The good dream is from God and the bad dream is from the shaytan

Al-Muwatta relates from Abu Qatada ibn Rib'i that the Prophet said "the good dream is from God, and the bad dream is from the shaytan" ¹ Muwatta 31:2750.

The Prophet instructed whoever sees a dream to seek refuge in God, spit on his left three times, and avoid talking about it ¹. This instruction is among the proofs that the shaytan has a share in false dreams ¹.

This hadith belongs to the chapters of dreams in the Sunan and the Muwatta; this browser shows it in both the dreams and devils sections because it joins them ¹.