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Handkerchief 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 gentleness, or the wife, or the child, especially if it is embroidered, for then it indicates one of refined meanings and abundant merit.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 333

Because one shields oneself with it from heat and cold, and one wraps it as a turban, and binds the waist with it, or carries things in it and ties it up, and then prays upon it; and it is safety, and a sign of taking and giving.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 333

And it is carried on the shoulder, and dust is brushed off the face and clothes with it. The handkerchief is a servant, and whatever is seen in it of newness or age or beauty or coarseness, the interpretation of that applies to the servant.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 333

(And whoever sees) that he is knotting a handkerchief from the handkerchiefs of the dyers, then he will marry an adulterous woman, or she will reform.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 333

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

As for the handkerchief: if it is of cotton or linen, then it is the obtaining of benefit from a pure man; and if it is of silk or floss-silk, then it is the obtaining of benefit from a man who is not upright.

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

Whoever sees that his handkerchief is lost, then it indicates the loss of a small thing of his wealth.

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

Ja'far al-Sadiq said: the handkerchief is interpreted in three ways: benefit, a slave-girl and a daughter, and a small gift.

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

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

The handkerchief is a servant, and whatever is seen in it of newness, freshness, beauty, or purity is [likewise] in the servant.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 247–250

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