Is there a Hadith about dreams being like prophecy?

Quran

Hadith

Islamic Text

Classification: Sahih (Authentic)

There is a Hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari which states:

عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الخُدْرِيِّ: أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقُولُ: «الرُّؤْيَا الصَّالِحَةُ جُزْءٌ مِنْ سِتَّةٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ جُزْءًا مِنَ النُّبُوَّةِ

“Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri narrated that he heard Allah’s Messenger ﷺ saying, ‘A good dream is a forty-sixth portion of Prophecy.’”  (Sahih al-Bukhari, 6989)

– Answered by Shaykh Noorud-deen (01.02.2021)

See also:

Can you establish something new based upon a dream?

Can we relate dreams about the Prophet ﷺ?