Facilities such as Inns, Presses, Bathhouses,Shops, Ovens, Mills, and Slaughterhouses

If a person dreams that he built any of these things or possessed itor gained control of it, if he is qu alified to become a ruler then he willbecome a ruler; if he is qualified to be a governor then he will appointedas a governor; if he is single he will get married; if he is married hewill blessed with a son or he may get a male or female slave or hisliveli hood will improve. If he is a worshipper, he will be distractedby worldly matters and will give up his worship; if he is poor he willbecome independent of means and may receive some benefit from oneof his parents or relatives or property. The reason why th ey said thatthis is indicative of a king or ruler is that people come to them (kings)because they have needs and because of the wealth that they have, andthe same is true of scholars and worshippers, because the people cometo them. The reason why inns repr esent marriage is that they offer a restand tranquility to the traveller. The reason why the press is mentioned is because it contains pipesfrom which the oil comes out, and because stone is put on stone (all of which refers to marriage). The reason why the bathhouse is mentionedis because of what occurs therein of pleasure, bathing and sweating. The reason why the shop is mentioned is because a man puts someonewhom he loves and trusts in it and he puts his belongings there. Thereason why the mill is mention ed is because it contains a pair ofstones, one of which is put on top of the other. The reason why theslaughterhouse is mentioned is because the woman takes off her clotheswhen her husband wants to be intimate with her. And the reason whythey said it may s ignify a child or a male or female slave or increasedlivelihood and benefit is clear. If a person dreams that he takes his grain to a mill and has it ground,or he takes his dough to the oven and has it baked, or he takes hisleather to the tanner and has it tanned, or he takes his animal to theslaughterhouse and has it slaughtered, or he takes his meat to the cookand has it cooked or grilled, or he takes his olives to the press andhas them pressed, or he takes his animal to the veterinarian and has ittreated, or he takes his cloth to the tailor and has it sewn, and so on if heis seeking something from a prominent person he will get his needs met,and if he wants to marry a woman he will marry her, and he will becomeindependent of means after being poor, or he will become secure afterfear, or he will recover after being sick or he will make a profit if he is amerchant. But if he goes to those places and finds in them a bad smell,or the fire or smoke is bothersome, or he finds dead animals or harmfulanimals there, then they are places of wrongdoing and corruption, andplaces of scholars who introduce innovations, and they are indicative oftrade with Haraam money, or a bad living, or the building of bad placessuch as churches and prisons, and whoever enters one of them will becontaminated with blood or mud or a bad smell, or will be burned withfire and he will have some trouble from the person indicated or he willsuffer because of loss of income. A mill in the city to grind or smash the sons of Adam, stones orovens t hat annoy people with their smoke, slaughterhouses in whichpeople are slaughtered, toilets in the road which annoy people, an unknown blacksmith who annoys people with his sparks or puts themin his furnace, a place in the city from which snakes come out, a nd so onare all indicative of distress caused by enemies, sickness and epidemics,and the source of the distress depends on what the dreamer sees. If hesees a mill or oven, then it will come from food that causes epidemics,sickness and high prices. If the h arm comes from enemies, they mayblock food supplies or destroy stored food and plants. If it comes froma slaughterhouse, then it will come from war and bloodshed, or thiscalamity may be caused by animals, or the calamity and epidemics maycome from meat. If it comes from toilets, then it may be a hot fever,especially if it is summer. If it comes from the sea and the like, then theepidemic may come from water or from what comes out of it. ShaykhShihaab - ud - Deen said: If you see a millstone grinding foodstuff, andthe way it is rotating is crooked, that is indicative of high food prices; awindmill signifies a dispute that is not going to last.Shaykh Shihaab - ud - Deen said: If the mill is run by animals and thedreamer dreams that it is powered by water or wind, or i ts movementchanges, this is indicative of some benefit from an unexpected quarter,because he saved the food needed for the animal to run the mill. A man dreamt that he put his hand beneath a revolving millstoneand it was destroyed. Shaykh Shihaab - ud - Deen s aid: You will interferebetween two men in an inappropriate manner and will have troublefrom both of them. A man dreamt that he brought barley to a mill and what came outwas wheat flour. He asked whether eating barley bread was his habitand he said no. He s aid: After becoming rich you are going to need toeat barley, then you will become independent of means by the help ofa man who dances and sings a lot, because the rotation of the stone islike dancing. A man said: I dreamt that I was in an oven and my foot was piercedby a stick at the head of which was fire and it burned me. He said: Asnake bit you on your foot. Another man said: I dreamt I was bitten by a snake in an oven. He said: You were burned by a stick which had fire on the end of it. Another man drea mt that he brought some flour to the oven andbaked it without making dough from it. He