Interpretation of a dream about a dead person by Ibn Sirin
If the dead person performs good deeds, it is an incentive for the dreamer to follow this good path, while if he performs bad deeds, it is a warning to the dreamer to avoid those actions. Seeing a dead person may also express the conclusion of a case the dreamer was working on.
If the dead person comes back to life in the dream, this symbolizes the revival of hope in a matter that was almost forgotten, or it represents a good commemoration of the dead person.
A sad dead person in a dream may indicate the debts he owes, his remorse, or the deterioration of his family’s condition after his death. While a happy dead person in a dream indicates his satisfaction and good condition with his Lord. Smiling in the face of a dead person in a dream gives a feeling of safety and reassurance, and crying symbolizes reminding the dreamer of the afterlife. A vision in which the dead person appears loudly laughing or dancing is considered incorrect because the dead person is not in a state of amusement.
If the dead person appears in good condition in the dream, this reflects the state and condition of the dreamer’s family. vice versa. Seeing a dead person also indicates what is going through the dreamer’s soul. For example, saying goodbye to the dead person indicates the disappearance of what the dreamer was aspiring to, while if the dead person returns to life in the vision, this heralds renewed hope.
Seeing a dead person alive in a dream and the dead person coming back to life
If a person dreams that someone died and came back to life, this may indicate positive changes to come, a change in a situation from distress to relief, and from difficulty to ease, which reflects a breakthrough in the dreamer’s affairs that were dark or complicated.
If a person sees in his dream a well-known dead person telling him that he is still alive, this may express the goodness of this dead person’s condition in the afterlife, based on the noble verse that states that believers are alive and provided for by their Lord. On the other hand, if the parents or one of them who has died in reality are seen as alive in the dream, this could herald the imminent realization of relief and ease in the dreamer’s affairs.
As for other relatives, such as children and brothers, the meanings may vary. Seeing a dead son coming back to life may herald the appearance of an enemy, while seeing a dead daughter coming back to life heralds imminent relief. Also, seeing a deceased brother or sister coming back to life can indicate strength after weakness, or the return of the absent person and the joy that fills the heart of the dreamer.
Interpretation of seeing the dead praying in a dream
When the deceased is seen performing prayer among the living, this may indicate that the life of the living around him is short, because they are walking on the path of death. While if the dead person is seen praying inside the mosque, this means that he is safe from torment.
If someone sees in his dream a dead person praying in a place other than the place where he prayed regularly during his life, this expresses the arrival of the reward for the good deeds that the dead person performed or the endowment that he provided. If the dead person performs his prayers in the place he was accustomed to, this indicates the good religion and morals of his family after his death.
Seeing a dead person praying the morning prayer indicates the disappearance of the fear and anxiety that was plaguing the dreamer, and the noon prayer may indicate safety from dangers. As for the dead person praying the afternoon prayer, it is interpreted as the dreamer’s need for tranquility and reassurance, and the sunset prayer means the near end of worries and troubles, while the evening prayer expresses a good ending to the dead person’s life.
Praying with a dead person in a dream heralds guidance to the right path. Whoever sees himself praying with a dead person in the mosque, this is interpreted as meaning that God will guide him to the straight path.
Dreaming that the dead person is performing ablution indicates a good outcome in the afterlife, and whoever sees the dead person preparing to perform ablution must hasten to fulfill his duties and debts. It was also said that seeing a dead person performing ablution in the dreamer’s house expresses facilitating matters through prayer.
Seeing a dead sick person in a dream
Seeing a dead person suffering from pain or illness in a dream. This expresses the dreamer's neglect of certain rights depending on the place where the pain appears. If a dead person sees himself complaining of head pain, this indicates his negligence towards his parents. As for the complaint about the neck, it indicates his neglect of financial matters or his violation of marital rights.
If the dead person complains of impurity, this means that the dreamer has neglected the rights of a woman. A complaint by the hand suggests that the dreamer has sworn a false oath, or may be negligent in the rights of his brother, sister or partner. A foot complaint indicates that the dreamer has spent his money on things that do not please God.
