Prayer صلاة

The obligatory prayer in a dream signifies, for the one praying, a governorship or leadership, a mission, the fulfilling of a trust, or one of the obligations God has prescribed, and safety. Whoever sees that he performed the prescribed prayer at its appointed time, with its ablution, standing, bowing and prostration, facing the qibla properly, will fulfill what God Most High has made obligatory upon him, such as the pilgrimage, or redressing a wrong, or a debt, and will avoid indecencies and evil. The obligatory prayer in a dream signifies keeping one's promise, employment for the unemployed, and reconciliation with someone who has shunned him. If he is the imam (leading the prayer), he will stand surety or take a loan; if he is following behind the imam, he will be a burden on others. The noon prayer (zuhr) signifies support (muzāhara) or the coming to light (zuhūr) of what is hidden.

Whoever sees that he is praying the noon prayer will attain his need and prevail in all that he seeks of the affairs of this world and the Hereafter, once he sees that he completed the prayer, because completing the prayer signifies completing what a person wants. If he is imprisoned for debt, it will be paid for him, he will be freed from his entanglement, and his provision will widen, if his prayer is completed.

Whoever sees that he is praying the noon prayer on a clear, bright day and rejoices in it will do some work, take a middle course in it, and gain splendor from it in proportion to the clearness of that day. If it is on a cloudy day, it is work done amid worry. The afternoon prayer (asr) is an oath he swears, or makes another swear, and it also points to sunset. If he sees that he is praying the afternoon prayer, the matter he seeks will be completed for him after difficulty and hardship; if his prayer is not completed, the matter will be difficult for him.

Whoever sees that he is praying the sunset prayer (maghrib) after the sun has set, the matter he seeks or is engaged in has run its course and reached its end; if his prayer is completed, the matter he wants will be completed for him. The night prayer (isha) may signify the completion of a pregnancy and the end of one's life, because it is his last task and its effect leads to his sleep, which resembles death.

Whoever sees that he is praying the dawn prayer (subh) when morning has come, it is a promise that will soon come to him, whether good or bad.

Whoever sees that he is praying the night prayer (isha) is fulfilling what God has obliged him to provide for his family, such as food, drink, clothing and the like. If he sees that he is praying the late-night prayer (atama), he is taking care of his family and of what puts their minds at ease. If he sees that he is praying the early-morning prayer (ghadāt), which is the dawn prayer, he is beginning the indispensable matters of his worldly livelihood, such as food and clothing, or striving for his family and children. If he sees that he is praying the afternoon prayer, only the smaller part of the work he is engaged in remains. If he sees that he is praying the noon prayer at the time of the afternoon prayer, he will pay off a debt he owes. If his noon or afternoon prayer is cut off, he will pay half of what he owes. The sunset prayer signifies finishing one's work and rest for the weary. The last night prayer signifies the concealing of matters. The noon prayer may signify repentance or dismissal from office, because the qibla was changed from Jerusalem to the Kaaba during the noon prayer. It may also signify fighting Satan and enemies, since it is the time of midday and the noon nap. The afternoon prayer signifies triumph and victory if one prays it in the dream, and it may signify guidance, good and steadfastness. The sunset prayer signifies parting from one of the parents, or from someone who used to shelter him with his generosity or his standing, or the dismissal of whoever the sun represents.

Whoever sees that he is praying the night prayer, it may signify preparing for journeys, marriage, or moving from place to place. The night prayer (ʿishāʾ) may also signify night-blindness (ʿashā) in the eye and weak eyesight, and it signifies a long lease of life, because it is far from dawn. Whoever prays the dawn prayer, it signifies an oath he will swear. Whoever prays the afternoon prayer will obtain ease after hardship. Whoever prays the sunset prayer is in a matter that has come to an end, and he will attain it quickly.

Whoever sees that he is praying the night prayer, it is cunning and deception.

Whoever sees that he is praying the Friday prayer, what he wants will be completed for him and he will reach what he hopes for.

Whoever sees that he is praying in an orchard is seeking forgiveness from God Most High. If he prays on a piece of farmland, he will pay off his debt. If he sees that he is praying seated because of an excuse, his work will not be accepted. If he prays lying on his side, he will fall ill. If he prays and then leaves the mosque, he will obtain bounty and good.

Whoever sees that he is praying while riding will be struck by severe fear and fighting. If the imam prays riding with people along with him, some of them bowing while riding, some prostrating while riding, and some standing while riding, then if they are in a war or battle, they will be victorious. If he sees that he is praying an obligatory prayer as two units (rak'as), he will travel.

