Sahih Muslim Book - 42, Hadith - 5897

حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، وَابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ ، جَمِيعًا عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ ، وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ أَبِي عُمَرَ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، قَالَ : كُنْتُ أَرَى الرُّؤْيَا أُعْرَى مِنْهَا ، غَيْرَ أَنِّي لاَ أُزَمَّلُ ، حَتَّى لَقِيتُ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ ، فَقَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : الرُّؤْيَا مِنَ اللهِ ، وَالْحُلْمُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ ، فَإِذَا حَلَمَ أَحَدُكُمْ حُلْمًا يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَنْفُثْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثَلاَثًا ، وَلْيَتَعَوَّذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّهَا ، فَإِنَّهَا لَنْ تَضُرَّهُ.

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: “I used to see dreams that made me tremble, but I did not cover myself with a blanket, until I met Abu Qatadah and told him about that. He said: ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) say: “Good dreams come from Allah and bad dreams come from the Shaitan. If one of you see a dream that he dislikes, let him spot lightly to his left three times, and seek refuge with Allah from its evil, them it will never harm him.”