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Buying or Selling a Slave

Covered by 1 scholar · Light & Colour

This is one of several dreams about slave. Read all the slave dreams together →

What does buying or selling a slave mean in a dream in Islam?

Ibn Sirin: Selling a slave means he will find rellef from his grief and sorrows. Buying him means he will be afflicted with grief and sorrow. It is said that buying a slave girl is better than selling her.

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Imam Ibn Sirin

Dreams and Interpretations (Ibn Sireen, Hathurani tr.) · p. 138

Selling a slave means he will find rellef from his grief and sorrows. Buying him means he will be afflicted with grief and sorrow. It is said that buying a slave girl is better than selling her.

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