Complaining about thigh pain symbolizes the dreamer’s failure to maintain family ties, while pain in the legs indicates that the dreamer has wasted his life in vain. Finally, complaining about the stomach expresses his negligence in respecting relatives and disposing of money incorrectly.
Interpretation of a dream about a dead person changing his clothes
It is believed that seeing a deceased person changing his clothes in a dream may have multiple connotations depending on the type and condition of the clothes. If the dead person is seen replacing his torn clothes with new, covering ones, this may indicate the dreamer’s transition from poverty to wealth. The dead person changing his old clothes with new ones can symbolize that the dreamer will obtain livelihood and money after a period of effort and hard work.
Also, the dead person changing his tight clothes to loose ones is interpreted as good news of glory and prestige for the dreamer. If a person sees in his dream that the dead person abandons his dirty clothes and chooses clean clothes, this may indicate an improvement in the dreamer’s religious condition and his repentance after a period of misguidance.
In other cases, when a dead person is seen changing his clothes with the clothes of a known living person, this may herald the imminent death of that living person. If the dead person puts his clothes in a closet, this indicates that the dreamer will benefit from money that was accumulating for the dead person. Finally, seeing short clothes replaced with long ones heralds protection and protection for the dreamer.
Interpretation of a dream about a dead person changing his clothes
If a person sees in his dream that the dead person replaces his torn clothes with new, covering ones, this may indicate the dreamer’s transition from poverty to wealth. When the dead person changes his old clothes to new ones, this may express the arrival of livelihood and money to the dreamer after effort and fatigue.
The dead person changing his clothes from dirty to clean could reflect an improvement in the dreamer’s religious condition after a period of misguidance. As for the dead person changing his short clothes to long ones, it symbolizes concealment and chastity.
If a person sees the dead person in his dream replacing his tight clothes with loose ones, this may indicate achieving pride and high status. While changing clothes from rough to soft indicates getting rid of hardship and escaping affliction.
Interpretation of seeing a dead body in a dream
The body of the deceased indicates the need to pray for mercy and forgiveness for the deceased. When a person sees that he is covering the body of the deceased, this expresses his preservation of the secrets of others and his concealment of them. The vision of burying the deceased in a dream also reflects the dreamer’s desire to forgive the deceased and pardon him.
If the dreamer sees in his dream that he is cutting up the body of a dead person, this may mean loss of money or loss of inheritance. While washing the dead body indicates the dreamer’s efforts towards improvement and moral guidance.
The appearance of ants on the body of the dead person expresses the dead person’s urgent need to seek forgiveness due to his many sins. Seeing the dead body outside the grave represents repentance from sin or the recovery of a lost right.
As for the darkening of the dead body in a dream, it indicates the bad deeds that the person was performing, and seeing blood on the dead body portends death due to sin or vice.
Interpretation of a dream about crying with a neighborhood
When a person sees himself crying in the company of another living person, this may express sharing sorrows and worries with others. Crying with others may also indicate remorse for harmful actions committed by the dreamer against others. However, if he sees that he is hugging a living person and crying with him, this indicates that worries will be removed and crises will be overcome.
Crying with a living person when comforting him means seeking to relieve the pain of others. If a person sees himself crying with a living person over a dead person, this indicates paying debts and fulfilling obligations. In cases of mourning, crying with a living person indicates cooperation and mutual support between individuals.
Crying hard and heartily with a living person can be an expression of intense longing for someone. On the other hand, if the crying is accompanied by screaming, this may express an encounter with deception or deception on the part of others.
Seeing a person hugging a dead person and crying with him may express the dreamer’s support for his family and his standing by their side. If the dead person appears alive in the dream and cries with a living person, this indicates feelings of loss and sadness over death.
Seeing crying over a dead person in a dream for a pregnant woman
If a pregnant woman sees herself crying over a deceased person, this may be an indication that she is going through a difficult period or is suffering from psychological pressure. Crying intensely over a relative who is alive in reality but dead in a dream may express her feeling of loneliness and the need for support and support. However, if she is crying in a dream without making a sound, this could mean that conditions will improve and worries will soon go away.
