Dream Interpretation

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Hossein Ziai, “Dreams and Dream Interpretation,” Encyclopaedia Iranica VII (Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda, 1989–), pp. 549–551. Online at www.iranica.com/articles/v7f5/v7f569.html. true) dreams in his sleep. He never had a dream but that it came true like bright day light. He used to Abū al-Faḍl Ḥubaysh ibn Ibrāhīm al-Tiflisī, Ta‘bīr-i khwāb-i Ibn Sīrīn-o-Dāniyāl (Tehran: Maṭbū‘ātī Ḥusaynī, 1988), pp. 15–17. Ibn Sirin, the most popular dream interpreter in the history of Islam, devised a system for dream interpretation based on the fact that both Hadith and the Qur’an teach Muslims to respect the psychological and spiritual importance of the dream experience. According to Ibn Sirin, the interpretation of a dream depends entirely on the life circumstances and personal characteristics of the dreamer along with the meaning of the dream. Besides, the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said, “There are three types of dreams: a righteous dream which is glad tidings from Allah, the dream which causes sadness is from Shaitan and a dream from the ramblings of the mind.” hostility. If I should remain alive till the day when you will be turned out then I would support you

Leah Kinberg, Ibn Abī al-Dunyā Morality in the Guise of Dreams: A Critical Edition of Kitāb al-Manām (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1994), p. 44. Marcia Hermansen, review of said to me, 'Proceed!' I set out with them and we came across a man lying down, and behold, another this dream." The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, "Interpret it." Abu Bakr said, "The cloud with shade symbolizes

Islamic Dream Meaning

The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) has prohibited anyone from adding something to or subtracting anything from a dream while relating it for interpretation. Doing this can spoil or corrupt a dream and is considered a great sin. If a stranger takes one’s book away from him in the dream, it means that someone will take away from him his most precious and endeared thing. Tearing a book into pieces in a dream means getting rid of one’s trouble or becoming free from trials or evil encounters and receiving benefits. Holding to a sealed book, decree, or a letter in a dream also signifies abidingby the rules of one’s superior. Holding a sealed book in one’s dream also signifies success, leadership and honor. Ifone is seeking marriage and sees a sealed book in his hand in a dream, it means that his betrothal to someone will end in marriage. Seeing or receiving a blank letter or a book from someone in a dream means absence of his news, or not knowing where he lives. As for the book “Interpretation of Dreams” that is attributed to Ibn Sirin, many researchers doubt that it can be attributed to him at all, so we cannot be certain that this book was written by this prominent scholar. Toufy Fahd, “Les songes er leur interpretation selon l’islam” in Les Songes et leur Interpretation (Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1959), p. 137. handsomest person you have ever seen, and the other side as ugly as the ugliest person you have ever

According to a hadith narrated from Abu Razin by al-Tirmidhi, he should not tell anybody about bad dreams except a very close friend who loves him very much, or who is very wise. According to another report, he should not talk about it except to one who is wise or one who is dear to him. According to another report, he should not tell of his dream except to a scholar or one who will give sincere advice. Al-Qadi Abu Bakr ibn al-‘Arabi said: as for the scholar, he will interpret it in a good way for him as much as he can, and the one who will give him sincere advice will teach him something that will be of benefit to him and will help him to do that. The one who is wise is the one who knows how to interpret it and will tell him only that which will help him, otherwise he will keep quiet. The one who is dear, if he knows something good he will say it, and if he does not know or he is in doubt, he will keep quiet. (See Fath al-Bari, 12/369) Dream interpretation Leah Kinberg, Morality in the Guise of Dreams, Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies 8, 1 (1997): 91–92. One’s thoughts are the source of dreams and they do not come from either Allah or Shaitan. Things to RememberIbid., no. 126. This report and the role of dreaming of the Prophet in Islam are discussed in Ignaz Goldziher, “The Appearance of the Prophet in Dreams,” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 33 (1912): 503–506. Methods for incubating dreams in which the Prophet will appear are given by al-Jīīī and discussed in On divination and canon formation as forms of rationality see Jonathan Z. Smith, “Sacred Persistence: Towards a Redescription of Canon,” in Imagining Religion (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983), pp. 36–52, and Hermansen, “Mystical Visions as ‘Good to Think.’”