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

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

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

"And I saw in it cattle, and Allah is good" — and behold, they were the believers on the day of Uhud, and behold, the good was what Allah brought of good and the reward of truthfulness which Allah granted us after the day of Badr.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7408–7410

"I saw as though I were in an impregnable coat of mail, and I saw cattle being slaughtered. So I interpreted the impregnable coat of mail as Medina, and that the cattle are cattle, and Allah is good."

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7408–7410

And there was mentioned there the statement of al-Suhayli that cattle are interpreted as armed men butting one another in battle.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7408–7410

Among them is that a single cow is interpreted as the wife, the woman, the servant, and the land.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7408–7410

And the bull is interpreted as the insurgent (al-tha'ir), because it stirs up the earth and moves its upper part and its lower part; so likewise is he who rises up in a region seeking kingship or something else.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7408–7410

And among them is that when cattle arrive at a town: if it is a coastal town, they are interpreted as ships; otherwise as an army, or as bedouin folk, or as a drought that befalls that town.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7408–7410

Kinds and conditions of Cattle

cloven hoof (of cattle and the like)

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

In a dream it indicates toil and striving, and the coming together of a woman and her husband, and of a mother and her child.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 232

And the cloven hoof, in its form, is a split hā' [the letter ه].

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 232

wild cattle

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

Wild cattle also signify a woman, and a wild calf signifies a child.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 360–367