Bones in a dream: meaning in Ibn Sirin, al-Nabulsi and Ibn Shahin

63 passages from 3 sources, quoted as written, every one linked to its page.

Ibn Shahin al-Zahiri, al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat

As for bones, they are the wealth of the man from which he derives his livelihood, and slaves and beasts. So whatever he sees in that of adornment or blemish is interpreted with respect to them.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 60

(Ibn Sirin said: the bone) is wealth and livelihood. So whoever obtains something of it — if there is upon it what covers it, then it is an increase in that.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 60

(Al-Kirmani said): (Whoever sees) that he bound up a broken bone, then it is the attainment of splendour and strength. As for crushing a bone, there is disagreement about it: some of them said it is praiseworthy, and some of them said otherwise.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 60

(Al-Salimi said): Bones are interpreted in four ways: religion, wealth, greatness, and splendour.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 60

And some of them said: all bones, whether they belong to a human or to beasts, are wealth.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 60

(Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said): The dream of all bones — if they belong to a dead human, then it indicates following a sunnah or the obtaining of wealth from some quarter; and if he is known, it indicates gaining from his wealth; and if he is unknown, then it is the obtaining of wealth and benefit. And if the bone belongs to an animal, then if it is one whose flesh is eaten, it is the obtaining of lawful wealth, and if it is one whose flesh is not eaten, then it is the obtaining of unlawful wealth.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 60

attributed to Ibn Sirin, Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam

Bones of any animal are the mainstay of what their right hands possess.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 224–227

As for a person's bones, they indicate his wealth by which he subsists and upon which he depends, such as beasts of burden, slaves, cattle, camels, sheep, dwellings, trees, and everything with which he occupies himself.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 791–794

The marrow of the bone is his stored wealth, and the neck of the slave, the beast, and the house; and the marrow may indicate buried wealth.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 791–794

It may also indicate life, so whoever among the sick has it stripped from him will die; and it may indicate the child and the child's child.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 791–794

The bones may indicate, for one who has no wealth, religion and the obligatory duties by which he subsists and upon which he depends, and these are the weightiest of his affairs in his view, or the soundness of his deeds in secret.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 791–794

So whoever's bones grow strong and increase in soundness, that which they indicate becomes good for him, in proportion to the increase in his dream.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 791–794

Kinds and conditions of Bones

bone-setter own page

Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam

He in the dream is the one who sets bones and joins them together within the body. Seeing him in a dream indicates a king possessed of crafts, who joins together rights by means of rulings in uprightness, and who joins the scales by balancing them.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 338–339

The bone-setter: seeing him indicates self-magnification, tyrannical power, and boldness, because he sets the fracture, cuts away what is not sound, and mends what has been broken. And seeing him indicates worries and distresses.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 338–339

animal bone

Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam

It in a dream is wealth from the one to whom that bone is attributed, and it indicates clothing for whoever sees it. The Exalted said: "then We clothed the bones with flesh."

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 236

The bone also indicates the mainstay of wealth, and bones indicate momentous matters.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 236

ankle bone / heel bone

Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam

It is in a dream a gambler's child, and it is said.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 290

(Whoever sees) that his ankle bone is broken will die, or grief, calamity, affliction, hardship, or tribulation will befall him.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 290

bone marrow

Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam

In a dream it signifies buried treasures and inherited stores of wealth.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 335

(And whoever sees) his bone as marrow, it indicates wealth that he hoards up.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 335

bones of the dead

Ibn Shahin al-Zahiri, al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat

Whoever sees that he is scattering the bones of the dead, then he will expend his wealth in what is not to his benefit.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 100

And if he sees that he is gathering them, then it is the obtaining of wealth and benefit.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 100

tree grafted onto a bone/stock

Ibn Shahin al-Zahiri, al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat

As for the tree grafted onto a bone/stock, it is a man from whom people at one time receive bitter speech and at another time sweet speech, and he does not remain in a single state.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 130–131

digging up the Prophet's bones

Ibn Shahin al-Zahiri, al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat

A rare case: A man came to Ibn Sirin and said, "I saw that I was digging up the bones of the Prophet (peace be upon him)." He said to him: You are reviving his Sunnah.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 264–265

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