Household Furnishings: Reed Mats,Carpets, and Similar Things

These are indicative of winn ing, servants, slaves, glory and richnessbecause these things usually belong to rich people. If a person whousually has carpets in his home dreams that he had in his home somethingof lower quality and that he was sitting on reed mats, that is indicativeof poverty, loss of status and moving to a lower status. Similarly, if aperson who usually sits on poor quality furnishings dreams that he issitting on something better than that, this signifies that he will attainglory, richness and comfort. Destruction of o ne of these things or theft thereof indicates that thedreamer is going to leave the people indicated. One of the dream interpreters said: Carpets refer to the worldly affairs of the dreamer. If the carpet is wide, he will have a life of plenty. Whether it i s long or short indicates that his life will be long or short. If he dreams that he spread out his carpet in an unknown place or withpeople whom he does not know, that will be interpreted as meaningthat he is going to travel. If he is at war and he sees hi mself in a dreamsitting on a carpet, he will be safe and sound. A man said: I dreamt that I possessed a spread out Byzantine carpet. Shaykh Shihaab - ud - Deen said to him: You will have a fine new garden. Another man dreamt that and he said: You will acquire a house in whichthere are decorations and images. Another man said: I dreamt that I was removing images from thecarpet and it was easy for me. He said: You hunt a lot from gardens andenjoy it. He said: You are right. Another man said: I dreamt that I was weaving a carpet with lines andimages. He said: Are you intending to become a painter and decorator? He said: Yes. Another man said: There was a fine new carpet in my house in whichthere were fine images. He said: You will marry a woman and haveoffspring from her, and her origins will be in the country where thosecarpets are made.