Merchant 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 is sitting in a shop with merchandise around him, wearing the garb of merchants, trading, commanding and forbidding, then that is leadership for him in his trade.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 51

And if the merchant is not among the great merchants, and he sees in his hand something of the merchants' tools, such as the scales and seed-grain, then he will be safe from poverty.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 51

And seeing merchants in a dream indicates profits, benefits, high offices, journeys, and learning of strange news.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 51

And perhaps seeing them indicates neglect of much of what Allah has made obligatory upon them, such as the Hajj, jihad, fasting, and the Friday prayer.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 51

And if the woman becomes a merchant in a shop in the dream, or the women become merchants in the shops, then consider the markets in which they were sitting.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 51

If they are in the weapons market, it indicates the movement of the enemy and his seizing the lands of Islam.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 51

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

The merchant is interpreted as a great man of consequence for the people, and perhaps the merchant is a man of anxieties and innovations, because he sells the people his goods for gold.)

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 247

Whoever sees a merchant bartering one kind of goods for another kind, then it is good and benefit, and some of the interpreters have said this.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 247

And perhaps the merchant and his selling indicate the obtaining of something lawful, according to His saying, exalted be He: "And Allah has permitted trade and forbidden usury."

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 247

Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said: the merchant is interpreted as a man holding an office. If he wears the garb of merchants and sees in his hand what is suitable to that, then it is the attainment of leadership, good and benefit, and perhaps he will be safe from poverty.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 247

Whoever sees that he is selling the people something that is clothing, then he guides them to what is right, so long as he does not take the price. If he takes dirhams, that is more fitting than dinars, and it has already been mentioned that dinars are distress.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 247

Ja'far al-Sadiq said: the dream of merchants, or of one who is a merchant, is interpreted as the obtaining of the adornment of this world.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 247

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

The merchant: if a man sees that he is seated in a shop with merchants' goods around him, wearing the attire of merchants, trading and commanding and forbidding, then that is leadership in his trade.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 304–307

And if the merchant is not among the great merchants, and he sees in his hand something of the merchants' implements — a balance, or a ledger, or the counterweight of a steelyard, or an inkwell, or a pen — then he will be safe from poverty.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 304–307

Kinds and conditions of Merchant

cloth merchant (draper)

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

He in a dream is a man of great consequence who has among the people good deeds and much beneficence; he guides them to right conduct in the matter of religion and worldly life. And what is ascribed to him in interpretation is so long as he does not take for the garment he sells a substitute for its price in dirhams and dinars.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 40

But if he takes the price in dirhams, then that work and beneficence is done for show, and he speaks in a way that causes his reward to be lost.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 40

wheat merchant

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

The wheat merchant is a king to whom kings submit, or a merchant who presides over the merchants, or a craftsman whom the hired workers obey.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 297–300

So whoever sees as though he bought wheat from a wheat merchant, then he is seeking a governorship from a ruler.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 297–300

Timber merchant / wood seller

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

He is, in the dream, the chief of the hypocrites.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 102

And as for the timber merchant, seeing him indicates building and construction.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 102

cloth merchant

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

The cloth merchant is a man who does good and guides people to right conduct in the matter of livelihood and the hereafter, so long as he does not take a price for it.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 301–304

But if he takes a price for it in dirhams, it indicates that he performs his good deeds for show; and if he takes its price in dinars, it indicates idle talk and gossip and a financial penalty.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 301–304

silk merchant

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

Seeing him in a dream indicates joys, because of the gladdening colours he has.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 89

And perhaps seeing him indicates the man learned in difficult matters, who relieves sorrows and distresses and unties knots.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 89

gold merchant / gold-thread seller

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

He is the seller of spun gold; the vision of either of them indicates joys and delights.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 125

And it may indicate one who mixes truth with falsehood.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 125

wool merchant

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

Seeing him in a dream indicates profits and benefits in the winter season,

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 214

and it indicates worries and troubles in the summer season.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 214

timber merchant

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

The timber merchant will become a leader over the people of hypocrisy.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 297–300

flour merchant

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

Seeing him in a dream indicates present provision, and the declaration of the truth and its manifestation, and rest after toil.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 121

Cotton merchant

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

In a dream he is a man of wealth and toil.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 280

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