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

20 passages from 5 sources, quoted as written, every one linked to its page.

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

In like sort servants (besides other things which they may signify) represent the bodies of theyr masters,

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Fourth Booke of Artimedorus.

wherefore there was one that dreamt he saw his servant sicke, and was sick himselfe of a feaver, and the body is the servitor of the soule, which séeeth the dream.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Fourth Booke of Artimedorus.

Kinds and conditions of Servant

the retinue and servants of the household

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

Whoever sees one of the holders of religious offices, then it is good, blessing, and bounty.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 40

And if he is one of the holders of chancery (governmental) offices, then it is an increase in provision and the renewal of an affair; and it is said: the undertaking of an important matter.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 40

boy servant

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

The boy servant is interpreted in several ways. Ibn Sirin said: Whoever sees that he has become a boy servant, then he will fall into hardship and will incur harm from that.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 249–250

And whoever sees that he has employed a boy servant, then he will seek the help of someone of this description for his purposes.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 249–250

young servant boy

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

And it is said that the young servant boy is good.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, p. 134

(And it is related) that a woman in Mecca who used to recite the Quran saw as though around the Kaaba there were young servant girls with sweet basil in their hands, wearing garments dyed with safflower, and as though she said, "Glory be to Allah! This is around the Kaaba?" It was said to her, "Do you not know that 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Abi Dawud has married tonight?" So she awoke, and behold, 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Abi Dawud had died.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, p. 134

eunuch servant

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

The eunuch servant is an angel, and he is a bringer of glad tidings.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 269–272

If he sees in his house servants with them trays, then there is a sick person there whose illness has lasted long, or a martyr.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 269–272

servants

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

Among the eunuchs and others in a dream, they are the angels, because the eunuch has had desire stripped away from him.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 96

If he sees in his house servants with them trays of fruit, then if there is there a sick person whose illness has lasted long, or a martyr — the servants are glad tidings.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 96

servant boy

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

His statement: "And al-munsif is the servant boy (al-wasif)" — this is inserted into the report, and it is an explanation from Ibn Sirin, as evidenced by his wording in Muslim's narration: "then a munsif came to me." Ibn 'Awn said: and al-munsif is the servant.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7385–7386

7 more passages on this symbol are in the database and used by the interpreter.