Beard

For a man, a beard in a dream signifies wealth, honor and dignity. If it is moderately long or well trimmed in the dream, it means earning respect, rising in rank, prosperity, beauty and sovereignty. If only the sides of one's beard are long and not the middle section in the dream, it means that one will work to save money for someone else. If one's beard is too long and lacks proper trimming in a dream, it means indebtedness, distress and suffering from depression. If it becomes long to the extent of reaching the floor in the dream, it means death. If one's beard grows long and thick in a dream, it means longevity or increase in one's wealth. If it reaches his belly in the dream, it means that he does not obey God's commands. If it grows longer than one's grip in the dream, it means that one lives from the interest he earns from usury. If the hair of one's beard is black in the dream, it means prosperity and satisfaction in one's life. Ifits color is greenish-black in the dream, it means extended wealth, power and rulership, unless if one is a tyrant, for the color of Pharaoh's beard was greenish-black. If the color of one's beard yields to yellow in the dream, it means poverty and illness. If its color is blondish in the dream, it means a scare. If one grabs his own beard in the dream and ifits hair falls into his hand, and ifhe keeps holding to the hair, it means incurring financial losses then recovering them, unless one discards the hair in the dream. Pulling someone's from his beard in the dream means inheriting him. If one sees a young boy who has not reached the age of puberty having a beard in a dream, it means the child's death. If the child's beard is just starting to grow in the dream, it means that he will grow to lead and command people. If one's beard is shallow and if it makes him look fatuous in a dream, it means payment of one's debts or easing of his trouble or dispelling of his distress. If one's beard looks childish or completely immature in the dream, it means losing people's respect. If the color of one's beard is gold in the dream, it means that he will lose some respect and perhaps half of his wealth. Seeing one-half of one's beard shaved in a dream means poverty. If an unknown young person shaves one's beard in a dream, it means loss of dignity and injury caused by one's enemy or competitor or someone who carries the same name. If an old man shaves his beard in a dream, it means that he will lose his good reputation at the hand of a profiteer and an overpowering enemy. If one's beard is cut off in a dream, it means financial losses valued at how far it is trimmed. Clipping what is longer than man's grip of one's beard in a dream means paying the due alms tax. Cutting off someone's beard in a dream means swindling his inheritance. A white beard in a dream means honor, dignity and good fame. If one's beard turns gray, leaving few black hairs in the dream, it means earning respect. If all its hair becomes gray in the dream, it means poverty and loss of integrity. Seeing one's wife having a beard in a dream means increase in one's wealth or growth of the son's business, or sickness of one's wife, or it could mean that she will no longer be able to conceive children, though if she had a son, it means that he will control the entire family. If a woman sees herself having a beard in a dream, it means losing her husband and if she is a widow, it means that she will marry a hard-working man who is compatible with her. If a pregnant woman sees that in a dream, it means that she will beget a son, and if she has a quarrel with someone, it means that she will win the battle and stand for herself with dignity and courage. Plucking one's facial hair or beard in a dream means wasting money. If one's beard and head is shaved in a dream, it means recovering from an illness, satisfying one's debts or dispelling sorrow and distress. Having an extraordinarily long beard that one can spin and weave as a cloth, then sells it in his dream means that he will forge a testimony. Clipping one's beard in a dream also means losing money. One's beard in a dream also represents his job, business, clothing, gains and losses. Cutting off the hair of one's beard with one's own teeth in a dream means sufferings, distress and trouble. Swearing by the honor of one's beard in a dream may denote either one's truthfulness or lies, his stinginess or generosity. One's beard in a dream also could represent his wife. If a farmer finds the hair of his beard black in a dream, it means that he should start harvesting his crop. A white beard could denote illness or frailty. If one's beard in wakefulness is gray and he sees its color black in a dream, it means strength, determination, firmness, certainty, having great energy and exuberance. If one's beard in his dream seems longer than the usual, it means being a spendthrift, wasting money, engaging in gambling and