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

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

If he sees that he is praying inside the Kaaba, then he will gain influence with some of the nobles and chiefs, and he will attain safety and good.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 98–101

Whoever sees as though he took something from the Kaaba in a dream, then he will obtain something from the caliph.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 98–101

The Kaaba in a dream is a caliph, or a prince, or a vizier; and the collapse of one of its walls indicates the death of the caliph.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 98–101

Seeing the Kaaba in a dream is glad tidings of good that he has done, or a warning of evil that he has intended.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 98–101

If he sees as though the Kaaba is his house, then he will continue to have servants, authority, high rank, and renown among the people—unless he sees the Kaaba in a poor condition, for in that there is no good.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 98–101

If he sees as though his house is the Kaaba, then the imam will show him favour and honour him.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 98–101

Kinds and conditions of Kaaba

the Kaaba

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

In a dream it is a caliph, or a vizier, or a chief, or a marriage; and perhaps whoever sees it will enter it.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 289

(Whoever sees) the Kaaba, it is a bringer of good news to him of some good he is advancing toward, or that he will turn away from an evil he intends or is preoccupied with.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 289

the Black Stone of the Kaaba

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

In a dream it indicates the Hajj.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 76

(So whoever sees) that he is cutting the Black Stone, then he wishes to gather the people upon his opinion.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 76

circumambulating the Kaaba (tawaf)

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

(As for circumambulating the House) if he is one who serves the sultan and circumambulates about him, he will draw near to him and gain favour with him.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 812–814

And if he is one who serves a scholar and goes about attending to his needs, or is a slave who obeys his master and serves him with sincere counsel, or he has journeyed to his mother — he will greatly increase in dutifulness to her and go about doing good to her — or to his wife, he strives for her sake and exerts himself on her behalf through her righteousness and his love for her.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 812–814

circumambulating the Kaaba

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

The interpreters said: Circumambulation indicates the Hajj, and marriage, and the attainment of a matter sought from the imam (ruler), and dutifulness to one's parents, and serving a scholar, and entering into the affair of the imam.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, p. 7404

And if the one who sees it is a slave, it indicates his sincere good counsel to his master.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, p. 7404

demolishing the Kaaba

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

And whoever sees that he is demolishing the Kaaba, then he will introduce an innovation into Islam.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 109

maidservants in saffron-dyed clothes around the Kaaba

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

A rarity: It is related that a woman in Mecca recited the Quran and then slept, and she saw as though there were maidservants with things in their hands and wearing saffron-dyed garments. She said: "Glory be to Allah! Why are these around the Kaaba?" It was said to her: "Do you not know that tonight is the wedding of Abd al-Aziz Abu Dawud?" She awoke and heard a clamour, and behold, Abd al-Aziz had died.

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

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