If a woman sees that she is praying an obligatory prayer as two units, she will menstruate that day. If he sees that a prayer passed its time without his praying it and that he cannot find a place to pray it, whatever matter of religion or worldly life he is engaged in will become difficult for him. If he abandons the prayer deliberately, whether denying it or acknowledging it and intending to make it up, he takes the law of Islam lightly but hopes to set it right. The Friday prayer in a dream is a sign of joy and happiness, attending festivals and seasons of gathering, the pilgrimage, and confining oneself to only part of one's religion. The prayer of the Festival of Breaking the Fast (Eid al-Fitr) in a dream signifies paying off debt, the healing of the sick, deliverance from hardships, and the end of worries and troubles. The prayer of the Festival of Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha) signifies being entrusted with affairs, safeguarding a bequest, and fulfilling a vow. The two festival prayers may also signify meeting enemies, since one meets them with cries of “God is Greatest.” The forenoon prayer (duha) in a dream signifies freedom from associating partners with God and a true oath. Praying it may also signify happiness, or troubles and breaking promises. If a healthy person prays the prayer of a sick person in a dream, it is a sign of diminished fortune and wavering in word and deed. Combining prayers, like shortening prayers, signifies travel, and it may signify strife from the enemy. If he prays the prayer of fear, it signifies entering a partnership, bewilderment and scattering, or the death throes of a sick person. Speaking during prayer signifies taking back what one has given, or kept silent about, or given in charity. If in the dream he recites silently where it should be aloud, or aloud where it should be silent: if he is a judge, he will rule unjustly and incline toward heresy, showing off and seeking reputation; otherwise he will conceal the truth or the wealth he has. Whoever gets ahead of his imam in bowing and prostration in a dream, it signifies disobeying his parents or whoever he must obey, and he may be afflicted with absent-mindedness, forgetfulness, and lack of intelligence and memory. The Tarawih prayer (night prayer of Ramadan) in a dream signifies fatigue and toil, paying off debt, and being guided. The prayer for rain in a dream signifies fear, scarcity, high prices, a slump in livelihoods, and trouble because of crops, trees and properties. The prayer for a solar eclipse and the prayer for a lunar eclipse signify striving to bring comfort to whoever the sun or moon represents. Doing so in a dream may signify the repentance of a sinner and the conversion of an unbeliever to Islam, and it may signify fear and hardship from kings and ministers. It also signifies the appearance of a general sign. The prayer of fear signifies harmony, agreement and unity, and safety from fear. The funeral prayer in a dream signifies interceding for whoever the deceased represents. If the deceased is not known, it signifies employment for the unemployed and provision from a partnership. The funeral prayer in a dream may also signify deficiencies in the obligatory prayers, such as forgetfulness in standing and sitting.

Whoever sees that he is praying over a dead person will be prayed for and have forgiveness sought for him a great deal; if that prayer of his is completed, his supplication is fulfilled. If he is the imam at the prayer over the dead, he will be appointed to authority by a hypocritical king. If he sees that he is saying “May God bless so-and-so,” that person is forgiven. If he sees that he is behind the imam praying over a dead person, he will attend a gathering in which people pray for the dead.

Whoever sees that he is praying over a funeral bier will intercede for a man who is corrupt in his religion.

Whoever sees that it is Friday, or that he is praying the Friday prayer, it signifies imminent relief, meeting a loved one, and the fulfillment of a need he seeks. If he sees that he is praying alone, that will be granted to him to the exclusion of others. Whoever has lost something and sees that he is at a festival, what he lost will return to him. If it is the Festival of Breaking the Fast, he will go from narrowness to spaciousness. If it is the Festival of Sacrifice: if he is a slave he will be freed, if imprisoned he will be released, and if he is in debt his debt will be paid, his worry will go and his condition will improve.

Whoever sees that he is praying the eclipse prayer, it signifies an event that will befall the princes or someone whom the people follow, or the death of a scholar over whom all the people will pray.

Whoever sees that he is praying the prayer for rain, it signifies an event that will occur in that place from a judge or ruler, to whom the people will gather and humble themselves so that he will lift what has befallen them. If they pray it completely and go back to their homes, what afflicted them will be relieved.

