Comprehensive Islamic Interpretations of Dreams Starting with “خ”

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Author: Abu Muhammad Khalid bin Ali al-Anbari (may Allah have mercy on him)

Ch:

Keys:
➊ It refers to provision and victory over an enemy.
➋ If one sees himself holding many keys in his hand, its interpretation is that he will attain a very great position.
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Flattering someone:
If one is not accustomed to flattering people, it refers to humiliation and disgrace.
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Sheet (chadar):
It refers to honour and grandeur.
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Moon:
➊ If one sees the moon in his room, he will get married.
➋ If a disbelieving woman sees the moon in her room, she will accept Islam.
➌ If one sees the moon above the earth, it refers to the death of the mother.
➍ The sun and the moon refer to the parents.
➎ If the sun and the moon are prostrating, it means that his parents are pleased with him.
➏ The interpretation of the moon on the first night is a true promise. If it is seen in the season of Hajj, its interpretation may also be performing Hajj. If the crescent is dark, it is devoid of goodness and blessings.
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Silver:
➊ It refers to accumulated wealth.
➋ A silver ring refers to a beautiful fair-skinned girl.
➌ Silver utensils refer to good deeds and trade.
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Charpai (cot):
➊ It refers to a wife.
➋ If an unmarried woman (a virgin) sees a charpai, its interpretation is that she will get married.
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Pocket knife (chaqu):
See: Knife (chhuri).
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Mat (chatai):
It refers to abundance of provision, honour, and the elevation of grandeur and splendour.
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Rock:
➊ Rocks refer to patient women.
➋ A rock refers to wisdom, steadfastness, and long life.
➌ It may also refer to harsh-tempered and heedless people.
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Woman spinning with a spindle:
➊ A woman spinning refers to contentment, following the Sunnah, and performing tasks in the best manner.
➋ If a woman is spinning thread and ruining it, it means that Allah, the Exalted, is displeased with that woman and she is afflicted with His punishment.
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Shepherd:
The shepherd refers to a ruler holding authority. Seeing a shepherd indicates a high rank among the subjects and those under one’s authority, and the issuing of judgments with justice and fairness.
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Climbing:
➊ Climbing up refers to elevation, height, and grandeur. Going down refers to contempt. A high place shown in a dream, such as a mountain, a ravine, or a hillock, indicates the attainment of the desired thing.
➋ Climbing an even slope refers to hardship. There is no aspect of goodness in it.
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Sparrow:

➊ A sparrow refers to a person who tells idle talk and stories to make people laugh.
➋ Its interpretation may also be male offspring.
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Eye (chashm):
See: Eyes.
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Spring:
Its interpretation is blessing and goodness.
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Greasiness:
See: Oil.
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Millstone:
➊ The millstone refers to the passage of those who operate the mill from hardship to ease, or from poverty to wealth.
➋ It is a sign of a wife for an unmarried man, and of a husband for an unmarried woman.
➌ If a large millstone is seen in the middle of a city or in mosques and the city appears desolate, it refers to war and conflict.
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Leather:
See: Skin.
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Jasmine flower:
➊ Holding or seeing a jasmine flower in a dream refers to joy, happiness, and the attainment of a good thing.
➋ The removal of hardships and anxiety may also be meant by a jasmine flower.
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Being dazzled (chandhna):
➊ It refers to lowering one’s gaze from non-mahram women.
➋ It may also be a sign of some defect.
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Thief:
➊ It refers to a deceitful and cunning person.
➋ It may also refer to Satan.
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Theft:
It refers to adultery and usury.
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Sucking:
It refers to acquiring wealth and property.
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Female mouse:
It refers to an immoral woman.
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Gecko:
It refers to a person who enjoins good and forbids evil.
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Roof:
➊ It refers to a person of high rank.
➋ If the roof appears to be falling from above, it refers to fear and panic caused by a person of influence.
➌ If the roof falls down from above, its interpretation is that this person will suffer some hardship.
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Face:
➊ If a beautiful face is seen, it refers to improvement in worldly condition and good management.
➋ If the face is black, it refers to the birth of a girl. The Almighty said:
«وإذا بشر أحدهم بالأنثى ظل وجهه مسودا وهو كظيم»

