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

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

Its mention has already been given along with selling in the chapter of the letter Ba.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 196

(And whoever sees) in a dream that he bought a slave girl, then he will engage in trade.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 196

And if he sees that she died, then he will gain nothing from his trade but grief and hardship.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 196

And buying in a dream is selling.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 196

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

TO dreame to buy all sorts of things which one useth, is good:

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Fourth Booke of Artimedorus.

to buy that which is only for victuall and relief, is good for the poore,

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Fourth Booke of Artimedorus.

but to the rich and wealthy, it signifies expences and great charge.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Fourth Booke of Artimedorus.

Kinds and conditions of Buying

buying and selling

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

The seller and the buyer are at variance. So whoever sees that he is selling something or buying it, then he is constrained and in need, because a person does not sell except at the time of his constraint; so when he is constrained he sells it and buys something. And constraint drives a person to stratagems.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 318–322

And whoever sees that he sold something of a liked kind, then confusion and turmoil will occur, by which he hopes for victory and deliverance from destruction.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 318–322

buying a slave boy or slave girl

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

Whoever sees as though he bought a slave boy, distress will befall him.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 130–133

And whoever buys a slave girl will attain good.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 130–133

selling and buying

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

Selling and buying are interpreted in several ways. Among them are those who regarded both as disliked; and among them are those who said that selling is better than buying; and among them are those who said that selling a thing whose kind is disliked is praiseworthy, and the contrary of that is its opposite.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 252–253

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