Brocade in a dream: meaning in Ibn Sirin, al-Nabulsi and the hadith

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

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

In a dream: whoever sees that he possesses garments made of it, then he is a religious, scrupulously pious man, and he will attain leadership or marry a noble, high-born, beautiful woman of standing.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 120

And whoever buys folded brocade, then he will buy a slave girl or come to possess beautiful slave girls.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 120

(And whoever sees) that he wore brocade, then he will marry a virgin Andalusian slave girl.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 120

And brocade, for jurists, indicates their seeking of worldly gain and their calling people to innovation (bid'ah).

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 120

Kinds and conditions of Brocade

silk garments and brocade

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

Whoever sees that he possesses robes of silk or brocade, or wears them, as though it were a crown or a diadem of rubies, then he is a godly, religious man, a warrior in the path of Allah, and along with that he attains leadership.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 257–259

A man came to Ibn Sirin and said: I saw as though I had bought folded brocade, and when I unfolded it there was rot in the middle of it. He said to him: Have you bought an Andalusian slave-girl? He said: Yes. He said: Have you had intercourse with her? He said: No, because I have not yet awaited her period of clearance. He said: Then do not do it, for she has a vaginal obstruction. So the man went off and had the women examine her, and indeed she had a vaginal obstruction.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 257–259

silk and brocade

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation

Here silk may be interpreted as the nobility of religion and of knowledge, because silk is the noblest of the world's garments, and likewise knowledge of religion is the noblest of the sciences.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7388–7389

And the flying of brocade is a power indicating the ability to settle in Paradise wherever he wishes.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7388–7389

brocade and silk

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

As for brocade, silk, and all garments of raw silk, it is not fitting for the jurists to wear them, for that indicates their seeking of the world and their calling women to innovation (bid'ah).

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 254–256

And they are fitting for other than the jurists, for they indicate that such people perform deeds by which they merit Paradise, and along with that they attain leadership. They also indicate marriage to a noble woman, or the purchase of a beautiful slave girl.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 254–256

brocade (istabraq)

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation

I saw in a dream as though in my hand was a piece of silk, and I did not aim with it toward any place in Paradise but that it flew with me to it. So I related it to Hafsah. 7016 - Then Hafsah related it to the Prophet (peace be upon him), and he said: "Indeed your brother is a righteous man," or he said: "Indeed Abdullah is a righteous man."

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7390–7391

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