Reference: An-Nahl: 58

“And when one of them is given news of a female, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses his grief.”
➌ If there is no flesh on the face, it means that he will live by asking people for help.
➍ If the face is blue, that person is a criminal.
➎ If the face is black, it is a sign of frequent lying or introducing innovation into the religion.
➏ A yellow face may also refer to love, passion, or illness.
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Beating one’s face:
It refers to obtaining male offspring after despair. Allah, the Exalted, says:
«فصكت وجهها»

Reference: Adh-Dhariyat: 29

She began to strike her face.
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Knife:
➊ It signifies benefiting one’s family through service. If the knife is sharp, it means that his word is enforced in the household.
➋ If a person is seen holding a knife while he has a court case in progress, it means that he will succeed. It is, as it were, a weapon to save him.
➌ If a person is given a knife and he has no other weapon with him, its interpretation is that he will do good and acquire provision.
➍ If a person cuts off both his hands with a knife, it means that he will see an astonishing event.
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Sieve:
Its interpretation is knowledge, intellect and awareness, and the distinction between truth and falsehood.
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Sneeze:
➊ If the dreamer is in some calamity, he will be delivered from it; if he is poor, he will be helped, because when someone sneezes, people say a supplicatory phrase in response.
➋ Sneezing may also signify an action that is pleasing to Allah, the Exalted.
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Cheetah:
It signifies a tyrannical king or a powerful, open enemy. If he kills it, it means that he will prevail over his enemy. If he rides upon it, its interpretation is that he will attain a very high position.
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Kite (bird):
Its interpretation is thieves and highway robbers, or else it signifies deceivers and cunning people.
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Sugar:
It signifies the attainment of joys and the end of worries.
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Ant:
➊ It signifies weak people.
➋ If a patient sees an ant walking on his body, it means that he is about to die.
➌ Ants signify lawful provision and prosperity.
➍ If food is being carried into someone’s house by ants, it means that goodness and blessings will increase in that house.
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Ḥ:
Performing Hajj:
If in a dream someone sees that he has gone for Hajj, has performed Tawaf of the House of Allah and has performed some of the rites of Hajj, then this is a sign of improvement in his religious condition, receiving reward, being safe from fear, paying off debts and returning trusts. If he is a traveller, he will return safely; if he is a merchant, he will earn profit; if he is ill, he will be cured. If he has not performed Hajj before, he will perform it.
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Hajamah (having hair cut):
➊ The interpretation of hajamah may also be deliverance from pain in the head and eyes.
➋ If hair is being shaved from a part of the body from which hair is not normally shaved, this may also be taken to mean calamity and storm.
➌ The interpretation of having the hair of the head shaved is the return of a trust and deliverance from fear. Likewise, having hair shaved during Hajj signifies payment of debt and being victorious; having hair cut signifies deliverance from fear. If one has hair shaved outside of Hajj, it means becoming slightly less righteous. If he is in some calamity, his calamity will end.
➍ Shaving off a beard signifies the loss of wealth and honour.
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Black stone (Hajar al-Aswad):
Its interpretation is performing Hajj to the House of Allah.
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Implementation of a prescribed punishment (ḥadd):
This is a sign of being religious and pious.
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Settling accounts (ḥisab):
➊ The reckoning of a deceased person signifies punishment.
➋ If one is engaged in self-accounting, it signifies repentance and turning back to Allah.
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Hajj season:
If someone is travelling for Hajj during its season, it means that he will be relieved of grief and worry.
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Envy:
➊ It signifies the ruin of the envious and the improvement of the one envied.
➋ It may also signify betrayal, arrogance, sorcery and quarrelling. When it concerns the one envied, its interpretation is that his provision will increase.
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Partnership:
If a poor man enters into partnership with a man of higher status than himself, its interpretation is that he will become rich.
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Ruler:
➊ Seeing a ruler signifies the head of the household.
➋ The marriage of an unmarried person is also its interpretation, because when he comes home, he becomes a ruler.
