophet ﷺ about seeing bad dreams. The Prophet ﷺ explained that these are from Satan and taught him a specific supplication to recite when this happens.

Benefit

This dua offers protection from the distress caused by bad dreams, seeking Allah's refuge from Satan's influence and the dream's negativity.

When to Recite

Recite this dua upon waking from a bad dream.

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