Dream symbol

Praying for the Deceased

Covered by 1 scholar · Death & Afterlife

What does praying for the deceased mean in a dream in Islam?

al-Qafsi: Praying for the deceased is indicative of offering a lot of supplicationfor the dead and praying for forgiveness for them and interceding forwrongdoers wi th prominent people.

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Al-Bakri Al-Qafsi

Interpretations of Dreams (Ibn Raashid Al-Bakri Al-Qafsi, Darussalam tr.) · p. 300

Praying for the deceased is indicative of offering a lot of supplicationfor the dead and praying for forgiveness for them and interceding forwrongdoers wi th prominent people. If he dreams that he is the imam (leading the prayer), he will be appointed to a position of authority. Ifhe dreams that he is behind the imam, offering the funeral prayer forthe dead, he will be present in the place where supplication is offeredto the dead.

Dream guides

Seeing a Dead Person in Dream in Islam: Alive, Talking, Hugging

Seeing a dead person in a dream in Islam: a deceased parent alive, talking with the dead, hugging them, gifts — what Ibn Sirin, al-Qafsi and al-Jibali say.

Saw praying for the deceased in your dream?

Manam will read your full dream — not just the symbol — and synthesize what the scholars say in the context of everything else that happened.

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