Seeing a seller in general in a dream, or taking on his attributes and his livelihood, indicates false oaths, neglecting prayer, cheating in measure and weight, consuming usury and lack of purity. Seeing a barley seller indicates a man who loves this world and does not think of his hereafter; but if he sees that he took dirhams or dinars for the sale, or sold by barter, there is no harm in it. A seller of spun yarn indicates travel. A salt seller is a man with wealth in dirhams. A seller of costly garments [indicates] trustworthiness and eminence, and he has importance and standing, as long as he does not take a price for his sale. A seller of fruits and the like is a man who prefers his religion to his worldly life and toils much in seeking his provision. A seller of fragrant herbs is a man of sorrows and weeping, or a man who recites the Quran to make people weep. A seller of birds is a dealer in slave-girls. A seller of lead is a man of weak position.
[Chapter of the letter Ta']