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Pain

Covered by 2 scholars · Body & Health

Imam Ibn Sirin

Ibn Seerin's Dictionary of Dreams (Al-Akili tr.) · p. 316
Aspects: Ache · Discomfort · Hurt

In a dream, pain means regret and sorrow. SUffering from a tooth ache in a dream means hearing painful words from a relative the particular tooth implies. Neck pain in a dream represents being ill­ treated by one's friends. Neck pain in a dream also may indicate that one has betrayed his covenant, or that he has denied a promise. Shoulder pain in a dream signifies bad earnings. Stomach pain in a dream means spending money in sin and feeling regret for doing so. Pain in one's navel in a dream signifies ill-treatment of one's wife. Heart pain in a dream means having hidden bad qualities, or questionable religious sincerity. Liver pain in a dream means ill­ treatment of one's children. Spleen pain in a dream means spoiling one's money by adding unlawful earnings to it. Severe spleen pain that could lead to one's death in the dream means loss of one's religious commitment. Lung and chest pain in a dream mean the nearing of one's death. Back pain in a dream means the death of one's brother, supporter, superior, or a close friend. Pain in one's thighs in a dream means causing harm to one's community. Pain in one's foot in a dream means money, or it could mean straying from God's path. (Also see Body'; Chest pain; Lungs; Teeth; Tooth)

Al-Bakri Al-Qafsi

2 translations
Darussalam tr.· p. 181

Pain in the chest is indicative of extravagance and spending moneyin improper ways. Pain in the spleen indicates that he misused a large amount of wealthwhich he and his family needed and it indicates that he and they almostreached the point of destruction. Rotten lungs indicate that death is near, because the lungs give reliefto the heart; if they are spoiled then the heart is also spoiled. If he dreams that there is unbearable pain in part of his body, he willhear bad words from the person indicated by that part. If he dreams thatsomeone is scratching part of his body, he will harm him with regard tohis wealth or with regard to the person indicated by that part.

Darussalam tr.· p. 280

Pain is indicative of regret for sin.

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