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

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

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

In a dream it indicates the folding up of one's lifespan or the passing away of most of one's days, and it may indicate a middling condition, or the contracting and expanding of worldly fortune.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 352

(And whoever sees) that he is weaving a garment, then he will undertake a journey.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 352

And if he sees that he is setting up the warp, then he has resolved upon a journey.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 352

And if he sees that he wove it and then cut it, then the matter he sought has been attained and has come to an end.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 352

And if he was in prison, he will be released.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 352

And if he was in a dispute, he will make peace.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 352

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

As for weaving, it is interpreted as travel.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 246

Isma'il ibn al-Ash'ath said: Whoever sees that he is weaving in one of the colors, then its interpretation goes back to that color, as was previously stated concerning the vision of colors in various places.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 250

Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said: Whoever sees that he spun and wove and finished the weaving, then he will die. And whoever sees the opposite of that, its interpretation is the reverse.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 246

And whoever sees that he wove a garment then cut it while it was short of its full measure, then the matter he is engaged in will be cut off.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 246

Al-Salimi said: Weaving is interpreted as grief and the preoccupation of the mind and heart. If the weaving is completed, he is delivered from all of that; and if he does not complete it, then the reverse. And it is said: the completion of the weaving is the finishing of the work.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 246

And whoever sees a group of people weaving in his house, then he will quarrel with a group of people, and perhaps they will be among his relatives.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 246

Kinds and conditions of Weaving

weaving cloth

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

As for weaving cloth, it indicates travel.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 756–759

If he weaves his cloth and then cuts it, then the matter he is seeking has reached its end and been cut off; and if he is in a dispute, it has been ended; and if he is in prison, he will be released from it.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 756–759

weaving a coat of mail

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

And if he sees that he is weaving a coat of mail of iron, then he will build a fortress among fortresses as a shield for himself against something feared, or he will set up tents against something feared, or he will tether horses by which he gains strength at a time of something feared, or he will win over a group of people by whom he is supported at a time of something feared, or he will amass wealth by which he defends himself at a time of something feared, or he will be pious and trusting, and Allah, mighty and majestic, will ward that off from him because of his parents' supplication for him.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 777–780

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