➌ If a person becomes a ruler by force, its interpretation is that there is a fear of his being imprisoned and of his committing betrayal, because a ruler will come on the Day of Resurrection with both his hands bound to his neck, and only his just judgement will be able to release them.
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Physician (doctor):
➊ If a physician comes to a patient, its interpretation is that he will be cured.
➋ If he comes to a healthy person, that person will fall ill, especially if he is telling him to eat something beneficial.
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Taking an oath:
➊ If a person takes a truthful oath, he will attain success and speak the truth.
➋ If he takes a false oath, he will be disgraced and will commit many sins. He will face remorse and humiliation.
➌ If he swears by a cross, or the stars, or the sea, etc., it means that he will act in error.
➌ If he swears by Allah, the Exalted, it means following the oath and adhering to the Sunnah.
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Ring (halqah):
See: Kara (bracelet).
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Pregnancy:
➊ If someone sees his wife pregnant, it means he hopes for better benefit from the world.
➋ If he sees himself with a pregnancy, its interpretation is an increase in worldly life and wealth.
➌ A pregnancy of an unmarried or virgin woman means she will get married.
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Bath (Hammam):
➊ Its interpretation may also be a woman. If she is beautiful and there is no odour in it, it means his wife enjoys good companionship; and if she is not beautiful, the meaning will be the opposite.
➋ The hammam may also mean comfort and the end of hardship.
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Hazrat Hawwa (Eve), peace be upon her:
➊ Seeing Hazrat Hawwa, peace be upon her, in a dream means blessing and an abundance of beneficial things.
➋ Seeing both Hazrat Adam and Hawwa, peace be upon them, may also mean moving from a better place to a lesser place and committing a forbidden act.
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Pool (Hawd):
If one performs wudu from a pool, it means that by the command of Allah ta’ala he will be freed from anxiety.
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Astonishment:
Being astonished means being heedless, and Satan urging towards misguidance.
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Menstruation (Haiz):
See: Monthly cycle.
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Kh:
Itching:
Scratching oneself means complaining of the condition of relatives and facing hardship from them.
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Being itchy with a rash:
➊ If an itchy person is scratching a wound and there is no pus, it means hardship from relatives.
➋ If there is moisture in the wound, such a person will become distressed and will acquire wealth.
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Circumcision:
➊ Its interpretation is purity and joy and happiness.
➋ If a person gets circumcised, its interpretation is that Allah ta’ala has purified him from sins.
➌ If a young girl sees this dream, its interpretation is that she will get married; its interpretation may also be menstruation.
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Circumcision instrument:
Seeing it means the veil over defects will be lifted.
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Mule:
➊ It is a sign of travel.
➋ Riding a mule means long life and marrying a barren woman.
➌ If the mule has a bridle, it means a refined and beautiful woman, or else a beneficial journey may be meant by it.
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Saying goodbye (farewell):
➊ Bidding farewell to a patient means his death.
➋ Divorcing one’s wife is also its interpretation.
➌ Travelling and moving from one place to another may also be meant by it.
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Snoring:
Its interpretation is the ending of fear.
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Expenditure:
➊ Spending on family and dependants is interpreted as giving charity.
➋ Its interpretation is also abundant provision and receiving a replacement from Allah ta’ala.
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Scratch (Kharash):
➊ Scratching a person means he will cause him financial loss or will be harmful regarding his relatives.
➋ It may also mean causing pain through words.
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Hare:
Its interpretation is a cowardly person.
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Treasure:
➊ If someone finds a treasure in a dream and he is a student, it means he will acquire knowledge; if he is a trader, he will benefit from expansion of trade and generosity; if he is a ruler or holds an office, he will be of high rank and a just judge.
➋ The interpretation of seeing a treasure is also being free from need and independent.
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Measles:
➊ It is a sign of wealth and property.
➋ If someone gets measles, its interpretation is that his wealth and property will increase.
➌ If a son gets measles, its interpretation is that Allah ta’ala’s favour will be upon his son.
➍ The interpretation of boils and pimples is also an increase in wealth.
