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Linen 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 a dream that he has put on a linen shirt, then he will attain a noble, lawful livelihood from which he will store up wealth, because linen makes flesh grow, and flesh is wealth, and linen is a blessing.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 293

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

As for spinning, twisting, and weaving, their interpretation comes in the seventy-fifth chapter.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 236

Ja'far al-Sadiq said: the vision of linen indicates two aspects: lawful wealth and benefit.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 236

Kinds and conditions of Linen

linen (flax)

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

3 - (Section on the vision of linen [flax]) It is interpreted as lawful wealth in the measure of what he saw. In the science of interpretation it is of lower rank than cotton. White linen of pure whiteness is better than yellow, and the long is better than the short.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 235

Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said: Whoever sees that he owns linen, then his livelihood will improve, and the linen may be a lofty occupation. Its cleaned (beaten-out) part is better than its straw.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 235

linen-maker (dealer in linen)

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

Seeing him in a dream indicates humiliation and being afflicted through women.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 293

And perhaps seeing him indicates worries, distresses, and toil.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 293

linen garments

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

As for linen garments, they signify a noble livelihood and lawful wealth from a source whose outcome is praiseworthy. Not one of the interpreters has censured this, whether it be upon men or women, so long as nothing of the disliked kind is mixed with it.

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

linen clothes

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

As for linen clothes: whoever sees that he is wearing a linen shirt will attain a noble livelihood and lawful wealth.

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

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