Sleeping in a dream: meaning in Ibn Sirin and the hadith

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

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

TO dreame that you sléep or slumber, signifyes impeachment of affaires, and is ill to all, except those which are in doubt or expectation of some danger, for this dream delivers them from paine and care:

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

but to dream that you wake againe, importeth action and operations.

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

To sléepe in the Church to the sicke is health, to the sound man, si ••• esse, or great businesse.

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

To sléepe in the way, or in the Churchyard, is death to the sick: and hinderance to others.

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

Kinds and conditions of Sleeping

sleeping while prostrate

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

And it is said that when the servant sleeps while prostrate, our Lord, Mighty and Majestic, says: Look at My servant — his spirit is with Me and his body is in obedience to Me.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 10–14

And it is related from Abu al-Darda' that he said: When a man sleeps, his spirit ascends to heaven until it is brought to the Throne. If he is in a state of purity, it is permitted to prostrate; and if he is in a state of major ritual impurity, it is not permitted to prostrate.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 10–14

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