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

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

And the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) used to see dates and interpret them as the sweetness of their religion,

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 26–30

As for dates: it has been related that Umar saw as though he were eating dates, and he mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), who said: "That is the sweetness of faith."

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 234–236

(Ibn Sirin was asked) about a woman who saw that she was sucking a date and giving it to a neighbour of hers, who would suck it. He said: This woman shares with him in some small favour — and indeed she was washing his garment.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 237–238

The kinds of dates are many. Dates, for whoever sees them, indicate rain; and for whoever eats them, a general, pure provision that will come to him.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 234–236

A man came to Ibn Sirin and said: I saw that in my hand was a waterskin containing dates, and I had plunged my head and face into it and was eating from it, saying: How intensely sour it is! Ibn Sirin said: You are a man who has plunged into acquiring wealth right and left, not caring whether it is from what is forbidden or from what is lawful — except that I know it is forbidden. And so it was.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 237–238

It is said that they indicate the recitation of the Quran; and it is said that dates indicate hoarded wealth.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 234–236

Kinds and conditions of Dates

fresh dates

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

In a dream it signifies a governorship over a flourishing district, if it is in its season.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 138

(And whoever sees) that he is eating fresh dates out of their season will fall ill.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 138

khabis (date-and-butter sweet)

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

As for khabis (a sweet of dates and butter) and what resembles it, it is lawful sustenance, and it may perhaps be the kissing of a woman.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 150

The dry sort of it is wealth attended with hardship, and the moist sort of it is disputed about; some have disliked it because of the yellowness in it, and it is said that it indicates illness.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 150

date palm

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

As for date palms, they are noble people, if the vines are in a known place; but if they are in an unknown place, then it is the opposite.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 129

Whoever sees that he climbed a date palm, then he will gain power over a man of noble rank; and if he falls, then what he hopes for will not be completed.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 129

dried dates

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

As for dried dates, they are good provision and knowledge, and sometimes they are an inheritance. And it is said: whoever sees that he obtained dates and ate them, then he will obtain ready wealth from a great man.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 133–134

And whoever sees that he is eating dates together with the pits, then he mixes the lawful with the unlawful; and likewise the rest of its kind. And every fruit that has a stone, and he sees that he is eating the fruit and its stones, its interpretation is the like of that.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 133–134

non-intoxicating date and raisin nabidh

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

In a dream it indicates worry and vexation, and perhaps it indicates straitened living and destitution.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 354

And date nabidh, its interpretation is wealth; so whoever sees that he is drinking date nabidh, then he will gain wealth.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 354

date-palm spathe (spadix/blossom)

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

In a dream it indicates provision and the wife's pregnancy, and if a sick person sees it, it indicates his recovery.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 229

And perhaps the spathe indicates the death of the sick person, or imprisonment, or the storing away of merchandise and hoarding it.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 229

unripe dates

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

As for unripe dates (balah), they are interpreted in several ways. Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said: unripe dates are lawful wealth that does not endure.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 133–134

And it is said: whoever sees that he has cut unripe dates from a palm tree, then he will be granted a child; and if he eats of them, then he will be granted an inheritance from a child.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 133–134

unripe dates (busr)

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

In a dream it indicates the availability of water for one who is in need of it.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 33

And perhaps the red kind of unripe dates indicates the predominance of blood, and the yellow kind the predominance of yellow bile.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 33

unripe dates (balah)

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

In a dream it is provision, or a messenger bringing good news.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 33

(And whoever sees) that he is eating unripe dates, then he will gain lawful wealth.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 33

date seller

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

Seeing him in a dream indicates lawful accumulated earnings, or a scholar learned in the Sunnah.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 51

He is the seller of fresh dates, and it (the fresh date) is the fresh alfalfa — a man who possesses pleasant, agreeable wealth.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 139

Ajwa dates

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

In a dream they are gathered wealth of unknown extent, lawful and wholesome.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 245

And they, along with dates, are a remedy for every ailment, especially the Medinan kind.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 245

palm-tree cluster (bunch of dates)

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

In dreams it is the acquisition of wealth and the gathering together of one's household.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 287

And the date-cluster is one of a man's people and his kinsfolk.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 287

Also in the sources

dates, raisins and entering Paradise · fresh dates of Ibn Tab · date pits

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