Humans Turning into Animals

If a human turns into an animal, this may indicate something otherthan what is stated above, but the basic principle is that he will acquireone of the characteristics of that animal which befits the dreamer, andbased on that the dream interpreter may decide. For example, if aman dreams that he turns into a lion, he will attain leadership if he isqualified for it, otherwise he will become a bandit. We will quote someinterpretations of that nature from our Shaykh, Shihaab-ud-Deen.A man dreamt that he became a crane (a type of bird) and that he wasstanding on one leg. Shaykh Shihaab-ud-Deen said to him: You willbecome a ploughman and not the warden of the garden. Another man said: I dreamt that I became a cave in a mountain. He said to him: You want to be alone to worship, and you will be grantedthat. A Christian saw that (in a dream) and he said: You will become amonk. Another man said: I dreamt that I became a stag or a wild bull. Hesaid: You have decided to go out to a wild place or you want to huntsnakes. Another man said: I dreamt that I became a gerbil. He said: Youare very crafty and you have debts; your house has many doors, so ifsomeone seeks you at one door you go out by another. Another man said: I dreamt that I became a giraffe. He said: You area slave and now you are going to be sold to a king. Another man dreamt that and he said: You invade people's privacyand you steal from their houses through the windows, because thegiraffe walks among houses and looks through the windows and takeswhat it finds. Another man dreamt that and he said: You are a dancer and acomedian, but not many people know about you. Another man dreamt that he became a mo nkey and no one recognized him. He said to him: Your belief is corrupt and you are hiding it frompeople. Another man said: I dreamt that I became a snake and enteredsomeone's mouth and ate all his intestines. He said: You broke into hishouse and stole all his furniture. Another man said: I dreamt that I became a snake and entered avessel and became a frog. He said: You attacked a naked woman. Another man said: I dreamt that I became a hyena. He said: You robgraves and take the shrouds. Another man said: I d reamt that I became the talons of an eagle. He said: You will become a shedder of blood before a man of highposition. Another man dreamt that and he said: You will become a helper or guard for a wrongdoer. Another man said: I dreamt that I became a hoopoe. He said: Youare bewitched, because the people take some part of it (the hoopoe) todo witchcraft. Another man dreamt that and he said: You are trying toarrange a marriage between a man and a woman and it will go ahead,because the hoopoe went between Sulaym aan (May Allah be please with him) and Bilqees to arrangetheir marriage. Another man said: The hoopoe looked bad. He said: You bringwomen and men together for Haraam purposes. Another man said: I dreamt that I was a crow. He said: You willwander in foreign lands. Another man dreamt that he was a bee. He said: You make nets. Another man dreamt that and he said: You build wells and graveyards. Another man dreamt that and he said: You will become an ascetic andyou will limit yourself to eating what is permissible. Hence he took thebee as indicating asceticism. Another man said: I dreamt that I became a locust. He said: You stealfruits and crops. Another man said: I dreamt that I became a wasp. He said: You throwarrows and people fear your evil. Another man dreamt that and he said: You annoy good people, because wasps eat bees. Another man dreamt that he became a frog. He said: You know howto swim. Another man dreamt that and he said: You will travel by sea. He added that he saw himself as a frog in the heat of the sun. He said:You will be lost (in the sea) and will drown. Another man dreamt that hebecame a turtle in the sea. He said: You will become a porter, carryingthings on your shoulder as the turtle carries its shell on its back, and itwalks on all fours as the porter walks when he tries to get up off theground. Another man dreamt that and he said: You bought some chainmail and carried it, but it was too heavy for you. Another man dreamtthat and he said: You will get sick and will walk on all fours. His house collapsed on him and his knee was injured and he walked on all fours. Another man dreamt that he became a crocodile. He said: You willbecome a bandit and that may be in Egypt. One of the governors said: I dreamt that I became a bird. He said: You will beco me one of the birds which fly where ever it wants. If youare a slave you will be freed, if you are going through hardship you willfind relief, and if you are sick you will be healed. Another man dreamt that he became a small bird and that he ate aspider. H e said: You talk a great deal and you consume the wealth ofyour dependents; you also stole the belongings of a fisherman and someman's property. And it was all as he said. He would base what he said on his knowledge of each person andgive him an interpreta tion that befitted his situation. Hence the dream interpreter should not interpret the dream foranyone but the person who saw the dream. With regard to one animal turning into another, the ruling is thesame. We have stated above that if the hen turns into a rooster, theoffspring of the wife of the one who dreamt that will cease. If it refersto livelihood, it will cease. We have also seen above that this applies ifa ewe turns into a dog. A man said: I dreamt that I had a hen and I took one of her eggsand it turned into a partridge. Shaykh Shihaab - ud - Deen said: You ownslaves who were useful, but now they are hiding their usefulness andplotting, because that is the attitude of the female partridge, which hidesthe eggs from the male lest he eat them. Another man said: I dreamt that I had a fine gazelle and it turned intoa tiger. He said: you have a son and a slave who is a bandit, but he maybecome a thief or a murderer. Another man dreamt that he had a calf and it turned into a camel. He said to him: You have a J ewish friend who will become Muslim,because they choose to not regard it as permissible to slaughter or eatthe camel.