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

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

In a dream it is a cursed woman who abandons her husband's bed.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 247–248

(And whoever sees) a spider, then he will see a scheming man who is weak and slothful.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 247–248

And it is said the spider is a man who is a weaver.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 247–248

And it is said it is a devout, ascetic man; so whoever obtains a spider will keep company with a devout, ascetic man.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 247–248

(And whoever sees) a spider's house and its web, that is weakness and frailty, on account of Allah's saying: "And indeed, the frailest of houses is the house of the spider."

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 247–248

And the spider indicates a woman who practices sorcery, and it may indicate knowledge of spinning and weaving.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 247–248

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

As for the spider, it is interpreted as a weak man, misguided, disobedient, criminal, and given to plotting. So whoever sees that he has killed a spider, then it is interpreted as his expelling from his house a person of this description.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 223

Al-Kirmani said: the spider is interpreted as a man who is a weaver. And whoever sees that he has caught a spider, then he will keep company with a weak person.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 223

And whoever sees that a spider fled from him, then he will distance himself from a devout but weak person.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 223

Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said: the spider is interpreted as a rebellious woman who abandons her husband's bed.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 223

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

(The spider) is among the transformed creatures, and it indicates a cursed woman who abandons her husband's bed.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 421–425

Seeing its web and its house is the acquiring of a woman without religion.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 421–425

And whoever sees a spider, then he will see a scheming, weak, dissembling man of recent acquaintance.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 421–425

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