Hadith #85

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Ibn `Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that if a man saw a dream during the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ he would narrate it to the Prophet ﷺ. Once I wished to see a dream and narrate it to the Prophet ﷺ I was young, unmarried, and used to sleep in the Mosque during the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ. I dreamt that two angels took me and went away with me towards the (Hell) Fire which looked like a well with the inside walls built up, and had two side-walls like those of a well. There I saw some people in it whom I knew. I started saying, "I seek Refuge with Allah from the (Hell) Fire, I seek Refuge with Allah from the (Hell) Fire." Then another angel met the other two and said to me, "Do not be afraid." I narrated my dream to Hafsa who, in her turn, narrated it to the Prophet ﷺ. He said, "What an excellent man `Abdullah is if he only observes the night prayer." (Salim, a sub-narrator said, "Abdullah used not to sleep at night but very little hence forward)