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Covered by 1 scholar · People & Roles

What does woman mean in a dream in Islam?

Ibn Sirin: A beautiful looking woman in a dream represents a year of comfort, peace and prosperity. A woman in a dream also represents a coffer, one's store, or his hiding place.

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Imam Ibn Sirin

Ibn Seerin's Dictionary of Dreams (Al-Akili tr.) · p. 480
Aspects: Beads · Garden · Glass · Pearls · Ribs · Silver · World

A beautiful looking woman in a dream represents a year of comfort, peace and prosperity. A woman in a dream also represents a coffer, one's store, or his hiding place. A woman in a dream also represents the earth, the world or a graveyard, for one returns to it after that he cames out of it. A woman in a dream also represents a prison, a confidant, a tree, a well, an inkwell, a house, or a partner who shares wealth and pleasure with the husband. Seeing a beautiful woman entering one's house in a dream means joy and happiness, money that will not last, or the reversal of one's condition from harsh to amiable. A fat woman in a dream represents a prosperous year. Seeing an unknown woman in a dream has better connotations than seeing a woman one knows. A young woman in a dream represents an enemy. An old woman in a dream represents the world. If one sees his wife looking like a man in a dream, she then represents his grandfather, or she could represent prosperity for that family.lfone sees his wife carrying him in a dream, it means that he may fall sick, or perhaps that he may become rich. Seeing a female of unknown species in a dream means loss of money. If one sees his wife getting married to someone else in a dream, it means that he may deviate from God's path, then repent for his sin. A woman in a dream also represents wealth, the world, a farm, pleasures or authority, for a wife governs the needs of her husband and con troIs his life in one way or another. If a woman sees her crown stolen in a dream, it means the death of her husband. If a woman sees her head shaved in a dream, it means divorce, or it could mean the death of her husband. (Also see Belt; Crown; Glass bottle; Glass; Gray hair; Ribs; Silver; Vat; Women)

More dreams about woman

11 related dreams from the classical books, each cited to its scholar.

  • A Crown Seen by a Woman

    Ibn Sirin: If a woman sees a crown in her dream, it symbolises her husband. If she is unmarried, she will soon marry a very dignified, respectable and influential man.

  • A Woman Mounting an Ox

    Ibn Sirin: If a woman sees herselt as mounting an ox it means she will marry a man if she is unmarried. But if she is married her husband will obey her and she will take advantage of his good nature.

  • An Old Woman

    Ibn Sirin: If unknown, she symbolises the current year. If she is beautiful, the year will bring good fortune. If ugly, the year will prove a disaster.

  • Buying a Slave Woman

    al-Qafsi: This is indicative of trade. If he dreams that shedies, he will get nothing but grief from his trade.

  • Marrying a Dead Woman

    Ibn Sirin: He will succeed in acquiring his pursuit regarding which he has lost all hopes.

  • Marrying a woman

    al-Jibali: marrying the same, or a comparable woman; attaining honor and status proportional to her beauty.

  • Old woman

    Ibn Sirin: In a dream, an old woman represents the ending of one's life in this world, sorrows, the hereafter, wine, or bearing children after having lost hope in one's fertility.

  • Older unknown woman

    al-Jibali: one’s coming year. Its fortune and well­ being, would correspond to the old woman’s level of fairness, health, etc.

  • Pregnancy of a Woman and Divorceat a Time that is Not Appropriate

    al-Qafsi: This is indicative of marriage for one who is single; it is alsoindicative of pregnancy and of a child for the one who is pregnant.

  • Unknown woman

    al-Jibali: fitnah and temptation (for a man)

  • Young woman

    Ibn Sirin: A young girl in a dream represents an enemy however she may look. Seeing a well dressed and pleasingly adorned young woman in a dream means hearing pleasing news coming from an unexpected person.

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