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Kohl

Covered by 2 scholars · Clothing & Adornment

Imam Ibn Sirin

Ibn Seerin's Dictionary of Dreams (Al-Akili tr.) · p. 246
Aspects: Eye makeup · Makeup

Kohl in a dream represents money and clarity. If one is given some powdered kohl in a dream, it means money. If a righteous and God­ fearing person places kohl on someone's eyes in a dream, it means blessings and guidance. Finding a container of kohl in a dream means receiving money. Smearing one's eyes with kohl in a dream means becoming more religious. If a blind person smears his eyes with kohl in a dream, it means that he will miraculously recover his sight. If one smears his eyes with a silver-white powdered mixture or antimony in a dream, it means that he will have two wives. 246 If one coats his eyelids with butter or lather in a dream, it means that he is pursuing an unlawful heterosexual, or a loathsome homosexual relationship. Beautifying childrens' eyes with other than kohl or antimony in a dream means molesting them. If one uses kohl as medicine for his eyes in a dream, it means that he will correct his religious performance and commit his life to a godly cause. If his intention is made to beautify himself with kohl in the dream, it means that he is seeking material success, or worldly promotion. If someone smears one's eyes with kohl to the degree of blinding him in the dream, it means that he will defraud him of some money. If a virgin girl or a widow places kohl over her eyelids in a dream, it means her marriage. Coating or encrusting one's eyes with blood or ashes in a dream means corruption and a non-acceptable marriage, or an illegal marriage. (Also see Makeup)

See also: Makeup

Al-Bakri Al-Qafsi

Interpretations of Dreams (Ibn Raashid Al-Bakri Al-Qafsi, Darussalam tr.) · p. 242

Kohl is indicative of the adornment of women and it is mustahabbfor the righteous man but not for the evildoer. The kohl jar is indicativeof a woman and the kohl stick is indicative of a man who spends a lot,because he comes and goes and does the job. And it is indicative of achild and of a man's penis. Shaykh Shihaab-ud-Deen said: A kohl stickof gold is better than one of silver; the kohl stick of silver is better thanone of copper. A man said: I dreamt that I had a kohl stick of gold and I was applyingkohl with it to the eyes of animals. Shaykh Shihaab-ud-Deen said tohim: You are a veterinarian and you have a boy with you to whom youare teaching veterinary medicine, and he is the son of a king. He askedabout him and found that that was the case. A man said: I dreamt that I had a kohl stick of gold and I was playingwith it in the dirt. He said: You have something precious and you areabusing it. Another man said: I dreamt that I was making many kohl sticks. Hesaid: You have a lot of pain in your eye. A woman dreamt that her kohl stick was lost. He said to her: Yourhusband will take another wife.

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