Seeing a Dead Person in a Dream
Question :
What is the interpretation of seeing a dead person in one's dream?
Answer:
Seeing a dead person in a good state may lead us to hope that he is in fact in a good state. Seeing a dead person in a bad state might be from the Shaytan, because the Shaytan depicts a dead person in a miserable state so that he can cause misery to the living. The Shaytan shows great readiness and diligence in causing sadness, grief, and anxiety to the believer.
Allah Almighty says:
"Secret counsels (conspiracies) are only from Shaytan, in order that he may cause grief to the believers. But he cannot harm them in the least, except as Allah permits."
It follows then that a person who has a dream he doesn't like about a dead person should seek refuge in Allâh Almighty from the evil of the Shaytan and from the evil of what he saw. Furthermore, he should not speak to anyone about what he saw. Thus there will be no harm to the dead person. This applies to everyone who sees a bad dream, in that one should do the following:
Seek refuge in Allah Almighty three times from the Shaytan and from the evil that one sees.
Spit three times to one's left.
Turn over to the other side to sleep.
And if one makes ablution and prays, then it is even better for him. He should also be very careful not to tell anybody about the dream. Then it will cause him no harm.
Source:
Ibn 'Uthaimin
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 8 Pages 132-132
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