Shade in a dream: meaning in al-Nabulsi, Ibn Shahin and the hadith

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

In a dream, in summer it is rest and benefit, and a man of high standing under whose shade one takes shelter.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 232

And in winter it indicates worry, misery, and heretical innovation which he resorts to, or to its people.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 232

And shade indicates the ruler, because he is the shade of Allah on earth, as has come in the hadith; and the shade is the scholar who worships, abstains from the world, and guards himself.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 232

(And whoever sees) that he took shelter in shade to rest from the heat, then he will escape from worry and attain provision.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 232

And a woman's shade is her husband; and as for the woman who has no husband, if she takes shelter in shade, then a man of might and wealth will marry her.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 232

(And whoever sees) that he felt the heat of the sun and took shelter in shade, then he will find rest from a worry.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 232

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

Shade is interpreted as a gift, dignity, and elevation. The shade of a mountain is interpreted as elevation and standing from the sultan, and likewise the shade of palaces. The shade of a wall is elevation from someone of great rank.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 252–253

The shade of a tree is rest and ease from a man to whom one may resort for refuge.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 252–253

Al-Kirmani said: Whoever sees that he is in a ruined place, sitting in shade, then it indicates the nearness of his death, because of the words of the Most High: "Have you not seen how your Lord has spread the shade" — the verse.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 252–253

The shade of a pavilion is interpreted, for the one who sits in it, as obtaining a benefit from a king.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 252–253

Kinds and conditions of Shade

Spoils of war (fay') / shade

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

It, in a dream, indicates spoils in wealth whose coming and going are swift.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 268

Allah the Exalted said: "Whatever Allah has bestowed upon His Messenger from the people of the towns belongs to Allah and to the Messenger" — the verse. And discussion of shade (al-zill) has already been given under the letter zā' with the dot.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 268

men sleeping under the shade of trees

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

Then we set off, and there we were beside men sleeping under the shade of trees. I said: "Who are these?" He said: "These are the dead of the Muslims,"

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7432–7433

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