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Gambling 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

It is, in a dream, a false and vain matter.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 277

And whoever overcomes a person and beats him at gambling, then he will overcome him in waking life.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 277

And gambling is quarrelling and dispute.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 277

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

As for gambling, the winner and the loser in it are like [in the case of] chess.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 195

Al-Kirmani said: Gambling is quarrelling, dispute, and toil.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 195

Ja'far al-Sadiq said: The vision of gambling is interpreted in four ways for whoever plays at it: occupation with falsehood and sin, people's blame, war and dispute, and a wound from a knife.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 195

Some interpreters said: Whoever sees that he avoided playing it, then it indicates that he is turning toward righteousness and good, because of His saying, exalted be He: "O you who believe, wine and gambling are but..." — the verse.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 195

And whoever sees that he is playing at it, and he had intended to do something, such as a journey or otherwise, and he supposes there is good benefit in it, then let him avoid it, because of His saying, exalted be He: "They ask you about wine and gambling. Say: in them is great sin, and [some] benefits for people, but their sin is greater than their benefit" — and by al-maysir He meant gambling.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 195

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

And the gambler will prevail over his companion and over everything he gambles with; likewise, if his companion gambles with him, he will attain what he sought. But the basis of all of this is unlawful and corrupt.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 616–619

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