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

71 passages from 4 sources, quoted as written, every one linked to its page.

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

It is the covering of a person and what he leaves behind of his wealth in his death and his life.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 64

(And whoever sees) in a dream as though he is flaying his skin from his body as a sheep is flayed, then it indicates his death if he is sick, and if he is healthy he will become poor and be disgraced.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 64

And fatness in the body and strength is the strength of religion and faith.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 64

(And if he sees) as though his body is the body of a snake, then he will reveal the enmity he conceals.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 64

(And whoever sees) as though he has the fat tail of a ram, then he has a child provided with sustenance from whom he will live.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 64

(And whoever sees) his body to be of iron or of pottery, then he will die.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 64

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

As for the skin, it is adornment, leadership, covering, blessing, livelihood, provision, life, and clothing. So whoever sees in it what adorns or what disfigures, it is interpreted concerning them.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 61

Daniel said: Whoever sees the colour of his skin changed to a colour other than its own, of the kind he would dislike in waking life, then it is worry and grief.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 61

(Ibn Sirin said): Whoever sees his skin has become thick, it is interpreted in three ways: mocking people and paying them no regard, an increase in wealth and a long life, and beauty in dress.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 61

(Al-Kirmani said): All the hides of animals are wealth. So whoever sees a camel's hide, it is wealth by way of inheritance. Whatever is the hide of an animal whose flesh is eaten, it is lawful wealth; and whatever is not eaten, it is unlawful wealth.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 61

(And whoever sees) that he is flaying a hide, then he will remedy neglected matters that have been abandoned, and they will come to order and soundness, and he will be a reconciler among people. And Allah knows best.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 61

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

As for human skin, it indicates everyone by whom one is shielded and fortified against evils, such as the ruler, the child, the husband, the master, the scholar, religion, reward, armour, the dwelling, the house, wealth, the blessing of Allah, and His protective covering.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 791–794

So whoever is afflicted in it by something, that reverts upon the one whom it indicates.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 791–794

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

A man dreamt he cast his skin, and renewed it as a serpent, and the day after he died; for the soul which must leave the body, represents such like visions to it in a dream.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Fifth Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

Kinds and conditions of Skin

skin and complexion

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

(The master Abu Sa'id, may Allah have mercy on him, said) A person's complexion and skin are his covering, and blackness of the complexion in interpretation is mastery in the abandonment of religion.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 135–138

So whoever sees that his face has turned black while he is wearing white clothes, his dream indicates that a daughter will be born to him, because of Allah's saying: "And when one of them is given news of a female, his face becomes darkened," the verse.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 135–138

skin/hide own page

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

The hide of beasts is interpreted as good and benefit, according to the measure of the animal to which that hide is ascribed; and hides are interpreted in several aspects.

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

Daniel said: the skin of a human being is interpreted as adornment and leadership.

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

skin bag

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

(The skin bag) is a base man, and obtaining a skin bag of honey is obtaining spoils from a base man, and likewise clarified butter.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 700–705

And obtaining a skin bag of naphtha is obtaining unlawful wealth from an evil man.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 700–705

skin of a flayed lamb

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

And eating the skin of a flayed lamb is consuming the property of an orphan.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 227–230

butter/honey skin

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

(The nihy) — the skin bag for butter and honey — for it is a learned, ascetic man.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 700–705

milk skin

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

(The milk skin) is a man through whose hands lawful wealth passes, which he spends on works of piety.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 700–705

Vitiligo (bahaq, white skin patches)

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

Whoever sees in his dream that vitiligo (bahaq) and blotchy freckling (kalaf) have afflicted him, then that signifies wicked secrets.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 38

Skin-bag for butter or honey (nahy)

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

It is the skin-bag for clarified butter and honey, and in a dream it is a man who possesses knowledge and much asceticism, who teaches it to the people but does not act upon it.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 353

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