Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,

As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.  (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)

One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:

heloo....
my question 2 u is simple..tht...if aperson sees the splitting of the moon in ones dream wht does it indicate something good or bad??
plz give us yr guidance on this

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Answer:

Dream splitting moon

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Beloved sister in Islam, we would need more details on the dream of the splitting of the moon, as it could mean one of many things. Normally the dreaming of the moon is a good tiding from Allah Subhanah and it could mean the good news of marriage or the coming of a husband, or the coming of a child, or the mother, etc.

If your only issue is if the vision of the moon is a good or bad dream, then in light of the Quran and Sunnah, the general indication of sighting the moon is always associated with good news and glad tidings from Allah Subhanah.

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 9.168 Narrated by Abu Salama

I heard Abu Qatada saying, "I too, used to see a dream which would make me sick till I heard the Prophet (saws) saying, "A good dream is from Allah, so if anyone of you saw a dream which he liked, he should not tell it to anybody except to the one whom he loves, and if he saw a dream which he disliked, then he should seek refuge with Allah from its evil and from the evil of Satan, and spit three times (on his left) and should not tell it to anybody, for it will not harm him."

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 9.144 Narrated by Abu Huraira

Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "When the Day of Resurrection approaches, the dreams of a believer will hardly fail to come true, and a dream of a believer is one of forty-six parts of Prophetism, and whatever belongs to Prothetism can never be false."

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your Brother in Islam,

Burhan