said to him: Do you have asick loved one and are looking for someone to treat him? He said Yes. He said: He will recover before that. Another person said somethingsimila r to him but said that he kept the bread overnight. He said: Do youhave someone who is pregnant? He said: Yes. He said: She will becomesick with a fever and will miscarry the child. A hand mill is indicative of two evil partners from whom nothinggood will come except by the help of the third evildoer.The breaking of a millstone is said to indicate relief of distress forone who sees it, and it was said that it signifies his death. In my view,this applies to an unknown millstone. If it is known then it refers to theperson indicated, based on what we have said above. A man dreamt that a loaf of bread broke a millstone. Shaykh Shihaabud-Deen said: You will break your teeth on a small stone in the bread. Another man dreamt that there was an oven in his mouth in whichthe fire was stoked. He said: You will eat or drink something hot andsuffer intense pain from it. A boy said: I dreamt that there was an oven in my mouth and Iswallowed it. He said to him: You will lick a substance and when youget old you will make a living as a baker. And when he grew up hebecame a baker. Another man dreamt that he built an inn. He said: You will undertakea journey. If he built it well it means that his travel will go well, otherwiseit will not. Another man said: I dreamt that I destroyed an inn. He said: Youwere preparing to travel, then you could not go ahead. And it all turnedout as he said. Entering the bathhouse is indicative of troubles and coming out of itis indicative of relief. The trouble may be because of a woman, becausehe takes off his waist wrapper in the bathhouse and his trouble will disappear when he leaves her. One of them said: If the one who enters the bathhouse is feelingdistress, his distress will disappear. This is based on what the doctorssay, that if a thirsty person enters the bathhouse his thirst will disappear,and if a person is not thirsty, when he enters it he becomes thirsty. Joining a group of people in a bathhouse is indicative of committingimmorality that may result in scandal, because it is a place where'Awrahs are uncovered. An unknown bathhouse signifies a woman whose honor theevildoers are trying to tarnish. If a person dreams that he is in the hotroom in the bathhouse, and the water starts running and he wants tostop it but he cannot, this indicates that a man is betraying him with hiswife. If he dreams that he is bathing in olive oil in the bathhouse, thisis a good sign. A man said: I dreamt that I renovated something inside the bathhouse. Shaykh Shihaab-ud-Deen said: You did Ghusl then you were unsureabout it so you did it again. He said: You are right. Another mansaid something similar and he said that the water was hot and it wassummertime. He said: You will get another fever. Similarly, anotherman said: Who is better, the one who goes in or the one who comesout? He said: If you see someone going in, your wife will have a boy. Another man said something similar and he said: You have two wivesand one of them is a slave woman. A man said: I dreamt that there was a bathhouse in my hand, thenit fell and was destroyed. He said: A brazier fell from your hand andbroke. Another man said: I dreamt that there was a bathhouse in my handand I ate it. He said: You had a kettle and you sold it and consumed itsprice. Another man said: I dreamt that there were stars above my headwhilst I was washing in the bathhouse, and they fell and broke my head. He said: A large vessel in the bathhouse will fall on your head. A woman said: I dreamt that I became an attendant in the bathhousefor men, women, and wild animals. He said: You will become a midwife,delivering boys and girls and illegitimate children. And that is whathappened. Another woman said: I dreamt that I became a bathhouse. He said: Boils will appear on your body. Another woman dreamt that and hesaid: You will marry men of all types. A man said: I dreamt that I opened spouts in the bathhouse and waterflowed out of them after they had been blocked. He said: You will startto give people suppositories and they will be healed from difficulty inurination at your han ds. Another man said: I dreamt that I was the cistern in the bathhouseand the people were taking water from me. He said: There is a sluragainst you. He said: Do not tell anyone. A woman dreamt that she threw sulphur into a vessel of water. Hesaid to her: W as it one whole piece or was it cut up? She said: It was awhole piece. He said to her: You are pregnant and will give birth in thebathhouse. Another woman said: I dreamt that my liver was behind me in hotwater. He said: You will give birth to an illegitima te child who will beraised by the wife of someone who lights fires or a cook. A woman said: I dreamt that my husband was looking from behindthe vessels in the bathhouse and was saying: This is a great calamity. He said to her: He is away and he is sick wit h a fever, and soon he willcome back and die. He derived the word Maat (will die) from the wordJaamaat, meaning vessels. Another woman said: I dreamt that I saw someone running over thevessels in the bathhouse and prostrating to Venus. He said to her: Anas trologer told you that your husband is turning away from you and thathe is distracted by love for another woman. She said: That's true. Hesaid: And I say that you are a sorceress. She said: You are right. A man dreamt that a wild animal in the bathhouse in jured him. He said: Someone will throw a comb with sharp teeth at you and yourblood will flow. And it all turned out as he said.