Paying Attention to Sayingsamong the Common Folk

An example of that is how the green fig is regarded by some leading interpreters as signifying trouble, because the common folk say, "when you see the fig (At - Teen) be certain of mud (At - Teen)." Some of them think that the fig represents good provision, because Allah, honoured it by swearing by it. The correct view is that if a person usually has trouble whenever he sees it in a dream, then that is how it should be interpreted for him. Another example is the peach. We have seen above that Al - Hanbali said that it indicates trouble, as does the apricot, because it ends with the pit and the eater fears for his teeth. In my view the peach is indicative of trouble because the common folk say, "So - and - so was beaten by whips until he started desiring peaches." One of the kings of Egypt had an enemy who came to attack him, then he dreamt that he was leaving his house with a mat under his armpit. A dream interpreter said: He will lose his kingdom, because when children want to leave school, each one takes his mat that he was sitting on and stands before the teacher and says "O teacher" with eagerness, and their teacher says to him: "Take your mat and go." And so on.