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

11 passages from 3 sources, quoted as written, every one linked to its page.

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

In a dream it is a tyrannical king, dreadful to people; and it is also an insolent thief of great might who has neither soldiers nor helper.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 35

The owl indicates idleness in work and the departure of terror and fear.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 35

The owl is a treacherous, scheming person in whom there is no good.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 35

So whoever sees that he is dealing with an owl will deal with such a person, for the sake of people who are with him, and to establish him upon the truth.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 35

(And whoever sees) an owl fall into his house, then it is news that comes to him of a person's death.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 35

The owl indicates thieves between the walls, and those who are scrupulous about their earnings; and it indicates separation and desolation, the ruin of the worker, and obscene speech.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 35

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

As for the owl, it is a thieving, envious, quarrelsome man, and its flesh is wealth from the like of that man, especially for whoever eats it. Its chick is interpreted as the obtaining of a child of its own kind, and servants are likewise.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 214

Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said: the owl is a tyrannical man possessing awe and might, who has no troops.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 214

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

(The owl) is a thief of a man, of great might, who has no troops, possessed of awe; and it is among the transformed creatures.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 392–399

Kinds and conditions of Owl

screech owl (umm quwayq)

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

As for the qubaysah, which is known as umm quwayq (the screech owl), it is interpreted as the imprisonment of one who has no religion, who devours what is forbidden, a man of quarrels; its cry is wailing, and its chick is a child of ill omen, no fit successor.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 214

owl (hama, grave-bird)

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

It is the bird of the graves, and in a dream it indicates, for whoever sees it, a procuress woman or a fornicatress.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 364