Dictionary of Dreams

2 IBN SEERIN'S and direct your family to enter the sacrament of prayers." Washing one's body in a dream is either performed in preparation for prayers or to wash away impurities. Taking ablution inside a tunnel, or taking a complete ritual bath in a dream means recovering a stolen object. Taking one's ablution and engaging in prayers in a dream means relief from distress and offering thanks to God Almighty for His protection and guidance. If a merchant sees himself praying without ablution in a dream, it means that he has entered into a business venture without capital. If a worker sees that dream, it means that he has no home to shelter him. Ifa ruler sees that dream, it means that he has no soldiers to protect him. If a sick person sees himself taking ablution while in bed in a dream, it means separation from his wife or a close friend. Taking ablution inside one's house in a dreammeans that one will move to a new house. Taking ablution in the street or the marketplace in public or in a bathhouse in a dream means a scandal, loss and a curse. Takingablution at the seashore or in a proper ablution area in a dreammeans dispellingone's fear, sorrow or distress. Taking ablution while standing over a friend's head in a dream means inheriting him. Seeinga friend taking his ablution over one's head in a dream means suffering harm or a scandal that will be caused by such a friend. Taking ablution in a dream also means dispelling fears, recovering from an illness, paying one's debts or repenting from sin. Taking ablution with hot water in a dream means falling sick. Wanting to take ablution and failing to find the proper means to perform it in a dream means failure of a project or facing adversities. (Also see Tayammum; Enacting; Prayers; Ritual bath) Abode: (See Dwellings,' House) Abominable: (See Shameful act) Abraham: (God's bosom friend, upon whom be peace. arb. khalrl) To see the Prophet Abraham, upon whom be peace, in a dream is a good sign of wealth, blessings, glad tidings, devotion, long life, assiduousness, healing of a sick, noble goals, righteous progeny, commanding good and forbidding evil, discard­ ing bad company, compliance with the divine ruling, knowledge, guidance, success after failure and separation from one's family and kin to seek God's nearness and pleasure. In a dream, Abraham represents the element of com­ passion toward one's son and family and sometime he represents the element ofadversities and finallyofreachingsafety. (AlsoseeFeast of]mmolation;Station of Abraham) Abscess: (Boil; Tumorj Ulcer. See Pimple) Absolution: (See Amnesty; Pardon) Abstention: (See Justice) Abstinence : (See Ascetic detachment) Abundance: (See Kawthar) Abuse: (See Insult) Acacia tree: (Arabic Gum; Dyes; Mimosa tree; Ornamental flowers; Perfume) Seeing this tree in a dreammeans stinginess, evil and behavingwith the actions of the dwellers of hell-fire. Accolade: (See Embrace) Accomplished: (See Finished business) Accoucheuse: (See Dromedary rider; Midwife) Accountability: In a dream, accountability has various levels of interpretations. If an employee sees that he has received his account promptly in a dream it means rising in rank and increase of one's income. If one sees himself under a strict supervision or reckoning in a dream, it means humiliation, d istress or perhaps loss of his job. If a person is investigated in a court of people he does