Fasting 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 indicates a vow, and a vow indicates fasting.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 208–209

(Whoever sees) that he was fasting and then broke his fast, then he will fall ill or travel.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 208–209

And it is said: whoever breaks his fast in a dream, then he will backbite one of the Muslims.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 208–209

(Whoever sees) that he broke his fast out of forgetfulness will be granted good provision.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 208–209

(Whoever sees) that he fasted will attain honour and repentance, or he will expiate an oath, or he will perform Hajj.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 208–209

(Whoever sees) that he is fasting will be granted a male child.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 208–209

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

(And whoever sees) that he is fasting, then he is sound in religion and speaks little of what does not concern him.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 35

(And whoever sees) that he does what is not permitted for a fasting person, then that is a deficiency in his religion.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 35

(And whoever sees) that he is fasting and then breaks his fast at its proper time, he attains in his religion and his worldly life good and ample provision, and grief and fear depart from him.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 35

(And whoever sees) that he broke his fast outside its proper time, then he backbites people or lies; and perhaps it indicates illness or travel, on account of the saying of the Exalted: "So whoever among you witnesses the month, let him fast it, and whoever is ill or on a journey" — the verse.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 35

And Ja'far al-Sadiq said: The vision of fasting has ten aspects: power, leadership, health, rank, repentance, victory, increase of blessing, Hajj, honour, and a child.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 35

(And whoever sees) that he broke his fast deliberately, then he will suffer hardship in his travel and an affliction will befall him.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 35

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

(The master Abu Sa'id, may Allah be pleased with him, said) The interpreters differed in their interpretation of fasting. Some of them said: whoever sees that he is in the month of fasting, his dream indicates high prices and scarcity of food.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 96–98

And some of them said that this dream indicates the soundness of the religion of the one who had the dream, and deliverance from sorrows, and recovery from illnesses, and the settling of debts.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 96–98

If he sees as though he fasted the month of Ramadan until he broke the fast, then if he is in doubt, clarification will come to him, because of His saying, exalted be He, "a guidance for mankind and clear proofs." And if the one who had the dream is illiterate, he will memorise the Quran.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 96–98

If he sees that he broke the fast of the month of Ramadan deliberately, in denial, then he will make light of some of the religious laws.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 96–98

If he sees as though he affirmed the reality of fasting and desired to make it up, then it is provision that comes to him swiftly from where he does not reckon.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 96–98

And some of them said that whoever sees as though he is breaking the fast in the month of Ramadan, then he will attain the primordial nature (al-fitrah).

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 96–98

Freud and Jung, a separate view

and _fasting_ is connected with the mourning dress.

Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams / On Dreams / Dream Psychology, The Interpretation of Dreams, ch. VI The Dream-Work

Kinds and conditions of Fasting

fasting and being bridled

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

And whoever sees that he is fasting, or bridled with a bridle, then he has restrained himself from sins. The poet said: "Indeed the one who is safe is he who ... has bridled his mouth with a bridle."

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 756–759

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