Also, crying and screaming over a dead son may actually indicate that the pregnant woman is deeply concerned about the safety of her fetus. While crying over a son who is believed to be dead in a dream while he is alive in reality indicates the possibility of losing the fetus.
As for seeing the death of the fetus in a dream and crying over it, it may be an indication of harm that may befall the fetus. If a pregnant woman is seen crying with her living husband in a dream, this reflects her solidarity with him and her standing by his side while he is going through difficult times.
Interpretation of seeing a dead person’s clothes in a dream by Ibn Sirin
Wearing the dead person’s clothes could be a sign of benefiting from his money or following his approach to life, whether for good or evil. Sometimes the dead person is captured in dreams wearing underwear, which may express secrets that will be revealed after his death.
On the other hand, the dream could show the deceased wearing tight clothes, and this symbolizes his need for prayers. As for seeing the deceased wearing his clothes upside down, it may express his family’s suffering from poverty after his death. While seeing his old shabby clothes indicates feelings of sadness and brokenness among his family.
Also, the complete nudity of a dead person in a dream could reflect the accumulation of sins and transgressions. Selling the dead person’s clothes may be interpreted as meaning that people remember him badly, while buying the dead person’s clothes indicates doing good deeds such as charity and zakat.
As for the type of clothing, silk often symbolizes the bliss of heaven, while linen indicates livelihood and money. Leather clothing expresses indulgence in lusts. If a person sees in his dream that he is burning the dead person’s clothes, this may indicate engaging in false matters and straying from the truth. While seeing the dead person’s clothes buried is an indication of pardoning and forgiving him.
Seeing the distribution of dead clothes in a dream
If the clothes are clean and are distributed to the poor, this reflects a desire to do good deeds for the soul of the deceased and ask for his forgiveness. If the clothes are dirty and distributed in the dream, this may indicate a negative influence or rumor of corruption related to the reputation of the deceased person.
On the other hand, a dream about distributing new clothes shows that there is an interest in paying off the debts of the deceased and praying for his forgiveness and mercy. In the case of the dead person's old clothes, this may be a reference to the fulfillment of a promise or vow that the individual made before his death.
Distributing the dead person’s underwear in a dream is also considered an indication of revealing special secrets or hidden issues that the dead person was keeping. Distributing clothes from the dead person’s closet may express a donation of the money that was kept by the deceased person.
Seeing the deceased's clothes torn in a dream
If a person sees torn clothes worn by a dead person in a dream, this indicates suffering and difficulties that his family may face. If a person dreams that he is tearing a dead person’s clothes, this reflects the presence of disagreements and problems with the family of the deceased. If the dreamer sees the deceased taking off his torn clothes, this is an indication that his family’s circumstances will improve in the future.
Seeing repair or patching the torn clothes of a dead person is considered an indication of preserving the reputation of the deceased person and reminding him of goodness. If a person sees in his dream that the dead person is sewing his torn clothes, this indicates the end of disputes between his family members.
On the other hand, cutting a dead person’s clothes in a dream indicates a feeling of deep sadness. If these clothes are cut with a knife, this may mean that a family member will be harmed, while cutting them with scissors indicates poverty and financial need for the dead person’s family.
Seeing someone with a deceased father wearing torn clothes in a dream may indicate entering into a period of distress and adversity. If a person sees his deceased father’s clothes being torn, this may express the destruction or spoilage of work that the father had done during his life.
Dreaming of taking things from the dead
If the dead smiles when things are taken from him, this indicates gaining benefit and livelihood. If the dead person is frowning, this means that the dreamer is unlawfully violating the rights of others. Taking items without the deceased’s knowledge is an indication of dealing with illicit money.
Dreaming of taking items from relatives of the dead symbolizes the support and help the dreamer receives from others. If a person sees himself taking things from his dead father, this reflects the dreamer following the father’s approach to life. If the father is satisfied while giving him things, this is a sign of gaining parental approval in this world and the hereafter. Dreaming of taking things from a deceased mother indicates a life full of happiness and joy.
As for seeing a dead person taking things from another dead person, it expresses the good condition of this dead person in the afterlife. In some interpretations, if a deceased person sees himself taking items from him, the vision may be loaded with negative meanings.