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

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

It signifies a trust, a stipulation, dismissal from office, the loss of money for a benefit, deliverance from distress, release from prison, a written document, victory, bodily health, and the divorce of a wife.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 67

(Al-Kirmani said): Whoever sees that he was cupped, then he will be entrusted with a trust, or a document will be written against him, or he will be cured of what ails him; and if he was sick he will recover, because of his saying (peace be upon him): "The healing of my community is in three: a verse from the Book of Allah, or a lick of honey, or a cupper's cup."

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 67

(And whoever sees) that he was cupped and his pavilion was smeared with his blood, then he will die; for when Ma'n ibn Za'idah encamped at the door of a house, he saw in his sleep as though he was cupped and his pavilion was smeared with his blood, and when morning came two black men entered upon him and killed him.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 67

(And Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said): Cupping for a governor is dismissal from office; and it may be, for all people, whether a governor or otherwise, the departure of illness; and it may be the loss of his money for a benefit, or deliverance from distress.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 67

(And whoever sees) that he was cupped while he was in prison, then he will be released; for Zayd ibn al-Muhallab was in the prison of al-Hajjaj and saw that, and he was freed from prison.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 67

And some of the interpreters said: Whoever sees that he performs cupping or is cupped will be given an office, or a document will be written against him, or he will be entrusted with an aid, or he will marry. If the cupper was an old man, he is his good fortune; if he was unknown, that is stronger; if he was of mixed appearance, that is his friend; and if he was a youth, he is his enemy. And if he cupped a king, then he will prevail over him; and if he cupped an old man, his good fortune will rise; and if he cupped a youth, he will prevail over his enemy.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 67

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

Concerning cupping: it is a written deed and a stipulated contract; and concerning a written deed: it is cupping.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 15–19

As for cupping: whoever sees that he performs cupping or has cupping performed on him will be given an authority, or entrusted with a trust, or a contract of stipulation will be written against him, or he will marry — because the neck is the place of the trust.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 215–219

If a stipulation was made, he will marry a slave girl, and she will demand maintenance from him.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 215–219

If the cupper is a known old man, he is his friend; and if he is a youth, he is an enemy to him who will write against him a contract of stipulation or a debt.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 215–219

If he cups a young man, he will triumph over an enemy of his.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 215–219

And they said: cupping is the departure of illness. And they said: the diminishing of wealth.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 215–219

Kinds and conditions of Cupping

cupping (bloodletting)

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

Whoever sees in a dream that he performs cupping or has cupping done to him will be given a governorship, or be entrusted with a trust, or a contract with a condition will be written against him, or he will marry — because the neck is the seat of trust.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 88

If he made an incision (with the scalpel), he will marry a slave girl who will demand of him maintenance and what he cannot bear.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 88

people cupping their hands to take

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

His words: "and I saw the people cupping their hands to take from it" — that is, they take with their palms. In the narration of Ibn Wahb: "with their hands." Al-Khalil said: takaffuf is spreading out one's palm in order to take. And it occurs in al-Tirmidhi's narration by way of Ma'mar as "yastaqun" — with an unpointed sin, a two-dotted letter, and a qaf — that is, they take it into waterskins.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7420–7421

Al-Qurtubi said: It is possible that the meaning of "yatakaffafun" is that they take what suffices them, and this is more fitting with his saying after that: "so some took much and some took little."

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7420–7421

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