River
Covered by 2 scholars · Water
What does river mean in a dream in Islam?
Ibn Sirin: In a dream, a river represents a noble and a great person. Walking into a river in a dream means befriending or encountering such a person.
al-Jibali: a man whose importance corresponds to the river’s size
Imam Ibn Sirin
In a dream, a river represents a noble and a great person. Walking into a river in a dream means befriending or encountering such a person. Drinking from a river in a dream means trials, but if the water is clear, it means enjoying prosperity and a happy life. Jumping from one bank of a river to the other in a dream means escaping from adversities, dispelling distress or anguish, and it means winning victory over one's enemy. In a dream, a river also denotes travels. Swimming in a river in a dream means working in the government. If the river runs through the streets and markets, and if one sees people bathing in it or taking their ritual ablution in it in one way or another it in a dream, such a river then represents the justice of a ruler. If the river floods the streets, or runs through people's homes and damages their properties and personal belongings in the dream, then the river represents an unjust ruler, or it could represent an invading army. If a river flows from one's house and causes no harm to anyone in a dream, it represents one's good intentions or deeds. If one becomes a river in a dream, it means his death. Murky waters in a dream signify worries and fearing a great man. Crossing from one side of a river into another in a dream means dispelling one's fears or worries. It also could mean severing one's association with such a man only to meet with another one. Jumping from the middle of a river to the riverbank in a dream means escaping from the wrath of a ruler. Losing something in a river means suffering harm and damages from a ruler. A river flowing inside one's house in a dream means prosperity. If one sees people drinking from it in the dream, it denotes his generosity and sharing of his wealth with needy people, or it could mean imparting knowledge to others. If a poor person sees a river flowing inside his house in a dream, it means that he will drive a member of his household out of his house because of an abominable and a sinful act, or adultery. A river in a dream also means a good deed or a regular income. A river with murky and putrid waters in a dream represents hell-fire. Seeing one of the heavenly rivers of paradise in a dream means prosperity. The heavenly river of milk in a dream represents God's gift of the innate knowledge and criterion which is given to His creation, and it represents submission to His sovereignty and obedience to His commands. Seeing the heavenly river of non-intoxicating wine in a dream means elation and intoxication from one's love for God Almighty. Seeing the heavenly river of honey in a dream means knowledge or the Holy Qur'an. Drinking from Egypt's Nile in a dream means receiving a great wealth, gold and power. (Also see Euphrates; Kawthar; Walking on water; Water)
al-Jibali (Sunnah)
a man whose importance corresponds to the river’s size
More dreams about river
8 related dreams from the classical books, each cited to its scholar.
- Bathing in a clear river
al-Jibali: repentance and expiation of sins; departure of distress, illness, debt, or fear.
- Bathing in a muddy river
al-Jibali: illness or distress
- Bathing in the River
Ibn Sirin: Bathing in the river or sea and not experiencing any fear, panic or humiliation suggests deliverance from afflictions: if the observer of the dream is grief stricken, his grief will be removed and…
- Crossing a River
Ibn Sirin: Crossing a river or stream suggests relief from grief, sorrow and fear.
- Drinking Clean Water from the River
Ibn Sirin: Drinking clean water from a river suggests that he will enjoy a certain ni'mah and bounty of Allah and live a clean and pure life.
- Drinking from a river
al-Jibali: attaining goodness and blessings
- Drinking Unclean Water from the River
Ibn Sirin: If a person sees himself drinking dirty or muddy water from a river it means he will suffer grief, anguish and heartache, the extent depending on the amount he drinks of such water.
- Plunging into the River
Ibn Sirin: If a person dreams of himself as plunging or entering into a river and thereby panicking or experiencing phobia it means he will soon be afflicted with grief and sorrow.
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