Whoever sees that he is praying a supererogatory or voluntary prayer, it signifies an increase and improvement in his religion and holding fast to the Sunna. If a woman sees that she is leading men in prayer, she will die, because she is not fit to lead the prayer; that only happens at death, when she is placed in front of them while they pray over her. Likewise, if a non-Arab man who cannot pray or recite properly sees that he is an imam, he will die.

Whoever sees that he is praying the Sunna prayers holds fast to the Sunna of the Prophet, God's blessings and peace be upon him, is pure of impurity, and has a good trait in him.

Whoever sees that he is praying a voluntary prayer is attending to the affairs of the Hereafter and will obtain in proportion to the voluntary prayer he performed. The obligatory prayer is taking care of the indispensable needs of his family, just as the Sunna prayer is taking care of the worldly courtesies toward his family.

Whoever sees that he is praying the Tarawih with the people, they will take care of their families' courtesies, their loneliness will go away, and their hearts will be gladdened.

Whoever sees that he is in a congregational prayer whose rows are straight, they are people who glorify God often. A supererogatory (nāfila) prayer in a dream signifies showing affection and drawing close to people's hearts through service or money. If the dreamer is unmarried, he will set himself to marry; if he is married, he will be granted two sons, because of the words of God Most High:

وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَـٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ نَافِلَةً ۖ وَكُلًّا جَعَلْنَا صَـٰلِحِينَ

“And We gave him Isaac and Jacob in addition, and all [of them] We made righteous.”

Quran 21:72 · Saheeh International

If he prays a voluntary prayer for God Most High in a dream, if he is poor he will become rich and obtain good. If he performs the late-night vigil prayer (tahajjud) in a dream, he will obtain a high position. The Raghā'ib prayer in a dream signifies seasonal festivals, and attending it signifies the fulfillment of a promise. A make-up prayer (qadā') signifies paying off a debt or the repentance of a sinner, and it may signify the conversion of an unbeliever and the fulfillment of a vow. Praying seated in a dream signifies incapacity, failure and contentment with whatever provision comes easily. Praying seated may also be a warning of the illness of one's father, teacher, or whoever one is obliged to treat kindly. The prayer for forgiveness in a dream signifies the forgiveness of sins; if all the people pray it, it signifies the coming of rain. If he is poor he will become rich, and if he is childless he will be granted sons, and he may be granted provision from crops, trees and properties. The Prayer of Glorifications (Salat al-Tasabih) in a dream signifies a grant, a gift, being directed to good, and an abundant flow of provision. The prayer for seeking guidance (istikhara) in a dream is scattering and bewilderment about what he wants in waking life, and it signifies a good outcome in what he resolves to do; if the one seeking guidance is a member of a Sufi path, it is a shortcoming in his path. The prayer for an absent dead person in a dream is seeking a profit for which he or someone else will travel, and it may signify giving testimony and being entrusted with it. Praying at a grave in a dream signifies giving gifts and presents to someone who will not repay them, and it may signify charity to the destitute and deserving and to prisoners. The prayer of greeting the mosque signifies spending on relatives and the poor. The prayer of the heedless hour (between sunset and night) in a dream signifies secret charity and seeking favor from wrongdoers.

Whoever sees that he is praying a supererogatory prayer by night or by day will do a righteous deed by which he draws near to God Most High, and perhaps he will bring together people whose inclinations are scattered.

Whoever sees that he is laughing in his prayer is often distracted from prayer by idle amusement.

Whoever sees that he is praying while drunk will bear false witness.

Whoever sees that he is praying while in a state of major ritual impurity is corrupt in his religion.

Whoever sees that he is praying toward the east or the west has deviated from Islam and acts contrary to the Sacred Law.

Whoever sees that the people of the mosque are praying toward something other than the qibla, their governor or their judge will be dismissed.

Whoever sees that a scholar is praying toward something other than the qibla, or doing something contrary to the people of the Sunna, has opposed the Sacred Law and followed his whims. Praying in a direction other than the qibla signifies seeking closeness to God Most High and to the hearts of His servants by impermissible means, or that he will travel in the direction he was facing in the dream.

Whoever sees that he is praying toward the east is a man of bad doctrine, who slanders people a great deal and is bold in committing sins.

Whoever sees that he does not know the qibla, or sees that he is looking for it and cannot find it, is confused about his religion.

Whoever sees that he is praying toward the Kaaba is upright.

Whoever sees that he is praying toward something other than the qibla while wearing white clothes and reciting the Quran correctly will perform the pilgrimage.