• One Aqiq stone: (1) Return of an absent one. (2) Recovery of a sick person.
(3) The freeing of a prisoner. (4) More faith and the abiding by the Holy Prophet’s Tradition.
• One bead: A friend who has nobody to support him.
• Many beads: Illicit gains.
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Dreaming of Aqiq and of doing, at the same time, something prohibited, such as slaughtering a pig or presenting people with pork or dead meat while aware of the sinful character of such an act: The dreamer is ungrateful to his parents and to God, in view of the resemblance of the word Aqiq to oqooq, which in Arabic conveys that meaning of ingratitude.
• Being given Aqiq: Will follow the example of the donor. Losing it means the reverse. Owning plenty of
aqiq:
Money and general welfare, as much as was seen.
• Drinking from a container made of aqiq: Will have a child who will become honest and prestigious and will never be short of
money.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Child birth
• Merchants dreaming of delivering: Their capital will go.
• Travellers dreaming of delivering: Will carry light luggage.
• A person dreaming that his mother has delivered him anew: (1) If ill, will pass away, as the newly born are wrapped like the dead.
(2) If a craftsman or a manufacturer, will encounter hurdles that will prevent him from carrying on his work.
(3) If poor, will find someone who will feed and take care of him. (4) If rich, the wealth will not be kept or someone else will manage the dreamer’s fortune, like a child who must be under the tutelage of an adult.
(5) If married, wife will no longer conceive. (6) If wife is pregnant, will give birth to a boy who will resemble the dreamer.
(7) If a bondsman, will be favoured by his master, who will overlook or forgive his errors, but will not set him free.
(8) If embarking on a journey, will not be able to leave the house. (9) If involved in a case or a dispute, the dreamer’s evidence will not be sustained by the judge.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Leprosy
Leprosy symbolizes: (1) A cloth without ornament. (2) Money.
Dreaming of being piebald (black and white) means one will contract leprosy.
It is always better to dream of oneself having such dreadful diseases than of others. The logic behind this is that, seen on others, leprosy, scabies, and the like give the dreamer an acute and unpleasant sense of repulsion.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Sweat
Sweating means harm.
According to Abu Said Al-Waez:
• Wiping one’s sweat: Wishes will be fulfilled.
• A ruler dreaming of stinking perspiration from under the armpit: Will overspend and earn a bad reputation.
• A commoner dreaming of stinking perspiration: Will commit adultery.
According to Ibn Siren, sweat means financial losses, especially if it flows on the ground.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Coconut
The coconut (in Arabia, Indian walnut) symbolizes: (1) Money from a foreign source.
(2) An astrologer.
• Eating coconuts: Will learn astrology or adopt the views of an astrologer and believe him.
• Dreaming of an astrologer or a diviner: Will eat coconuts.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Pregnancy
Pregnancy in a dream also means being madly in love, or having passionate attachment to someone, or planting seeds in the wrong place, or being bisexual or a deviate, or suffering from dropsy, or perhaps it could mean that a thief will enter his house to steal something, or to hide a stolen object, or that one may steal something and hide it from its true owner, or that he may get sick from eating spoiled food, or it could mean that he may bury a dear person, or that he is affected and a liar, or he may hide his real beliefs and show a better standing in public, or it may represent an accident or a fire.
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Asylum
• Being in the asylum amid sick people: Will go to jail for some legal matters.
• Being in the asylum with the mad: Will be imprisoned with criminals.
• A person in good health dreaming of being in a sanatorium: Will be ill.
• A sick person dreaming of being in a madhouse: (1) Prolonged illness.
(2) Will die estranged, abroad, or as a martyr. (3) For a poor person, it means that he will have enough welfare and prosperity to make him independent and no longer in need of anything from anyone.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Needle
A needle in a dream represents a wife for a bachelor, though for a poor person it means satisfaction. To hold a needle in a dream means to correct oneself. If the needle is threaded in the dream, it means finding a way to improve one's life. A broken needle in a dream means difficulties and trials. If one's needle is stolen in a dream, it means that one's unfavorable conditions may last. (Also see Sacking needle)
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Crucifixion
• A bondsman dreaming of being crucified: Will be freed.
• Being crucified on the wall of a city with people watching: The dreamer will have dignity and influence, and both the rich and poor will be at his command
(under him). If he bleeds, his subjects will benefit from him.
• Eating the flesh of a crucified person: (1) Will obtain money and other advantages from a great chief.
(2) Will backbite or slander a ruler or a chief.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Fasting
• Fasting not for the sake of Allah, but out of hypocrisy, to gain a good reputation: The dreamer will not find what he is seeking.
• Someone used to fasting dreaming that he has failed to fulfil that religious duty:
(1) Will backbite. (2) Will become very ill.
• Dreaming of fasting without knowing whether it was a duty or a superfluous act:
(1) The dreamer has a vow to respect. (2) The dreamer will keep silent, as silence is part of the fasting ritual.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Fever
According to Abu Said Al-Waez, as quoted by Ibn Sireen,27 fever means
a bad dream, as it is a harbinger of death and its archangel, Azrail.
In other interpretations, dreaming of having a fever means long life, good health, and plenty of money.
• Anybody seen feverish in a dream: He is planning or indulging in something antireligious.
• Continuous fever: Insistence on sins.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars