Search Key: Pouch
Money pouch
(See Wallet)
Interpreted by Ibn Sirin
Pouch
Entrusting someone with a pouch filled with money in a dream means
confiding a secret to him. If the pouch looks good, then one’s secret is important.
If not, then the secret is useless. If the other person opens the pouch to see what
is inside it in the dream, it means that he does not keep a secret. (Also see Purse;
Sack; Suitcase; Trunk)
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Traveller’s pouch
(See Food basket)
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Sack
(Bag; Pouch; Suitcase; Trunk) A sack or any packing container in a dream
represents travels, or activities in general. A sack in a dream also represents
the body of a human being. An empty sack in a dream then means death. Seeing
a sack within a sack in a dream represents the knowledge one benefited from
during his life in this world. If the second sack contains money in the dream,
it means that one’s knowledge is true. If it contains change, it means that one
is still studying and needs to further his knowledge. A sack in a dream also
represents one’s personal and secret life. In a dream, if one makes a cut through
a sack and throws its contents asunder, it means that his private and intimate
life will be exposed and becomes the subject of people’s talk. If one’s money falls
through a hole in the bag or a purse he carries, the bag also represents his body
and the money represents his soul, which is an indication of his death. If one
finds termites or moths inside his sack in a dream, it also means death. Thus,
a sack in a dream denotes what a person represents, or it could mean one’s
heart. (Also see Bag; Pouch; Purse; Suitcase; Trunk)
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Knot
(Bond; Bridge; Contract; Liaison; Tie) To make a knot in one’s shirt in a
dream means engaging in business. Tying a knot with a rope in a dream
represents one’s religious commitment. Tying a knot with a handkerchief in a
dream means giving fringe benefits to a servant or to an employee. Tying a belt
over a pair of pants in a dream means marriage. Tying a knot with a thread in
a dream means asserting one’s intention, or stipulating one’s plan, or it could
mean sorcery and an evil spell. Ifone sees himself tying a rope or a thread around
a pouch or a bag and could not open it again, and if an unknown person comes-
by and unties the knot in the dream, it means distress, stress, uptightness, or
suffering from political persecution, or financial adversities that will be lifted
unexpectedly by God’s leave. (Also see Contract; Thread; Tie; Untying something)
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Intestines
(Bowels) In a dream, intestines represent one’s personal property, or
they could mean a pouch. If the intestines are seen outside the stomach in a
dream, they represent one’s step daughters, or an illness in that house. If the
tissue of the intestines has a cut, or if it breaks in the dream, then it means
death. Intestines in a dream also mean money. Exposed intestines in a dream
mean the surfacing of hidden money. Eating someone’s intestines in a dream
means denying him his money, or discovering a hidden treasure. If one’s
intestines and bowels are taken out from his body for washing, then placed in
a container in a dream, it means his death and the washer represents the
undertaker. Noting here that embalming is not permissible in Islam. Islamic
Laws. (Also see Body)
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Bowl
(Cup; Plate; Tray) In a dream, a bowl represents man’s money pouch or what
his wife would like to receive from him. If one sees himself receiving a bowl filled
with sweets in a dream, it means receiving abundance of love from one’s beloved.
If the bowl is filled with sour food or some green raw vegetables in the dream,
it means that animosity will develop on the part of his beloved, and it will
provoke despise and fighting between husband and wife. Seeing a bowl in a
dream also means increase in one’s earnings. A bowl also represents a servant,
a child, a daughter, a nanny, or a handmaiden. Licking a bowl in a dream
represents one’s earnings, and it could mean that he has consumed his lot in this
life, or that he has reached the term of his life in this world. If one sees a large
number of people gathering around a bowl to eat from it in a dream, it means
a reunion of his clan, or it could represent the place of his dwelling. If they are
people of true actions, it means that they will become friendly with him. If one
urinates in a bowl or in ajar in a dream, it means that he will sexually abuse
members of his own family. Abowl in a dream also represents one’s beloveds and
its contents represent one’s love. Holding a bowl in a dream means a reunion
with one’s beloved. (Also see Pot; Wooden bowl)
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Bottle
(Glass bottle; Water skin) In a dream, a bottle represents a money pouch,
knowledge, a womb, or a despicable person. Seeing or carrying a bottle of honey
in a dream means learning a trick from a loathsome person. Seeing or carrying
a bottle of fuel in a dream means earning unlawful money through an evil
person. Blowing into a bottle in a dream denotes having a son. The same
interpretation is given for blowing air or inflating any sack or a balloon. Seeing
a bottle of water in a dream may denote a wife, a husband, a host, a merchant,
or a pregnant woman. (Also see Glass bottle)
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Hostel
(Inn; Hotel; Lodge; Pub) In a dream, a hostel represents fornication,
adultery, temporary marriage for pleasure, renting a space, renting tools or
machinery, leasing an area for storage, or renting a garment. If a sick person
rents a room in a hostel or an inn on the highway in a dream, it means his death,
or it could mean that he will recover from an illness, or dispel anxiety, or take
residence in a new country, or it could mean marriage after being single for a
long time, or buying a vehicle, finding a money pouch, or something one can sell
to help him during his financial crises. A married person resting in a hostel in
a dream means that he will beget a son who when he grows will help his father
in his trade and bring him happiness and comfort. If one’s child is disobedient,
or recalcitrant, it means that he will repent and come back to live under his
father or mother. If a heedless person sees a hostel in a dream, it means that
he will find guidance and return to walk on God’s path. (Also see Hotel)
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Ostrich
(Mail; Male ostrich) In a dream, a male ostrich represents a servant, a
Gypsy, a deaf person, a castrate, an eunuch, or announcing someone’s death. An
ostrich in a dream also represents wealth and blessings. If one sees himself
slaughtering a male ostrich in a dream, it means homosexuality. Receiving a male
ostrich in a dream means that one will become a man of knowledge, a judge, or
preside over a high ranking post in conjunction with one’s qualifications. Riding
an ostrich in a dream also means carrying a postal pouch, or becoming a courier.
