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

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Freud and Jung, a separate view

The legs in the dream recall an impression of the previous evening. He met a lady at a dancing lesson whom he wished to conquer; he pressed her to him so closely that she once cried out. After he had stopped pressing against her legs, he felt her firm responding pressure against his lower thighs as far as just above his knees, at the place mentioned in the dream.

Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams / On Dreams / Dream Psychology, Dream Psychology, ch. V Sex in Dreams

Feeling and becoming aware of himself in the region of his knees refers to masturbation, and corresponds to his fatigue of the previous day

Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams / On Dreams / Dream Psychology, Dream Psychology, ch. V Sex in Dreams

Kinds and conditions of Legs

fetters / leg-irons

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

(Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said): The fetter, in interpretation, is the steadfastness of the dreamer in a matter he is engaged in, whether of good or evil.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 84

And it is said: if the fetter is made of rope, then it is steadfastness in the matter of religion, according to His saying, may He be exalted: "And hold fast, all together, to the rope of Allah."

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 84

leg (shank)

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

In a dream it is the person's lifespan and the support of his livelihood.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 179

So if he sees that his shank is of iron, then his life will be long.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 179

human leg/foot

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

In a dream, the standing of a man is upon his two legs, and his uprightness is by them. So whatever he sees happening to them, its interpretation concerns his wealth or that by which he stands. The leg is his wealth, his movement in ease and hardship, his chief, and the one he relies upon.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 128–129

If he sees that his legs ascended to the sky and became separated from him, then his father will die.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 128–129

foot/leg own page

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

As for the two legs, they are the two parents, or one's camel, or that upon which a man stands in his place with respect to sustenance, or the riding beasts he mounts, or what he possesses of wealth, or a journey. So whatever he sees in them of adornment or defect, its interpretation applies to those things.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 60

Daniel said: Whoever sees that one of his legs has been cut off or broken, then it indicates the loss of half his wealth or the death of one of his parents.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 60

fetter (shackle on the legs)

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

And he used to dislike the iron collar in sleep, while the fetter pleased them. And it is said: the fetter is steadfastness in religion.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7391–7393

The apparent generality of the report is that it is interpreted as steadfastness in religion in all its aspects.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7391–7393

leg/foot own page

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

The leg is the support of a man, and his wealth and his livelihood upon which he relies.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 174–177

And sometimes the shin is the lifespan of its owner.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 174–177

leg and foot

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

Pain in the leg indicates abundance of wealth.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 208–211

The cutting of the arch of the foot indicates chronic disability.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 208–211

fetter (leg shackle)

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

And they used to like the fetter, and he said: The fetter is steadfastness in religion.)

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7394–7395

Ibn al-'Arabi said: They only liked the fetter because the Prophet (peace be upon him) mentioned it among the praiseworthy category, for he said: "Faith is a fetter against treacherous killing."

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7394–7395

leg wrapping

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

As for the leg wrapping, it is interpreted as protection.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 157–158

And it is said: whoever sees that he has wrapped wrappings around his leg, then he will travel.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 157–158

leg/foot injury

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

Whoever sees that his right leg has become ailing and broken or dislocated, and if there is a wound in it, then his son will fall ill.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 212–215

And if he sees that in his left leg, and he has a daughter, she will be asked for in marriage; and if he has no daughter, a daughter will be born to him.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 212–215

fetters (leg shackles)

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

And the fetter that is most liked in sleep is one of iron.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, p. 7397

I saw Ibn Sirin fettered in a dream. This suggests that Ibn Sirin used to rely, in the interpretation of the fetter, on what is in the report, so he himself was given that, and so it was.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, p. 7397

fetter / leg-iron

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

And the fetter pleases me, for the fetter is steadfastness in religion.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7395–7397

I like the fetter in a dream and I dislike the shackle; the fetter in a dream is steadfastness in religion.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7395–7397

Also in the sources

leg wrappings (hawazin) · leg armor (ran) · lower legs · greaves (leg armor) · falling from a window and breaking the legs · broken leg · hopping on one leg

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