Dictionary of Dreams

272 IBN SEERIN'S in a dream means meeting with a new person, accepting an invitation, or inviting a person one has never met or known to share a meal. Seeing a whole skinned but uncut mutton inside one's house in a dream means a sudden adversity, loss, calamity, or death. If the mutton is fat, it means that one may receive an inheritance from a will which is left by a deceased relative. If it is skinny, it means that one will inherit nothing from him. Eating broiled beef in a dream means standing before a judge or a ruler. Eating a chicken in a dream means receivingbenefits from awoman. Meat in a dream alsomeans forbearance andpatience for someone who is hot tempered, or who gets angry easily. Eating meat in a dream also could mean recovering from an illness, an end to one's distress, trouble and adversities. Eating the meat of an unlawful animal in a dream means receiving unlawful money. Eating a suspicious meat in a dream means earning suspicious money, or having an illegitimate marriage. Eating fowls' meat in a dream means profits for a traveller. Eating a fish in a dream means easy, lawful and enjoyable earnings. Cooked or broiled fowl meat in a dream means profits and money earned from a woman through deception and dishonesty. If it is uncooked in the dream, then it means backbiting or slandering a woman. Eating the meat of an unlawful bird in a dream means deceiving, defrauding, or stealing money from unjust people. Eating swan's meat in a dreammeans benefits drawn from pious and religious people. Eating fired or broiled chicks in a dream means hard earned money. Unknown meat in a dream represents thehidden treasures ofpast nations, or buried treasures. (Also see Butcher; Flesh; Mutton; Pot) Mecca: (Holy Mecca; Imiim) In a dream, the Holy Mecca represents the Imiim of all the Muslims. Whatever happens to it in a dream will manifest in his life. The city of Mecca in a dream also could represent the spiritual and religious standingofthe person seeing such a dream. Ifone sees himself living or owning a house in Mecca in a dream, it means honor and knowledge. Ifone sees himself living in Mecca in a dream, it also may mean that he will give his daughter in marriage to a noble person. Walking away from Mecca in a dream means separation fromone's superior. Ifone sees that Mecca is demolished in a dream, it means that he does not perform his prayers. Entering Mecca in a dream also could mean getting married to a girl everyone is hoping to marry. If a sinner sees himselfentering the city ofMecca in a dream, it means that he will repent for his sins. If one has a dispute and sees himself entering Mecca in a dream, it means that he will lose his argument. EnteringMecca in a dream also means reaching safety and peace in one's life. Leaving one's homeland and travelling toMecca in a dreammeans that God willing, he will shortlyjoin the pilgrimage caravan and perform his Hajj . If a sick person sees such a dream, it means that his illness will be long and that he may die from it, or he may join the company of the dwellers of the heavenly paradise. Seeing oneself in Mecca and residing in the lodge one usually uses in a dream means extension of one's contract, or reappointment at a previously held position. If Mecca becomes one's home in a dream, it means that he may move to live there. Seeing oneself in Mecca mixing with departed souls in a dream means that one will die as a martyr. Visiting the holy Ka'aba in Mecca during a business trip in a dream means concern and attachment to material gains and worldly profits. Walking on the road toMecca in a dream means goingon a pilgrimage. If one sees Mecca fertile in a dream, it means benefits, and ifhe sees it barren in a dream, it means the opposite. (Also see Circumambulation; Masjid; Visiting holy sites) Medal: (See Necklace) Mediation: (See Intercession) Medicinal paste: (See Electuary) Medicine: (Drug; Inkwell) Taking medicine in a dream means correcting oneself,