Garment 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

Whoever sees in his sleep that he has put on woollen garments, then he will become ascetic and will call people to renounce the world and urge them toward the work of the Hereafter.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 55–56

And every garment ascribed to greenness — its colour benefits and does not harm. So whoever sees that he has put on green: green for the living is religion and worship, and for the dead it is the goodness of his state with Allah the Exalted.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 55–56

And it is said: whoever wears green will be given an inheritance.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 55–56

White garments are good for whoever wears them in a dream; but as for craftsmen, they indicate their much idleness, and the higher the value of the garments, the more they indicate idleness. That is because craftsmen do not wear white garments when they intend to work.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 55–56

(And whoever sees) that he has a black garment on him and he is not accustomed to wearing it, some of what he dislikes will befall him. But for one accustomed to wearing it while awake, it is honour, authority, wealth, and mastery. And whoever wears it without any white, and it is glossy, then he will attain awe and sovereignty.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 55–56

(And whoever sees) that he has red garments on him, then he will obtain much wealth in which a due of Allah the Exalted is obligatory; so let him fear Allah and pay the zakat.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 55–56

Kinds and conditions of Garment

clothing / wearing garments

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

In dreams it is the state of a man in his religion, because of his saying (peace be upon him): "Fear Allah concerning these inner secrets, for no man conceals a secret but that Allah clothes him in its garment—if good, then good; and if evil, then evil."

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 307–308

(And whoever sees) that he has worn a turban on his foot, or a sandal upon his head, calamities will befall him.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 307–308

fur garment

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

In a dream, for whoever wears it in winter, it is good that will come to him and by which he will stop up his poverty, because cold is poverty.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 265

And if it is in summer, then it is good that will come to him amid distress and grief.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 265

jubba (padded outer garment)

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

(As for wearing the jubba) for whoever wears it, buys it, sews it, or lines it: if he was poor he becomes rich, because it repels the cold that signifies poverty.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 804–807

And if it befits him, he attains authority and becomes eminent, and he has an inner circle (lining), and within it are settled wealth — which is the cotton stuffed inside it, like a treasure and the money in the public treasury.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 804–807

colors of garments

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

Black among the colors of garments indicates lordship and wealth, or else evil, illness, sins, and torment.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 765–768

Red indicates, for men, transgression, sins, notoriety, and the surging of blood; and for women, it indicates joy.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 765–768

raw silk (khazz) garments

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

Raw silk (khazz) garments in a dream are abundant wealth.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 104

(And whoever sees) that he is wearing raw silk garments, then he will perform Hajj.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 104

worn-out garments

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

And it is said that seeing worn-out garments is grief.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 160

And if he sees that he has two worn-out, tattered garments and he wears one of them over the other, that indicates his death.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 160

labbajah (quilted garment)

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

As for the labbajah, which is that which is worn quilted, it signifies steadfastness in religion and eminence in affairs, especially if it is green.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 156–157

And if there is in it something of the various kinds of fur, then he will take refuge with a man of lofty rank but little religiosity.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 156–157

silk garments and brocade

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

Whoever sees that he possesses robes of silk or brocade, or wears them, as though it were a crown or a diadem of rubies, then he is a godly, religious man, a warrior in the path of Allah, and along with that he attains leadership.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 257–259

A man came to Ibn Sirin and said: I saw as though I had bought folded brocade, and when I unfolded it there was rot in the middle of it. He said to him: Have you bought an Andalusian slave-girl? He said: Yes. He said: Have you had intercourse with her? He said: No, because I have not yet awaited her period of clearance. He said: Then do not do it, for she has a vaginal obstruction. So the man went off and had the women examine her, and indeed she had a vaginal obstruction.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 257–259

giving a garment to the dead

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

If a living person sees that he lent the dead a garment which he himself was wearing, and he took it off from himself and the dead put it on, then he will fall ill with a slight illness and recover.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 777–780

If he sees that he gifted the dead a garment, or that the dead overcame him for it, and the dead put it on and went off with it, and it left the ownership of the living person, then that is the death of the living person.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 777–780

kanbak (garment)

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

As for the kanbak: if it is white and clean, then it is lawful wealth; and if it is black, then it is not praiseworthy.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 156–157

And whoever sees that he tore it, then it indicates the squandering of his wealth through corruption.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 156–157

unfolding and folding a garment

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

Whoever sees that he is unfolding a folded garment, then it indicates travel.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 158–159

Whoever sees that he is folding an unfolded garment, then it indicates the coming of an absent one from his journey.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 158–159

taking off a fur garment

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

Then it is interpreted as good and benefit; and in the days of summer likewise, but with distress and fatigue.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 161

And whoever sees that he took off a fur garment during the days of winter, there is no good in it; and taking it off during the days of summer, according to most of them, holds no harm for the seer.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 161

Also in the sources

two-faced or two-colored garment · Wrapping oneself in a garment · silk garments · outer garments (tarh) · striped/slanted garment · combed (striped) garments · interwoven (silk-mixed) garments · silk-wool (khazz) garments · linen garments · embroidered Yemeni garment (hibarah) · eating a garment · wearing a forbidden garment · embroidered garments · embroidered markings on a garment · striped garments (musayyara) · plain solid-colored garment · wetness in a garment · eating one's garment · Razbul (a kind of footwear/garment) · Naffa' (kind of garment/covering)

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