Riding an ostrich in a dream also means living on unlawful money. Seeing an
ostrich living in one’s house in a dream means longevity. Carrying an ostrich in
a dream means carrying one’s sins. Finding an ostrich egg in a dream means
pursuing a woman to satisfy an erotic intention.
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Testicles
(Male reproductive glands) In a dream, testicles represent the elements
of husband and wife, one’s two children, trade, business, doors, doormen, money
pouch, or the female members of one’s family, including sisters, daughters,
mother or aunts. Whatever affects one’s testis in a dream may manifest in
events affecting any of the above.
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Wallet
(Money bag; Money belt; Money pouch; Purse) A wallet in a dream means
getting married or begetting a son. A wallet in a dream also represents money
placed in a wallet, or it could represent a key. If one’s wallet falls in a sea or in
a river, it means loss of one’s capital at the hand of people in authority. If it falls
into a fire, it means losing one’s money to a greedy, envious and an unjust
person. It is also said that one’s wallet in a dream could represent his body. If
one’s wallet is taken away from him in a dream, it means his death. Carrying
a money belt in a dream means having knowledge one has earned in the first
half of his life. If it contains some change only in the dream, it means that one
has to pursue the path of knowledge and further his studies.
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Food basket
(Picnic basket; Traveller’s pouch) A food basket in a dream represents
an important journey, financial comfort, or interchanging conditions between
poverty and distress. If a traveller sees himself carrying a food basket in a
dream, it means that he will take a positive look at things, or that he will walk
a step forward that will bring benefits to him and to his family.
Interpreted by Ibn Sirin
Bag
(Sack) A travelling bag or a sack in a dream represents a coffer, a keeper of
one’s secrets, or it could mean a treasure. Seeing a sack or a bag in a dream also
means a trip, or a young son one takes pride to carry over his shoulders. (Also
see Pouch; Sack, Suitcase; Trunk)
Interpreted by Ibn Sirin
Container
(See Bag; Pouch; Sack; Suitcase; Trunk)
Interpreted by Ibn Sirin
Purse
In a dream, a purse represents the chief minister, an assistant manager
or a vice-chairman. He is the one who remains with his superior at all times,
discusses with him confidentiality, and transmits his messages. A purse in a
dream also represents a war thirsty person or an influential person. Seeing a
purse in a dream also means a job for an unemployed person, temptation, or
lamenting the dead. (Also see Bag; Pouch; Sack; Wallet)
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Cistern
In a dream, a water cistern represents a pouch, a safe, a box, a coffer, a
partner, one’s wife, a son, or knowing people’s personal secrets. If the oil cistern
is filled with water in the dream, it means stagnation of any of the above. If one
sees a water cistern filled with oil in a dream, then it means prosperity. The
cistern of a fellowship house, a khanakah or a mosque in a dream represents its
Imam or its supervising spiritual teacher or the caretaker and guard of the
property. If one sees the water cistern of the house sitting in an unsuitable place
in that house in a dream, it represents the spirit of a jinni who pursues such a
person or who may haunt his house. If one sees a well being used as a cistern
in his house in a dream, it denotes that the dwellers of that house are of the
middle class, or it could mean that the water of that house is salty or non-
potable. If one sees the cistern filled with butter or honey or milk in a dream,
it means that one’s wife is pregnant, or it could mean prosperity for that family.
If the family of such a house is thirsty in the dream, and if the cistern is filled
with other than water, then it means that they owe alms tax and must pay the
necessary charity on their assets, or it could mean that such a family has turned
its back to God’s path and preferred worldly gains instead, or that they have a
knowledge that they do not practice, or it could mean shortage of rain in that
locality that necessitates spending money on God’s path. A cistern in a dream
also could represent a protective shield or a pocket, one’s dignity, blessings or
attaining a respectable rank or dispelling difficulties. However, this interpre¬
tation can only apply for those who use a cistern or a similar water container
or a water dispenser and in their case, it also could mean peace and protection
from any fears. (See Urn)
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Sources:The dream interpretations presented on this website are primarily based on the renowned works of Imam Ibn Sirin (رحمه الله). Additional insights are derived from authentic Islamic sources, including references to the Qur'an, Sunnah, and scholarly consensus among early Islamic dream interpreters.While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and authenticity of the content, we encourage readers to consult qualified Islamic scholars for deeper understanding or in matters requiring religious rulings.
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