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Drying up:
Its interpretation is poverty, straitened circumstances and lack of ease.
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Dyeing (Khidab):
➊ Applying dye to the beard means being righteous and acting upon the Sunnah.
➋ Applying dye to the palm means economic prosperity.
➌ If a woman sees henna on her hand, its interpretation is that her husband will treat her well.
➍ Applying black dye to the hair is a sign of bad deeds and misfortune.
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Hazrat Khidr, peace be upon him:
➊ Seeing Hazrat Khidr, peace be upon him, is a sign of prosperity, abundance of blessings, and peace and safety.
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Caliph:
➊ Seeing a caliph, or becoming a caliph oneself, is interpreted as a good outcome.
➋ Seeing a caliph is also a sign of the end of hardship and attaining a high rank.
➌ If someone has made a promise to the dreamer, it means that his promise will be fulfilled and his hope will be realised.
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Letter:
➊ If it is a letter of good news, it means the outcome of his hidden plan will be better.
➋ It may also mean that he will receive wealth, or children, or a wife.
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Preacher (Khatib):
➊ It means fear of Allah, repentance and propagation (of religion).
➋ If an unmarried woman sees a preacher, it means she will get married; similarly, for an unmarried man its interpretation is the same.
➌ If he sees that he has become a preacher and he is worthy of some office, it means he will attain a suitable office.
➍ If a woman is giving a speech, she will marry a righteous man.
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Pig:
Seeing a pig is a sign of evil, hardship and haram earnings.
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Dagger:
Holding a dagger in one’s hand signifies the acquisition of wealth and power.
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Cheerful face (affable manner):
➊ Meeting scholars and righteous people with a cheerful face is a sign of obedience to Allah the Exalted and His Messenger ﷺ.
➋ Meeting with a cheerful face people who are jokers and of a mischievous nature is a sign of negligence in religion, inclination towards forbidden deeds, and keeping company with the people of innovation.
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Self-conceit:
➊ It signifies oppression and transgression.
➋ It may also be a sign of destruction and ruin.
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Fragrance:
➊ A fragrance spreading from a perfume burner signifies a good reputation.
➋ A person holding a perfume burner in his hand, if something of his has been lost, will get it back and will hear some good news.
➌ For a patient, it is a sign of death.
➍ If a woman has applied perfume, it means she will do good deeds; if she is unmarried, her marriage is about to take place.
➎ If a thief or a deceitful person applies perfume, its interpretation is that he will repent.
➏ Smelling fragrance from a perfume burner is interpreted as living well with people.
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Helmet (military cap):
It is a sign of deliverance from an enemy and from headache.
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Fear:
➊ The interpretation of fear is peace and safety.
➋ Its interpretation may also be repentance.
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Blood:
If blood is on a shirt and it cannot be determined where it came from, it means that an accusation will be levelled against him by an unknown person.
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Joy and happiness:
It is a sign of deliverance from calamity or of good deeds.
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Prosperity:
➊ It is a sign of moving from hardship to ease and of troubles being removed.
➋ Its interpretation is also the repayment of debt.
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Fear and dread:
➊ Its interpretation is peace and safety.
➋ Repentance may also be taken from it.
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Betrayal:
It signifies haram sustenance.
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Tent:
➊ It is a sign of good news.
➋ Travel may also be understood from it.
➌ A wife may also be meant by it.
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Sincere advice:
If an enemy is giving advice, it is a sign of being deceived and of being afflicted with plotting and deception. Allah the Exalted has said:
«وَقَاسَمَهُمَا إِنِّي لَكُمَا لَمِنَ النَّاصِحِينَ ‎ ﴿٢١﴾ ‏ فَدَلَّاهُمَا بِغُرُورٍ ۚ فَلَمَّا ذَاقَا الشَّجَرَةَ بَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْآتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ الْجَنَّةِ ۖ وَنَادَاهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا أَلَمْ أَنْهَكُمَا عَن تِلْكُمَا الشَّجَرَةِ وَأَقُل لَّكُمَا إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَكُمَا عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ»

Reference: 7-al-A’raf:21

And he swore to both of them, “Indeed, I am to you both a sincere advisor.” Then he brought them down by deception.
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