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

25 passages from 4 sources, quoted as written, every one linked to its page.

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

FIghting with his friends, or strangers, is not good: the sieke shall be in danger of raving and losse of sense:

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Third Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

to fight with great personages, as Kings, Princes, and Magistrates, is very bad:

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Third Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

Kinds and conditions of Fighting

war and fighting

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

They are of three kinds: the first is between kings, the second is between the king and the subjects, and the third is among the subjects only. So whoever sees war between kings, then it indicates civil strife or a plague.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 81

(And whoever sees) that the war is between the king and his subjects, then it indicates low prices.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 81

fighting/brawling own page

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

(And Jabir al-Maghribi said): Brawling is a kind of fighting, and its ruling is the same as its ruling regarding victory and prevailing, and he added nothing beyond that.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 86

(And al-Kirmani said): Brawling has a ruling of its own, because it may be with the tongue, or by deed, or by both, whereas fighting occurs only at the time of war, and the word "fighting" cannot be applied to brawling with the tongue. So whoever sees that he brawled with a person, and wronged him and slandered him, then the one wronged will prevail over the wrongdoer, so long as his wrongdoing left no visible mark, as has been mentioned previously.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 86

fighting / combat

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

FOr to combat with any one is ill to all men, for besides shame, he shall have hurt.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The first Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

Notwithstanding it is good for such as live by bloud shed. As Chirurgeons, Butchers, and Cookes.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The first Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

sun and moon fighting

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

A rare anecdote: 'Umar appointed a man as a judge in Syria, and one day he set out from Mecca, and he saw as though the sun and the moon were fighting one another, and the stars, some of them were with the sun and some of them with the moon, and that he himself had become a star. So he returned to relate his dream to the Imam 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him. When he came before him, he said to him: "Why have you turned back from your road?" He said: "I saw a dream, and I returned to relate it to the Commander of the Faithful." So the Imam 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said to him: "When you saw that you were a star, did you see yourself with the sun or with the moon?" He said: "With the moon." He said: "Then be off, and never do any work for me." When he had gone out from his presence, the Imam 'Umar said to his companions: "If his dream is true, he will go forth with those who will not have victory over us." And when the battle of Siffin came, the man was killed with the people of Syria.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 262–263

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

(And it is related) that Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah's favour be upon him, dispatched a judge to Syria. He set out, then returned from the road, and Umar said to him: "What turned you back?" He said: "I saw in a dream as though the sun and the moon were fighting each other, and as though some of the stars were with the sun and some of them with the moon." Umar said: "With which of the two were you?" He said: "With the moon." He said: "Be off; you shall never do any work for me." Then he recited: "So We effaced the sign of the night and made the sign of the day to give light." And when the day of Siffin came, the man was killed with the people of Syria. And it has reached me that the man was Jabir ibn Sa'id al-Ta'i.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 19–23

fighting the rebels/transgressors

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

In a dream it indicates victory for the religion, or for the fathers and mothers, and protective jealousy over the wife.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 284

And if a person becomes one of the party of the rebels/transgressors, it is feared for him that he will apostatize from Islam, or oppose the religion, or cast off allegiance to the one whose obedience is obligatory upon him, or abandon prayer.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 284

fighting cocks

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

Cocks which fight are also noise, and trouble.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Third Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

two dogs fighting

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

A rare anecdote: It is related that a man came to Ibn Sirin and said, "I have doubts about my wife on account of two men, and last night I saw two dogs fighting over her private parts, then they bit her and wounded her." Ibn Sirin looked at his face and saw him terrified and changed in colour, so he said, "Accept the interpretation of your dream and do not be alarmed, for your wife found nothing with which to pluck her hair, so she used a pair of scissors, and it wounded her, and its mark is upon her now." So the man went off hastily and examined her, and found her just as he had said. He asked her about it, and she informed him of the matter exactly as described.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 261–262

camels fighting horses

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

A rare case. The narrator also said: I saw that camels were fighting with horses and I was between them, so I climbed onto a raised bench, and behold, many people came bringing 'dirīs', which is dried clover, and they placed it before me in a heap. I interpreted that according to what appeared to me: that the camels are a weak people, and the horses are a people of war and great might, and that they are two armies fighting one another; and the climbing of the bench signifies safety and elevation to office; and the placing of the dried clover before me signifies spoils to the measure of that clover. Then in Dhu al-Qa'dah of the year forty-two there occurred likewise the affair of Taghrī and Ramash, the deputy of Aleppo, and it was near the city of Hama, and with him were some of the weak Turkmen, against the noble victorious army; and victory over him was obtained, and safety for the seer, and his elevation to his office, and the obtaining of spoils from many spoils. So the dream was as he interpreted it.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 265–266

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