sporting games, or suffering from depression, or being troubled by circumstances. If a subversive and a sinful person sees himself having a beard in a dream, it means that he will repent of his sins. If a misguided person sees himself having a beard in his dream, it means that he will receive guidance. If a woman grows a beard in her dream, it means that she is trying to be a man, or it could mean insolence or engaging in wrongdoing. If a child sees himself having a beard in a dream, it means longevity. Loving a beard and kissing it in a dream means lacking determination or will, regardless ifit is his own beard or ifit is someone else's beard. If a straw or anything sticks to one's beard in a dream, it means hearing bad words. Shaving half of one's beard in a dream means losing one's source of income or loss of one's dignity. Holding the beard of one's uncle in a dream means unjustly inheriting him. If a woman sees herself having a beard like a man in a dream, it means that she will never beget children, unless if she has a reddish beard as the natural color of her hair. However, for a man, to have a reddish beard in a dream means trials and temptation and particularly if some gray hair is also mixed with it. (Also see Face; Scissors; Shaving; Twisting a rope)

If the beard is so long as it reaches the ground, he will die, becauseAllah says: "Thereof (the earth) We created you, and into it We shallreturn you". [Ta-Ha 20:55] If it is so long that it touches his belly, he will acquire wealth andhigh status after hardship, as much as it covers of his stomach. Thereason for that is that the beard signifies wealth and status, so when ittouches the stomach we know that what it indicates will reach him. A man dreamt that his beard grew so long that it reached his naveland he was looking at it. Ibn Sireen said: This dream shows that youlook into your neighbours' houses. If that beard is black or very black, that is indicative of becomingrich. If it is tinged with green, he will acquire wealth and great authoritybut there is the fear that he may become a tyrant, because the beard ofPharaoh was like that. If it is yellow, that is indicative of poverty and sickness. If it is red, that is indicative of piety. If he dreams that he grabs hisbeard and hair comes out in his hand, then if he throws it away hiswealth will be lost and will not return, but if he does not throw it away,his wealth will come back to him. Plucking it out for a rich man signifies extravagance with his wealthand for a poor man it signifies worry and hardship. Shaving the beard,for one who does not like that, is indicative of the loss of his wealthand status. For one who likes that, such as the Qalandariyyah and thosewho adorn themselves in that way, it is a sign of relief from trouble. Ifa woman has a beard, that is indicative of trouble. If a man who adornshimself for women has a long beard, this is also indicative of trouble. One of them said: If it grows on a woman's face, that indicates thatshe will never gave birth and may get sick. Someone else said: Rather it indicates that her husband has a greatdeal of wealth and that she and her child will be honoured. For a childwho has not reached puberty, it is not a good sign. Shaykh Shihaab-ud-Deen said: If women and young men dreamthat they have fine beards and people did not notice that, they will getmarried if they are single. For a pregnant woman it signifies a boy and for a woman who is notpregnant it indicates that she will get pregnant. For one whose lovedone is absent it indicates that he will return. For the poor man it signifiesclothing or crops or friends to be proud of, because the beard representsbeauty and dignity. For the one who dreams that he showed it to people in gatheringswho disapproved of it, it signifies trouble and something to be ashamedof. One of those who shave their beards said: I dreamt that my beardgrew long. Shaykh Shihaab-ud-Deen said: Locusts will attack yourcrops or garden and there will be a lot of thorns and grass in it. Anotherman dreamt that and he said: There will be boils on your face or head. Another man dreamt that and he said: You are going to lose scissors ora razor that you shave with. Another man dreamt that and he said: Youwill travel to a land where you cannot shave it. Another man said: I dreamt that my children were old man with longbeards. He said: They will suffer a lengthy sickness then they will getsome relief. Another man said: I passed by some women with ugly beards. Hesaid: You passed by some immoral women. Another man said: I dreamt that my beard grew so long that it wastoo much and there were lice and nits in it. He said: Some evildoers willcome to your crops or gardens or house and you will suffer because ofthem. I dreamt that my son Muhammad, who is very young, had a beard inwhich there were white hairs, and I interpreted that as meaning that hewill live until you see him with a beard.