Horses خيل

Among their names are al-jiyad (thoroughbreds), singular jawad; faras (horse); hisan (stallion); muhr (foal); and among them the ikdish (half-bred), the birdhawn (pack horse, nag) and the hijra (mare). Whoever sees in a dream that he has horses, it indicates the expansion of his provision and his victory over his enemies. If he sees that he is riding a horse, and he is one for whom riding horses is fitting, he will obtain honor, prestige and wealth; he may befriend a generous (jawad) man; and he may travel, because travel (safar) is derived from the horse (faras). If it is a stallion (hisan), he will fortify himself (tahassana) against his enemy. If it is a foal, he will be granted a beautiful child. If it is a nag, he will live neither rich nor poor. If it is a mare and he is unmarried, he will marry a noble wife with wealth and offspring; a purebred is noble in comparison with one that is not purebred. The horse may indicate a beautifully built house. A grey horse is honor and victory over enemies, because it is among the horses of the angels. A black horse is worry. A chestnut with white legs is knowledge, piety and religion. Whoever rides a kumayt (a dark bay) may drink wine, because kumayt is one of its names. Whoever rides another person's mount will reach that person's rank or follow his practice, especially if it is a well-known mount and befits him. The mare is a wife: if he dismounts from her without intending to ride her again, takes off her bridle and lets her go, he will divorce his wife. If he intends to return to her and only dismounted for something that came up or for a need, and her saddle is still on her at that time, perhaps his wife will be menstruating and he will abstain from her. If he dismounted in order to ride another, he will marry another wife in addition to her, or take a concubine, according to the second mount. The mare indicates a holding of wealth and crops. A black mare is a religious, well-off woman of repute and fame; a piebald mare is a woman famous for beauty and wealth; a chestnut mare is one full of joy and liveliness; and a grey mare is a religious woman.

The grey among nags and horses is authority: whoever sees that he rode a grey horse will marry a religious woman, and if it is obedient, his wife will obey him. The black among riding animals is honor, and the chestnut is war.

(Whoever sees) saddled horses without riders, they are women gathering for a funeral or a wedding; or they may be litters on camels.

(Whoever sees) that he owns a number of horses or tends them will be given authority over a people.

(Whoever sees) horses in his dream will become well received among his brethren. The horse in a dream is a man, or a child, a horseman, a merchant or a craftsman who has insight (firasa) in his work and trade. The horse is a partner: whoever sees that a horse died in his hand or his house, it is the death of that man. If he sees that he is riding a horse with a white blaze and white legs, fully equipped, going along on it gently, in clothes suitable for riding, he will obtain honor and glory, or authority, and chivalry among people, and enemies will not reach him with harm. If he is a governor, he will have good conduct; if he is a merchant, he is trustworthy and will live a secure life. If it is black, he is greater in standing and honor and stronger in his authority, because it is wealth, authority and lordship. If it is a dark bay (kumayt), it is more inclined to amusement and merriment and more severe in fighting and shedding blood. If it is chestnut, it is illness with honor, because the horses of the angels are chestnut; but Ibn Sirin, may God have mercy on him, disliked the chestnut in dreams and said it was war. If it is piebald, it is a desire, together with a turn of fortune, that he wishes for. If he rides it and gallops it and it sweats, it is an overpowering passion that he follows, in which his wealth is lost, because of the sweat, and a sin that he commits; the sweat is his toil in sin. A horseman, for one whose wife is pregnant, is a male child; and a horseman seen from afar is good news, honor and good.

(Whoever sees) that he dismounted from the horse: if he is a governor, he will do something he will regret; if he dismounted, left it and busied himself with something else, it is his dismissal, along with being let down. The female horse is a noble woman. The unruly horse is a madman. The balky horse is a negligent, arrogant man who is slow in his affairs. The whiteness of the horse's forelock and tail are the nobles of the realm; and if it refers to a child, he will be the bravest of children. The horse's dullness and lack of movement, for a ruler, are the scarcity of what is in his hand and his enemy's victory over him. Abundant hair on the horse's tail is an abundance of his children and followers. If he sees that his horse's tail has been cut short, he will die without descendants and his remembrance will be cut off; if he sees that its tail has been cut off at the root, his children and followers will die before him. If his horse contends with him and he is a ruler, a noble commander or a generous young man will rebel against him; if he is a merchant, it is his partner turning against him. The horse's leaping is preponderance in an affair, and its jumping is quickly fulfilling one's needs. If he sees that he is leading a horse, he will seek the service of a noble man. There is no harm in riding a horse in an unusual place, such as a rooftop or the like. It is also said: the horse is fame and a famous ruler.

