Dictionary of Dreams

34 IBN SEERiN'S the due alms tax. Cutting off someone's beard in a dream means swindling his inheritance. A white beard in a dream means honor, dignity and good fame. If one's beard turns gray, leaving few black hairs in the dream, it means earning respect. If all its hair becomes gray in the dream, it means poverty and loss of integrity. Seeing one's wife having a beard in a dream means increase in one's wealth orgrowthofthe son's business, or sickness ofone's wife, or it could mean that she will no longer be able to conceive children, though if she had a son , it means that he will control the entire family. If a woman sees herself having a beard in a dream, it means losing her husband and if she is a widow, it means that she will marry a hard-working man who is compatible with her. If a pregnant woman sees that in a dream, i t means that she will beget a son, and ifshehas a quarrel with someone, it means that shewill win thebattle and stand for herself with dignity and courage. Plucking one's facial hair or beard in a dream means wasting money. If one's beard and head is shaved in a dream, i t means recoveringfroman illness, satisfying one's debts o r dispelling sorrow and distress. Having an extraordinarily long beard that one can spin and weave as a cloth, then sells it in his dream means that he will forge a testimony. Clipping one's beard in a dream also means losing money. One's beard in a dream also represents his job, business, clothing, gains and losses. Cutting off the hair of one's beard with one's own teeth in a dream means sufferings, distress and trouble. Swearingbythehonor ofone's beard in a dreammay denote either one's truthfulness or lies, his stinginess or generosity. One's beard in a dream also could represent his wife. If a farmer finds the hair of his beard black in a dream, it means that he should start harvesting his crop. A white beard could denote illness or frailty. Ifone's beard in wakefulness is gray and he sees its color black in a dream, itmeans strength, determination, firmness, certainty, having great energy and exuberance. Ifone's beard in his dream seems longer than the usual, it means being a spendthrift, wasting money, engaging in gambling and sportinggames, orsufferingfromdepression, orbeingtroubledbycircumstances. If a subversive and a sinful person sees himself having a beard in a dream, it means that he will repent ofhis sins. If a misguided person sees himselfhaving a beard in his dream, it means that he will receive guidance. If a woman grows a beard in her dream, it means that she is trying to be a man, or it could mean insolence or engaging in wrongdoing. If a child sees himself having a beard i n a dream, i t means longevity. Loving a beard and kissing i t in a dream means lackingdetermination or will, regardless if it is hisownbeard or ifit is someone else's beard. If a straw or anything sticks to one's beard in a dream, it means hearing bad words. Shaving halfof one's beard in a dream means losing one's source of income or loss of one's dignity. Holding the beard of one's uncle in a dream means unjustly inheriting him. I f a woman sees herself having a beard like a man in a dream, it means that she will never beget children, unless if she has a reddish beard as the natural color ofher hair. However, for a man, to have a reddishbeard in adreammeans trials and temptation and particularly ifsome grayhair isalsomixedwith it. (AlsoseeFace; Scissors; Shaving; Twistinga rope) Beast: (Monster; Wild beast) In a dream, a beast represents mountain people or people living in thewilderness, or an innovator who breaks from the community and introduces his own religious ideas. (Also see Hunter) Beating: (Blow; Hit; Lash; Whip) To hit someone with a staff in a dream means bringing back to life something that died away or investigating the cause of a death or clarifying something. To beat someone with a wooden stick in a dream means failing to fulfill a promise, or it couldmean lying to someone. If someone in authority hits his employee in a dream, it means that he will give him a raise. If he hits him on his back in the dream, it means that he will pay his debt. If he hits him on his backside in the dream, it means that he will give him a daughter in marriage. Ifone hits someone head with a stick in a dream, it means