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A Cow

Covered by 2 scholars · Land Animals

What does a cow mean in a dream in Islam?

Ibn Sirin: A cow in a dream represents longevity. A black or a yellow cow represents happiness, prosperity and a good harvest. A white spot on a cow's face means firmness if seen in a dream at the early part of the year.

al-Jibali: year; a woman; a righteous person

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Imam Ibn Sirin

2 translations
Hathurani tr.· p. 107

It symbolises the current year or a woman.

Al-Akili tr.· p. 101

A cow in a dream represents longevity. A black or a yellow cow represents happiness, prosperity and a good harvest. A white spot on a cow's face means firmness if seen in a dream at the early part of the year. The piebald cow or a cow blotched with white and black in a dream means the same, though the latter also represents firmness when seen in the middle of the year. A fat cow in a dream represents longevity and prosperity. A fat cow in a dream also may represent a pious woman. An emaciated cow in a dream represents drought. Drinking cow's milk or eating its meat or fat in a dream means prosperity and earning lawful income for that year. If the cow has horns, it represents a rebellious woman. If a dairy cow allows the person to draw her milk in a dream, it means conferring benefits. Otherwise, if it refuses to allow the person to milk her in the dream, it means dissonance and discord. If a servant sees himself milking his master's cow in a dream, it means that he will marry his wife after the master dies, and that he will become extremely rich. If a cow enters one's house and thrusts against him, or butts against him in the dream, it means losses and mistrust in one's own family. If one sees himself hitting a cow with a wooden stick or biting a cow in a dream, the cow then represents his sins. If a cow scratches someone in a dream, it means an illness. If one is attacked by a cow or a steer in a dream, it means that a great punishment will befall him, or it could mean that he may be killed during that same year. If one sees himself riding a black cow, or if a cow enters his house, where he ties her to a pole in his dream, it means money, good business and dispelling of his anxiety, sadness, loneliness or distress. A slaughtered cow in a dream represents a calamity. If a shipment of yellow cows arrives at the port of a city in a dream, it means a plague or the spreading of unknown diseases. If a herd of ugly looking cows enters a city with smoke emanating from their noses, and if the people hate their look in the dream, it means a raid, an enemy, or that unwanted solders will control that town. If one sees himself riding a cow in a dream, it means that he will inherit a woman. If one is offered a cow hide as a gift in a dream, it means that he will receive money from someone in authority. On the other hand, if one is stripped of a cow's hide he owns in a dream, it represents a fine that he will have to pay. To see the calf ofthe Children ofIsrael in a dream means dissension, temptation or a murder. It also may mean a miraculous event, or that a heavenly sign will take place in that locality. If the person is disobedient to his mother, he will repent and turn to be good to her. If a cow butts against him in a dream, it means that God is displeased with him. (Also see Counting cows)

See also: Counting cows

al-Jibali (Sunnah)

The Dreamer's Handbook (Muhammad Mustafa al-Jibali) · p. 323

year; a woman; a righteous person

More dreams about cow

7 related dreams from the classical books, each cited to its scholar.

  • A Black Cow

    Ibn Sirin: It symbolises a good and prosperous year.

  • A Fat Cow

    Ibn Sirin: It symbolises a good and prosperous year if a person sees himself as becoming the owner of such a cow or if they belong to the people of that locality in which they are seen.

  • A Pregnant Cow

    Ibn Sirin: If this is seen in the dream then a prosperous year is to be expected. A year full of barakah and blessings. This is sure to happen.

  • A Wild Cow

    Ibn Sirin: It represents an exceptionally beaufiful woman.

  • Milking a cow

    al-Jibali: increase in wealth

  • Mooing of a cow

    Discussed under a related entry.

  • Slaughtering a cow

    al-Jibali: killing a good man

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