Palm  If one finds himself afraid, then sees the palm of a hand holding out before him in a dream, it means that his fears will be dispelled. A large and a stretched palm in a dream means prosperity and generosity. A close fist in a dream means stinginess. A nice looking palm of one's hand also signifies abstaining from evil, or failing to pay charity. The palm of one's hand in a dream also represents one's prayers and supplications, comfort, seeking the comfort of others, or receiving benefits from others. The palm of one's hand in a dream also represents a year, ways of life, money, leadership, a son, courage and desisting from evildoing. (See Desisting from evildoing)  Dream Interpreter: Ibn Sirin
 
  
 
 Ali Ibn Abi Taleb  • An Ulema, or Muslim religious scholar or erudite, seeing Ali: Will acquire further knowledge, prestige, and power over his equals. The dreamer should be careful as not to be taken captive, deported, or relocated. Seeing Ali in a warlike mood in a Muslim city: Civil strife or a very strong polemic.  • Seeing Ali in a place where there are great or old people: They will all be destroyed.  • Seeing Ali, his hands deeply tinged: The children of the dreamer will have the upper hand in a dispute with him.  • Seeing Ali with a wound in his body: The dreamer is being stabbed or strongly contested and will be brought down or subdued.  • Ali taking out the sword: The dreamer is asking his children to become chiefs and to fight for it. Seeing Ali in a fight means that those children will triumph.  Dream Interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
 
  
 
 Paralysis  (Cripple; Impediment; Justice; Wither) If one sees his right hand paralyzed in a dream, it denotes a great sin he has committed that warrants such a severe punishment. If the right hand is paralyzed in the dream, it means that one earns his money from practicing usury, or it could mean that he is unjust toward a poor and a weak person. If one's left hand is paralyzed in a dream, it means that either his sister or his brother may die shortly. If his thumb is paralyzed in a dream, it means that he will suffer from hardships because of his children.  Dream Interpreter: Ibn Sirin
 
  
 
 Death  Death in the dream symbolises corruption of a perbond Deen while there will be glory, rank and honour for him in the world if such death is not accompanied by mourning, weeping, the carrying of a bier or corpse or the act of burying. If the corpse is seen as buried, it means there is no more hope for the improvement of his Deeni matters: the devil will take charge of his life and he will be overwhelmed by the quest of material wealth.  Dream Interpreter: Ibn Sirin
 
  
      
 Chosroe - The Name Given By The Ancient Arabs To Any Persian King  If one dreams of one’s hand turning into that of Chosroe one will be as unjust and as corrupt as Chosroe. This is a bad dream. If the hand returns to its previous image, the dreamer will repent and implore God for forgiveness.  Dream Interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
 
  
 
 Being Beheaded And Following The Head  Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (Sallallaahu-Alayhi-wasallam) as saying: There came to him (the Holy Prophet) a desert Arab and said: I saw in a dream that I had been beheaded and I had been following it (the severed head). Allah's Apostle (Sallallaahu-Alayhi-wasallam) reprimanded him saying: Do not inform about the vain sporting of devil with you during the night. (Muslim)  Dream Interpreter: Imam Muslim
 
  
 
 Tattoo  If a person sees his hands tattooed with henna in a dream, it means that he cheats to earn his livelihood, or that he tricks others to get what he needs. Consequently, he will be exposed and his enemy will rejoice at his misfortune. If a woman sees her hands tattooed in a dream, it means that she will trick someone to repossess her rightfully owned jewelry. If the tattoo is made with gold in the dream, it means performing an old but a polite trick. If the tattoo is done with mud in the dream, it means praising Allah Almighty.  Dream Interpreter: Ibn Sirin
 
  
 
 Greetings  If one sees himself shaking hands with someone, then embracing him in a dream, it means that he will receive glad tidings, good news, hear good words to which his reply will be the same, or it could mean a knowledge he will teach to others. If one sees himself shaking hands and embracing his enemy in a dream, it means that their disagreement will cease. If one sees the angels greeting him in a dream, it means that his insight will grow. Greetings in a dream represent submissiveness, surrender, or the need for a reply concerning an interest one has with the other party.  Dream Interpreter: Ibn Sirin
 
  
 
 Weapon  Weapons symbolize good knowledge to oppose the arguments of the ignorant, money that saves the dreamer from poverty and related hardships, the means to terrorize the enemy, victory, the remedy or medicine that heals the patient, and the wife who shields the subject from the temptation of the Devil.  • Dreaming of weapons:  (1)  Will gather strength.  (2)  Will triumph over enemies.  (3)  Will resist and overcome disease.  (4)  If ill, will die.  • Being armed amid unarmed people: Will become their admired chief.  Dream Interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
 
  
 
 Camel  Camels symbolize devils in view of a religious belief that they are carrying demons on their humps. They also symbolize death because of their ugly voice and bad temper and because they carry beloved ones far away. Likewise, the camel represents the ignorant and hypocritical individual in view of the Quranic verse: “Or deemest thou that most of them hear or understand? They are but as the cattle—nay, but they are farther astray!”  (“Al-Furqan” [The Criterion], verse 44.)  It also alludes to the patient, enduring person or the ship  (because camels are the ships that ply the lands). Moreover, the sight of a camel is a harbinger of sorrow, as the Holy Prophet is reported to have once said, “Riding camels is sorrow and notoriety.”  Dream Interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
 
