Imprisonment

Imprisonment is indicative of severe distress and enablement ofenemies who will not let him rest. It may also be indicative of a lot of dependents and poverty, because the people say of the p erson who is inthis situation, "So - and - so is imprisoned." The same applies to one whois in debt; they say, "So - and - so is the prisoner of so and so (the one towhom the debt is owed)."

Imprisonment is indicative of humiliation and distress, becauseAllah says: "And now if he refuses to obey my order, he shall certainlybe cast into prison, and will be one of those who are disgraced."[Yoosuf 12:32] We have discussed above the issues of detention and imprisonment. Solitary confinement in an unknown place where no voices reach isindicative of the grave. If a person dreams that he is chained up in ahouse with the door locked but it is not called prison, he will attainsomething good. If he dreams that he is tortured there, he will attain agreat deal of good.