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RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 163 faith that should render the misfortunes of this world easy for us to endure. . Allah, bestow upon us the benefit of our hearing and our sight and our other faculties so long as Thou dost grant us life and make them survive us; and afflict with our rancour those who might oppress us, and help us against those who are at enmity with us; and do not afflict us with misfortune in our faith, and do not make the world our principal concern, or the ultimate limit of our knowledge; and do not grant authority over us to one who would not show mercy to us (Tirmidhi). 838. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Those who leave a company in which there has been no remembrance of Allah, leave it like the corpses of donkeys, and suffer remorse (Abu Daud). 839. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: A company in which there is no mention of Allah, the Exalted, and no supplication for blessings on their Prophet will be afflicted with remorse. If Allah wills He might punish them and if He wills He might forgive them (Tirmidhi). . This hadith is the same as No. 822. 840. 129. . On Dreams. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 270. Of His signs is your sleep by night and by day (30. 24). 841. Abu Hurairah relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: Nothing is left of Prophethood but glad tidings. On being asked: What are glad. tidings? he replied: True dreams (Bokhari). 842. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: When the time draws near, the dream of a believer will not be falsified, and the dream of a believer is one of the forty-six elements of Prophethood (Bokhari and Muslim). . One version adds: The most truthful of you in their talk will see true dreams most. 843. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who sees me in his dream is as if he had seen me in his waking state, for Satan cannot assume my likeness (Bokhari and Muslim). 844. Abu Sa'id Khudri relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say:. When any of you sees a dream that he likes, it is from Allah. He should praise. Allah for it and relate it (one version says: he should not relate it except to those he likes). When he sees one that he dislikes, it is from Satan. He should seek Allah's protection against it and should not mention it to anyone. Then it will not cause him any harm (Bokhari and Muslim). 845. Abu Qatadah relates that the Holy Prophet said: A true dream is from Allah and a confused dream is from Satan. He who sees something in a dream that he dislikes should spit out three times to the left and should seek