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

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

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

Beating the tambourine is worry, grief, calamity, and lust for whoever has it with him.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 238–242

The tambourine signifies fame (notoriety).

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 759–762

If it is in the hand of a slave girl, then it is a manifest, well-known good, according to the measure of her appearance and her substance; and it is a vain, well-known beating.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 238–242

And if it is with a woman, then it is a well-known matter and a well-known custom in all the years; and if it is with a man, then it is fame.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 238–242

And musical instruments and singing girls, all of them at weddings, are a calamity for the people of the house.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 238–242

Kinds and conditions of Tambourine

tambourine / frame drum

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

As for the tambourine, it is interpreted in several ways. Al-Kirmani said: Whoever sees that he is beating a tambourine as it ought properly to be beaten, in the manner of those skilled in it, with cheer and delight, then it is interpreted as marriage to a woman through the agency of a respected person, and the woman will be renowned for a good name while her conduct is the opposite of that.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 194–195

Al-Salimi said: Whoever sees that he is beating a tambourine, then it is fame; so his deed is taken into account, whether good or evil, and it is interpreted for him as fame according to the measure of his deed.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 194–195

tambourine (daff)

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

In a dream it is a calamity, worry, and sorrows, and it is fame for whoever has it with him.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 113–114

If it is in the hand of a slave girl, then it is a manifest, well-known good, in proportion to her appearance; and it is a false sound that becomes widely known.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 113–114

tambourine player

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

Seeing him in a dream indicates joys and delights.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 121

If he enters upon a sick person, he will die and be lamented over with tambourines.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 121

mizhar (lute/tambourine)

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

As for the mizhar (lute/tambourine), it is interpreted in several ways: for the poor, as righteousness; for kings, as following the praiseworthy manners of the [Sufi] path, because it is among the traits of the people of righteousness; and for others, as good. But a group [of interpreters] rejected that.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 194–195

Some interpreters said: Whoever sees women with mizhars in their hands, then it is interpreted as glad tidings and safety, because of what has been related that when the Prophet (peace be upon him) came upon some of the peoples of the land of the noble Hijaz, after victory and safety, there appeared to him: "The full moon has come upon us from the mountain passes of al-Wada'; thanks are incumbent upon us for as long as a caller calls upon Allah."

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 194–195

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