Shihaab-ud-Deen in Dream Islam

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said: If he didWudoo’ for the eclipse prayer, he will strive to rescue prisoner orserve one who is sick. A man told him that he had seen that in his dreamand he asked him: Did you pray? He said: Yes. He said: You saved adrowning man. Another man dreamt that and he said to him: You triedto get someone who had been dismissed reinstated to his post. He saidto another man: You tried to help someone get back to his country orhis home. Another man said: I dreamt that the Pleiades were eclipsedand I did the eclipse prayer for them. He said: You will strive to rescuea woman from hardship. Another man said: I dreamt that three stars inOrion were eclipsed and I did the eclipse prayer for them. He said: Yourneighbor will go away and then come back. Prayer for Rain (Salaat al-Istisqa’) The prayer for rain is indicative of seeking some essentials of lifefrom people of high position. A man said: I dreamt that I did Wudoo’in order to offer the prayer for rain. Shaykh Shihaab-ud-Deen said: Youhave saved someone from the pain of thirst. He said to another man whodreamt that: You tried to restore a man’s right to a water source. Funeral prayer (Salaat al-Janaazah) The funeral prayer is indicative of intercession with people of highstatus for pardon for a sinner or someone who made a mistake, or itsignifies that the generosity of a kind person will come to an end. A mansaid: I did Wudoo’ in order to offer the funeral prayer. Shaykh Shihaabud-Deen said to him: You interceded for a man with his employer. Prostration is indicative of prevailing, repenting from sin, beingsaved from hardship and a long life. If the dreamer prostrated to Allahfor attaining something, he will prevail over a man of high position. If he dreamt that he prostrated on a blanket whilst lying down, then aprominent man will be subjugated to him and he is going to humiliatehim. If he prostrated to someone other than Allah in order to get what hewanted, he will be defeated if he is at war and he will incur losses if heis a merchant. Shaykh Shihaab-ud-Deen said: Prostration to an idol or tree may beindicative of serving someone in whose service there is no benefit. Aman said to him: I dreamt that I was prostrating to the relics of Moosa (May Allah have mercy upon him). Shaykh Shihaab-ud-Deen said to him: You will serve a Jew or aSamaritan. Another man said: I dreamt that I was prostrating to an idoland weeping. He said: You are serving an ignorant man and it will dono good. Another man dreamt that and he said that that idol belonged tohim. He said: You have a son who is mute or chronically ill and you aresad and worried about him. Praying by Reciting Poetry, in a Foreign Language, orFacing Towards a Direction Other than the Qiblah A man said: I dreamt that I was praying by reciting poetry. He said tohim: You tried to draw close to prominent people by reciting poetry butthey did not accept you. Another man said: I dreamt that I was prayingin a foreign language. He said: You will become a translator or you willstand before a prominent man and say something other than what isrequired of you. Praying facing towards a direction other than the Qiblah is indicativeof corruption in one’s religious commitment. A man said: I dreamt thatI was praying facing towards a direction other than the Qiblah. He saidto him: You will change your religion to that of people who pray facingin that direction. In my view, when a person prays facing a direction other than theQiblah (in a dream), if he has a need from a man who is living in thatdirection or he wants to buy property there, if his prayer was complete,this indicates that he will achieve that. Du ’ aa ’ , Istighfaar (Prayer for Forgiveness)and Tasbeeh These are all indicative of victory, warding off hardship, rising instatus, becoming independent of means for those who are in need, andneeds being met, because Allah says: “ Invoke Me [i.e. believe in My Oneness (Islamic Monotheism)and ask Me for anything] I will respond to your (invocation). ” [Ghaafir 40:60]

Allah knows best. This is not a fatwa.