Evidence from the Qur’an and Hadeeth

It should be noted that dream interpreters may refer to the Qur'an and Hadeeth as the basi s for their interpretation, but they have their own ways of establishing such connections. This will be discussed later on, but we will give some examples here. One example of that is that a man said: I dreamt that I was carrying wood on my neck and I foun d it heavy. I said: A man will cause you some trouble, who shows you something different than what he hides, and this is the hypocrite, because Allah described the hypocrites as being "blocks of wood propped up." (cf. Al - Munaafiqoon 63:4) He said: You are right. A man said to me: I dreamt that I lifted a stone and I suffered a great deal by carrying it. I said: You will suffer a great deal because of a hardhearted man, because Allah described stones as hard. Another example is a man entering upon his enemy in his house. This indicates that he will prevail over him, because Allah says, telling the story of the two men: " Enter upon them through the gate." [Al - Maa'idah 5:23] And there are many similar examples in the Qur'an, and also in the Hadeeth. Another man dreamt that he bought a bottle made of glass and brought it home, but his wife did not like it. A dream interpreter said to him: You have married another woman. And he quoted as evidence the words of the Prophet (Peace be upon him) : " Go slowly when yo u are driving mounts that are carrying glass vessels," meaning women. If you see yourself reading Qur'an in a dream, the interpretation depends on the Verse in question. I had an income from teaching, and I dreamt that I was reciting the Verse, " Say (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him) ): "Tell me! If (all) your water were to sink away, who then can supply you with flowing (spring) water?" [Al - Mulk 67:30] Then that income stopped. A person who was seeking to give testimony dreamt that he was reciting the Verse, "They will say: 'We inform You that none of us bears witness to it...'" [Fussilat 41:47], Then he could not give testimony. A man dreamt that someone was saying to him, "Giv e". A dream interpreter said to him: Do you have an underage orphan in your care who you want to look after until he reaches the age of maturity and give him his wealth? He said: Yes. He said: Do not do it, because what your dream means is: " And give no t unto the foolish your property..." [Al - Nisa' 4:5] When I was in Qafsah and the people were talking about the death of the Emir Al - Lahyaani, I dreamt that I was reciting " And his weaning." [Luqmaan 31:14] I said to one of my close friends: It cannot be true that he has died; he should live for two years from today or four years, if the second time he said "and his weaning" was not for confirmation that would mean that this refers to a four - year period. When he was intending to travel by ship, he dreamt that that ship was filled with starch [Nasha]. The dream interpreter said to him: Do not travel on that ship, because it will sink. Then it sank. He got this interpretation from the Verse, " And if We will [Wa in Nasha'], We shall drown them." [Ya - Seen 3 6:43] And this is very smart. A sick person dreamt that someone said to him: "Eat 'no, no' [or 'neither, nor'] and you will recover. The dream interpreter said to him: Eat olive oil, you will recover. And he recited to him the Verse, "An olive, neither of the east nor of the west." [Al-Noor 24:35] So he ate it and he recovered.