Cat 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

In a dream it is a servant, and it is said: a thief from the people of the household.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 173–174

In a dream it indicates the written record (kitāb), because of His words, exalted be He: "Hasten for us our share [qiṭṭanā] before the Day of Reckoning."

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 282

In a dream it is a servant who guards the person.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 364

And it is said the female of it is an evil, deceitful woman.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 173–174

And the cat may indicate harshness toward the wife and children, quarrelling, theft, fornication, breach of faith, eavesdropping, winking, and slander.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 282

If it snatches something from him, he will incur a fine, or he will be afflicted with a family or children who are thieves, or with a debtor who deals with him and withholds his money.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 364

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

As for the cat, it is interpreted in several aspects: distress, quarrel, and sorrow.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 210–211

Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said: The cat is disputed in its interpretation. Some say it is a guarding servant; some say it is a thief from among the people of the house; and some say the female cat is a deceitful woman.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 210–211

Al-Kirmani said: Whoever sees that he has killed a female cat, then he will prevail over the thief. Its flesh is interpreted in two aspects: a thief's wealth, and wealth from what the thief has stolen.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 210–211

And whoever sees that he contended with a cat until it scratched him or seized him, then it is interpreted as being afflicted with a long illness from which he then recovers, or

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 210–211

And whoever sees that he scratched a cat and then came to and became sound, then the thief will grow strong.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 210–211

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

(Al-sinnawr) — it is the hirr, that is, the cat. There is disagreement about its interpretation: it is said to be a servant who guards; and it is said to be a thief from among the household; and it is said that the female of it is an evil woman, deceitful and clamorous. It is ascribed to everyone who circles about a man and guards him, and filches from him and steals from him, or harms him and benefits him.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 381–384

So if it bites him or scratches him, one who serves him will betray him, or it may be an illness that befalls him. And Ibn Sirin used to say: it is an illness lasting a year.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 381–384

And if the cat is wild, then it is more severe. So if it is a calm female cat, then it is a year in which there is ease for him and joy; and if it is wild and much given to harm, then it is a wretched year in which he will have toil and hardship.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 381–384

(And it is related) that a woman came to Ibn Sirin and said: I saw a cat put its head into my husband's belly and take something out of it and eat it. He said to her: If your dream is true, then tonight a black thief will enter your husband's shop and steal from it three hundred and sixteen dirhams. And the matter turned out exactly as he had said. There was in their neighbourhood a black bath-keeper, so they seized him and demanded the stolen goods from him, and they recovered them from him. It was said to Ibn Sirin: How did you know that, and from where did you deduce it? He said: The cat is a thief, and the belly is the strongroom, and the cat's eating from it is theft. As for the amount of money, I extracted it only from the arithmetic of the letters (hisab al-jummal): for the sin is sixty, the nun is fifty, the waw is six, and the ra' is two hundred — and this is the sum of 'al-sinnawr'.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 381–384

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

the Cat signifies the Adulterer or Harlot.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Third Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

Kinds and conditions of Cat

cat fur

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

There is no good in seeing the fur of cats and the like among animals, apart from what we have mentioned.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 160

mewing of a cat

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

The mewing of a cat is a defamation coming from a thieving servant.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 195–196

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