  
 
 Satan  • A sick or sad person dreaming that he has been touched by Satan: Will recover and strike it rich in view of verses in the Holy Quran that read: “And make mention  (O Muhammad) of Our bondman Ayyoub  (Job), when he cried unto his Lord: Lo! the devil doth afflict me with distress and torment.  (And it was said unto him) Strike the ground with thy foot. This  (spring) is a cool bath and a refreshing drink. And We bestowed on him  (again) his household and therewith the like thereof, a mercy from Us, and a memorial for men of understanding.”  (“Sad,” verses 41–43.)  Dream Interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
 
  
 
 Paralysis  Any infliction in one's hand in a dream represents one's brothers, while any infliction of the fingers in a dream represents his children. If one sees his right hand paralyzed in a dream, it means that he will lose his source of income. If one's fingers are paralyzed in a dream, it means that he has committed an awful sin. If one sees his right hand paralyzed in a dream, it means he has caused major losses to an innocent person. (Also see Body; Physical paralysis)  Dream Interpreter: Ibn Sirin
 
  
 
 Fall  On the other hand, falling into the hand of a bad company, or into a beast's den, etcetera, means evil consequences, or it could mean stinginess. If one sees himself falling down from the roof of his house, and if he breaks an arm or a leg in the dream, then it reflects a psychological distress, adverse financial conditions, breaking of a friendship or it may mean suffering from persecution by the local authorities.  Dream Interpreter: Ibn Sirin
 
  
 
 Incident - A barber shaving off Beard and Moustache  I saw an old acquaintance of clothes in order to lash him. Suddenly his gaze fell on me and he began crying out: Hey So-and-so! I responded: I am present He said: It is through you that I have landed in this misery. Hey so-and-so! Whatever I have given you which you had carried to your house return it to its owner and free me from this misery! I said to him. I seek Allah's protection from the accursed devil! For Allah's sake! Your have given me nothing at a ll and what you are accusing me of, is all a lie! He again said; For Allah's sake, don't become difficult! I have given you such and such clothing belonging to so-and-so and you have hidden it is your house! “Hearing all this the police arrested me straight away and put me behind bars.  Dream Interpreter: Ibn Sirin
 
  
 
 Gold  • Finding a gold ingot or gold bar: Will lose one’s money or encounter trouble commensurate with the size or number of gold bars. Otherwise, the dreamer will be forced by the ruler or his chief to do something against his will or will pay a fine.  • Melting gold: Will be involved in a scandal and become the talk of the town.  • Seeing one’s house made of or plated with gold: The house will burn.  • Manufacturing gold bars: Evil will befall the dreamer, and he will be destroyed.  • Seeing one’s hands made of gold: The hands will be paralyzed.  • Seeing one’s eyes made of gold: Will become blind. For others, seeing gold:  (1)  Joys and/or marriage ceremonies.  (2)  Welfare.  (3)  Good deeds.  (4)  Husbands.  (5)  Children.  (6)  Knowledge and wisdom.  (7)  Jewelry and ornaments.  Dream Interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
 
  
 
 Five fingers  (Hand) In a dream, the fingers of the right hand represent the daily five time prayers. The thumb represents the pre-dawn prayer, the index represents the midday prayer, the middle finger represents the mid-afternoon prayer, the ring finger represents the sunset prayer, and the little finger represents the evening prayer. As for the fingers of the left hand in a dream, they are interpreted to represent one's nephews. To cross or intertwine one's fingers in a dream means difficulties and poverty. (Also see Body; Fingers; Thimble)  Dream Interpreter: Ibn Sirin
 
  
 
 Intertwine  (See Braiding; Interlocking one's hands)  Dream Interpreter: Ibn Sirin
 
  
 
 Satan  • Receiving something from Satan: Illicit gains or decaying faith.  • A meteor or falling star pursuing a demon: Sound faith.  • Satan undressing the dreamer or snatching his clothes: The dreamer will lose his kingdom, dominion, or property, in view of the Quranic verse: “O children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you as he caused your  (first) parents to go forth from the Garden and tore off from them their robe  (of innocence) that he might manifest their shame to them …”  (“Al-Aaraf’ [The Heights], verse 27.)  • Dreaming of controlling the devils who come to you and follow you: The dreamer will become a great chief and crush and humiliate his enemies in view of the Quranic verse: “And of the evil ones [shayyatin, plural of shaytan]  (subdued We unto him) some who dived  (for pearls) for him and did other works… “47  (“Al-Anbiyae” [The Prophets], verse 82.)  Dream Interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
 
  
 
 Satan  • Being followed by Satan: The dreamer’s enemy is after him, trying to lure him and bring him down in many ways, in view of the Quranic verse: “… So Satan followed him up, and he went astray.”  (“Al-Aaraf’ [The Heights], verse 175.)  • Being scared by Satan: The dreamer is a true believer and will have no more fear in view of the verse: “It is only the Devil who would make [men] fear his partisans. Fear them not; fear Me, if ye are true believers.”  (“The Imran Family,” verse 175.)  Dream Interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
 
  
 
 Reciting Surah Feel  He will be helped against the enemy and Islam will become victorious at his hands.  Dream Interpreter: Ibn Sirin
 
  
      
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