Dictionary of Dreams

166 IBN SEERIN'S (arb. Qadii') in the dream, it means that he takes his religious commitment lightly and hopes to correct his attitude at a later time. Performing the Friday congregational prayers in a dream is a sign of happiness, joy, festivities, celebrations, the pilgrimage season, abstaining from borrowingmoney for one's accessories or luxuries. Performing the festival prayers (arb. Eid) at the end of the month of Ramadiin in a dream means paying one's debts, recovering from an illness, dispelling difficulties and dissipating one's worries. Performing the prayersofthefestivalofsacrifice (arb. Eid-ul Adhii. See Immolation;Manumission) in a dream means controlling one's business, respecting one's promises or fulfilling one's vows. Performing the mid-morning prayers (arb. Illiuhii) in a dreammeans amnesty, innocence, makinga true oath, happiness and being free from polytheism. Ifone performs the prayerofa sick person in a dream, it means lack of luck and doubt about one's faith. Grouping two prayers at one time or shortening them in a dream, means travels or temptation. Performing one's prayers directly on a filthy, wet and impure ground without a prayer mat means poverty, humiliation and needs. If one sees himself praying without properly coveringhis or her modesty as required in a dream. it means committing wrong while fasting or giving charity from unlawful earnings, following innovation. falling victim to passions or professing that one is right however he does his prayers. Ifone performs the prayers of fearing something in a dream, it means creating a business partnership. business activities or suffering the pangs of death. Talking during prayers in a dreammeans asking to get back a gift one has offered, or failure to focus one's intention, or talking about one's charities in public. In a dream, when performing one's prayers, if one reads loud when he should read inwardly, or ifhe reads inwardly when he is supposed to invoke outwardly, and if he is called upon to judge between people. it means that his r judgment will be wrong or that he may follow his own mind. or it could mean affectation, falsehood. hypocrisy. hiding the truth or unjustly confiscating someone's money. If one changes the order of the ritual prayers in a dream, it means thathe disobeys his parents or objects to someone he is supposed to hear and obey, or perhaps he will be afflicted with forgetfulness or staying-up sleepless nights, or it could mean that he lacks intelligence, or that he is unable to memorise or remember things. Performing the l ate night prayers, (arb. Tariiwlh) in a dream means toiling. exhaustion, repayment of one's debts and receivingguidance. Performinga special prayer for rain (arb. Istisqii) in a dream denotes fears, languid, rising prices, dullness of the market, trouble, unhappi- ness, attachment and stagnation of the construction business. Performing the solar or the lunar eclipse prayers in a dream means striving to deliver comfort or to appease someone or perhaps it could denote repentance of a sinner, returning to the path of God Almighty, fearing the authorities, difficulties, or manifestation of major signs of the fast approaching Hour of Reckoning. Performing a special prayer of fear (arb. KhawD in a dream represents unity, concord, common consent, peace and tranquility. Performingthe funeral prayers (arb. Janiiza) in a dream means interceding on behalf of the deceased. If the deceased is unknown, then performing the funeral prayers means giving employment to a jobless person, profits from a partnership, or it could denote failure to adequately performone's regular obligatoryprayers, or being forgetful or oft-distracted duringprayers. Ifone sees himself leading the funeral prayers in a dream, and then after completing his prayers intercedesexaggeratedlywith special invocations on behalf of the deceased in a dream, it means that he will be appointed by a ruler who is a hypocrite to manage a sector of his business. If one sees himselfthen invokingblessings upon the deceased in the dream, it means thatGod Almighty has forgiven him his sins. If one sees himselfsitting in a gathering of people praying for departed souls in a dream, it means that he will pray in a funeral. Seeing oneself in a dream performing a funeral prayer,