Mosque 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

It is in a dream a learned man, and the doors in it are learned men and the guardians of the mosque.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 318–319

(And whoever sees) that he is building a mosque, that indicates good and the Sunnah and maintaining ties with kin, and being appointed to a judgeship if he is fit for that.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 318–319

(And whoever sees) one of the mosques flourishing, well built, congregational, then it is a learned man or a preacher who gathers people around him and unites them in righteousness and good.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 318–319

And if he sees that a mosque has collapsed, then there will die there a leader, a scholar, a man of religion and devotion.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 318–319

And if the roof of the mosque is deficient, then he will perform a deed.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 318–319

And if he sees that an unknown man prayed in the mosque, then if the imam of the mosque is ill, he will die.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 318–319

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

(And whoever sees) that he came to a mosque and found it locked, then his affairs will become difficult for him.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 33

And if he sees that it was opened for him and he entered, then he will assist a man in his religion, deliver him from error, and think well of people.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 33

And whoever sees that he entered any of these, or any of the honoured places mentioned before, while riding, then he will sever ties with his relatives and withhold his support from them.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 33

(And whoever sees) that he died in any of these, then he will die in a state of accepted repentance.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 33

(And whoever sees) that he is a servant in it, then he will serve someone of great standing.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 33

(And whoever sees) that the matting of the mosque has become torn and worn out, then its people have become corrupt after having been righteous.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 33

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

Abd Allah ibn Hamid the jurist informed us, saying: Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Harawi informed us, saying: Abu Shakir Maysara ibn Abd Allah reported to us from Abu Abd Allah al-'Ijli from 'Amr ibn Muhammad from Abd al-Aziz ibn Abi Dawud, who said: There was a man in the desert who had made himself a mosque, and he placed in the middle of it seven stones. Whenever he had completed his prayer he would say: "O stones, I make you witnesses that there is no god but Allah." He said: The man fell ill and died, and his soul was carried up. He said: I saw in my sleep that he said: "I was ordered to the Fire, and I saw that one of those stones had grown huge and blocked off from me one of the gates of Hell."

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 91–95

(Mosques) The mosque indicates the Hereafter, because it is sought therein, just as the dunghill indicates this world. It also indicates the Kaaba, because it is the House of Allah. And it indicates places that gather profit, benefit, reward, and mutual assistance, such as the house of the ruler, the circle of dhikr, the seasonal fair, the frontier lodge, the field of battle, and the market — for it is the market of the Hereafter. Then each mosque indicates something of its own kind in respect of its size, its renown, and its substance.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 543–546

(The master Abu Sa'id said:) Whoever sees in his sleep a mosque, well built and flourishing, then the mosque is a learned man around whom people gather in righteousness, goodness, and the remembrance of Allah the Exalted, because of His words, Mighty and Majestic: "in which the name of Allah is much remembered."

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 91–95

So whoever builds a mosque in a dream: if he is fit for the judiciary, he will attain it; likewise if he is in a position for issuing fatwas. And it may indicate, in the case of a scholar, a beneficial work he composes; in the case of a copyist, a Quran codex he writes; in the case of an unmarried man, marriage and wedlock; and for those who seek wealth and this world, a building he erects whose revenue flows to him and whose benefit endures, such as a bathhouse, an inn, a shop, a bakery, a ship, and the like of that.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 543–546

If he sees as though the mosque has collapsed, then a chief who is a man of religion will die there.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 91–95

This is because of the ongoing reward in the mosque, together with the abundance of gains in congregational prayer, and people's coming to it from every direction and entering it without permission. And whoever, in his waking life, gave preference to this world and its wealth, or gave preference to his Hereafter over his immediate life — the profitable likenesses revert, for him, either to gains and benefits in this world, or to the Hereafter and reward in the life to come, which is what he seeks in his waking life.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 543–546

Kinds and conditions of Mosque

the town's Friday mosque

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

In a dream it signifies the king, since he undertakes the affairs of religion, and the beacon of Islam, and the judge who distinguishes between the lawful and the forbidden, and the market in which people seek profit, each person leaving it with a profit according to his measure and his work.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 69

And it signifies everyone whose obedience is obligatory: a father, a teacher, a tutor, and a scholar.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 69

mosque, school, congregational mosque

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

Section: Whoever sees a congregational mosque, or a school, or a mosque, then it is safety.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 32

(And whoever sees) that he is building it up, he will become a scholar who is taken as a model.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 32

threshold/lintel (saddah) of a house or mosque

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

In a dream it indicates what a person wears and adorns himself with, or the wealth that conceals his condition.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 187

And perhaps the thresholds indicate the winds of blockage (al-suddah) in the belly.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 187

the city's congregational mosque

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

As for the congregational mosque of the city, it indicates its people; its upper parts are its chiefs, its lower parts its common folk, and its pillars are the people of remembrance (dhikr) and of undertaking benefit in the domain of authority, knowledge, worship, and devout piety.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 543–546

Its prayer-niche (mihrab) is the leader (imam) of the people; its pulpit is their ruler or their preacher; and its lamps are the people of knowledge, goodness, jihad, and standing guard at the frontier post.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 543–546

the Sacred Mosque

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

As for the Sacred Mosque, it indicates the Hajj for whoever divests himself of his clothing in it [enters ihram] or gives the call to prayer in it, even if that is not during the days of Hajj, by virtue of its essence and its indication in that, because the Kaaba, toward which the Hajj is made, is within it.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 543–546

And it may indicate the house of the ruler, which is forbidden to whoever seeks it, and in which whoever enters it is safe.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 543–546

the Prophet's dream of entering the Sacred Mosque

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

He said: The Prophet (peace be upon him), while he was at al-Hudaybiyah, saw that he had entered Mecca, he and his companions, with heads shaven. He said: So when he sacrificed the sacrificial animals at al-Hudaybiyah, his companions said: Where is your dream? Then it was revealed, and His saying: "So He ordained, short of that, a near victory" — he said: it is the sacrifice at al-Hudaybiyah; then they returned and conquered Khaybar, that is, what is meant by His saying "that" is the sacrifice, and what is meant by the victory is the conquest of Khaybar. He said: Then he performed 'umrah after that, so the fulfilment of his dream came in the following year.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7348–7350

From Ibn 'Abbas, concerning this verse, he said: the interpretation of the dream of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was in the 'Umrah of Compensation.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7348–7350

demolishing a mosque

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

And whoever sees that he is demolishing a congregational mosque or a mosque, then he strives to spread corruption in Islam and to bring about tribulations.

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

mosque minaret

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

And whoever sees that the minaret of a mosque has collapsed, the people of that mosque will be scattered and will differ in their opinions and in their relations with one another.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 762–765

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