Fetter 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 steadfastness in religion, and it may indicate one's dependents, or the debt binding upon him, or being kept from travel, or illness.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 275

The fetter indicates kindness on the part of whoever fettered him in the dream.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 275

A fetter of silver is the firmness of the matter of marriage.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 275

If it is of yellow brass, then it is steadfastness in a disliked matter.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 275

If it is of lead, then it is steadfastness in a matter containing frailty and weakness.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 275

If it is of rope, then it is steadfastness in religion.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 275

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

And if you wish to understand the weighing of the words of a dream, as to whether its weight is heavy or light, then take as evidence a case that has reached me concerning Ibn Sirin: that a woman asked him, saying that she had seen in her sleep a man fettered and shackled with an iron collar. He said to her: This cannot be, because the fetter is steadfastness in religion and faith, while the collar is treachery and unbelief, and the believer cannot be an unbeliever.

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

Kinds and conditions of Fetter

fetters / leg-irons

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

(Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said): The fetter, in interpretation, is the steadfastness of the dreamer in a matter he is engaged in, whether of good or evil.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 84

And it is said: if the fetter is made of rope, then it is steadfastness in the matter of religion, according to His saying, may He be exalted: "And hold fast, all together, to the rope of Allah."

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 84

fetters/shackles own page

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

As for the fetter: the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, "I love the fetter and I dislike the shackle." The fetter is steadfastness in religion.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 292–295

If it is of silver, then it is steadfastness in the matter of marriage.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 292–295

fetter (shackle on the legs)

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

And he used to dislike the iron collar in sleep, while the fetter pleased them. And it is said: the fetter is steadfastness in religion.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7391–7393

The apparent generality of the report is that it is interpreted as steadfastness in religion in all its aspects.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7391–7393

fetter (leg shackle)

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

And they used to like the fetter, and he said: The fetter is steadfastness in religion.)

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7394–7395

Ibn al-'Arabi said: They only liked the fetter because the Prophet (peace be upon him) mentioned it among the praiseworthy category, for he said: "Faith is a fetter against treacherous killing."

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7394–7395

fetters (leg shackles)

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

And the fetter that is most liked in sleep is one of iron.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, p. 7397

I saw Ibn Sirin fettered in a dream. This suggests that Ibn Sirin used to rely, in the interpretation of the fetter, on what is in the report, so he himself was given that, and so it was.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, p. 7397

shackles / fetters

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

And whoever sees that he is coupled with another man in a shackle, it indicates the committing of a grave sin from which he fears the vengeance of the sultan, according to His saying, exalted is He: "And you will see the criminals on that Day bound together in fetters."

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 295–297

And it is said that the shackle in origin is old age and poverty.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 295–297

fetter / leg-iron

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

And the fetter pleases me, for the fetter is steadfastness in religion.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7395–7397

I like the fetter in a dream and I dislike the shackle; the fetter in a dream is steadfastness in religion.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7395–7397

shackling (fetters)

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

(Whoever sees) in a dream that he has been shackled, his vision indicates, in the case of wicked people, their being bound and imprisoned, because shackles are for binding the two legs.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 298

As for the rest of people, it indicates being away from home or travel, because shackles alter one's gait.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 298

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