Death and Dying

Death and dying may indicate something and its opposite for theone who is not in difficulty. In the case of one who is in difficulty,they indicate that he will soon find a way out. They are also indicativeof freeing a slave, because when a person dies, no human being hasany authority over him. And they may be indicative of selling a slave,because the deceased has moved from one place to another. Dying is also indicative of a dispute because the word Naza ' (whichrefers t o the death throes) is derived from the same root as the wordMunaaza ' ah (which means dispute). It may also be indicative ofrepentance because the one who reaches the point of death usually givesup disobedience. And it may be indicative of preparing for tra vel and offear for one who is safe. The basic principle with regard to death is thatit signals calamity, because Allah says: "And the calamity of death befall you." [Al-Maa'idah 5:106] If a person dreams that he died and he did not look dead, he will be faced with trouble such as sickness, imprisonment or his housebeing destroyed, because his soul is in his body as his body is in hishouse. Death may be indicative of divorce of a wife, because by deathseparation occurs. And it may be indicative of manumission of a femaleslave (Umm Walad). It is also indicative of preparing to meet prominentpeople. If a person dreams that when he died he was facing toward theQiblah or he looked good or smelled good, or there were righteouspeople or light around him, then the traveller will have an easy journey,the one who is in prison will get out, the one who is sick will recover,and the one who meets prominent people will be welcomed warmly. Ifit is different from that, he will have trouble. One of them said: Death signifies regrets for major sin. Another of them said: If he dreams that he died without being ill andwithout looking dead, he will live a long life. If he thinks in his dream that he will never die, he will be killed inJihad. If he dreams that a known deceased person died again and theywept for him without screaming, one of his offspring will get married,and their weeping for him is indicative of happiness. And it was saidthat it means that one of his offspring will die. If he dreams that deathis spreading rapidly in a place, then a fire will occur in that place. If hedreams that he died naked on the ground, he will become poor. If hedreams that he died on a carpet, he will have luxuries of this world. Ifhe dreams that he died on a bed, he will rise in status. If he dreams thathe died on a mattress, he will get something good from his family.