(Whoever sees) that he rode a horse with two wings with which it flies will attain the caliphate if he is from the household of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace; otherwise he will attain a great kingdom; and if he is not fit for that, he will be afflicted through it with (love for) a boy, or become infatuated with a woman who submits to him and obeys him.

(Whoever sees) that he rode a grey horse will marry if he has no wife. If he ate of its meat and the dreamer is one of the ruler's men, he will defeat his enemy; if he is a merchant, benefit will reach him.

(It is also said: whoever sees) a horse will seize wealth by force if he is a soldier or a noble man.

(Whoever sees) that he rode a black horse will make a journey in which his wealth diminishes. If he sees a horse bite him, he will become the commander of an army. If he sees that he killed a horse, he will obtain blessings, wealth, strength and honor.

(Whoever sees) horsemen flying in the air, wars between kings, strife and disputes in that town are about to occur. The water horse (hippopotamus) is an imaginary animal, and none of it can exist in waking life, I mean the water horse; so seeing it in sleep indicates false hope and a deed that will not be completed. Eating horse meat is acquiring a good name among people.

(Whoever sees) that he rode a horse whose legs are made of iron will die. The stallion is authority and honor, and the breeding mare is a slave girl or a free, noble woman.

(Whoever sees) that he is reviewing horses will be distracted from his prayer by seeking worldly things, and his repentance is to be hoped for.

(Whoever sees) that he is on a horse and the horse is bare, without saddle or bridle, will commit a grave sin.

(Whoever sees) that he dismounted from his horse and rode another horse will change from one condition to another, and what lies between the two conditions is like the distance between the two bows.

(Whoever sees) that he dismounted from it will be removed from his post and another will take it over.

(Whoever sees) that he is on a horse and it pleases him will fight in the path of God.

(Whoever sees) that he is on a horse with a spear in hand, charging at people, is a man who begs from people and insists on his demands of them. If he has weapons with him, his enemies will not reach him with harm in his authority.

(Whoever sees) that his horse drowned, or someone else slaughtered it for him, or the flood carried it away, the sick person will die.

(Whoever sees) that his horse is one-eyed and weak-sighted, his affairs in his livelihood will become confused.

(Whoever sees) that he is on a dead horse will be struck by worry and grief and will be freed from it.

(Whoever sees) that a horse speaks to him will be amazed at his affair.

(Whoever sees) that he bought a horse or a donkey and paid for it while turning the dirhams over in his hands will obtain good from words he speaks, because dirhams are words.

(Whoever sees) that he paid the price without seeing the dirhams or turning them over will obtain a good for which he gives thanks.

(Whoever sees) that he sold his horse, it is his leaving his post by his own choice.

(Whoever sees) that he slaughtered his horse without intending to eat its meat will ruin his own livelihood from his authority.

(Whoever sees) an unknown horse enter a land or a house whose owner he does not know, a noble man of importance among people will enter that place, his importance in proportion to the horse's quality.

(Whoever sees) the unknown horse leave its place, a great man will leave it, through death or travel.

(Whoever sees) horsemen galloping among the houses and likewise entering a land or a neighborhood, they are rains and floods that will strike that place.

(Whoever sees) that he is riding behind a known man on his horse will reach, through that man, what he seeks in matters of religion or worldly life, or will be that man's follower, partner or successor after him; and if it is an unknown man, he is an enemy in any case.

(Whoever sees) that riding animals trampled him or walked over him will be removed from his authority or post, or something hateful will befall him and people will sting him with their tongues. Whoever rides a breeding mare, owns one or buys one, if he is unmarried, will marry a noble, blessed woman; and if she has a foal, he will have a child by her. If the man is married or is not expecting marriage, he will acquire a village or an estate whose benefit will return to him in his livelihood.

(Whoever sees) that his breeding mare died, was stolen or was lost, that event will befall his wife or the mainstay of his livelihood.

(Whoever sees) that his breeding mare is giving birth, it is the abundant flow of his livelihood and an increase in his wealth.

(Whoever sees) that he is drinking a mare's milk, the ruler will draw him close and he will obtain good from him.

(Whoever sees) his horse's hair abundant, his wealth and children will increase; and if he is a ruler, his army will grow. The gelded horse indicates a servant. Post horses, for one who rides them in a dream, are the nearness of one's appointed time. The horse's weakness may indicate weakness of standing.