Camels represent beauty, goodness and benefit for the one who possesses them or rides them. They may also be indicative of a patient man, because the camel carries heavy burdens; and they may also signal travel. If a person dreams that he rode a camel when he is sick, he will die because it travels with loved ones and takes them to faraway places.
One of the residents of Qafsah dreamt that he rode a camel without as addle and he was also naked, and that he departed from the gate of the city. I said to him: You will die. He was not sick at that time, but he fell sick after that and died fifteen days later.
A camel may also be indicative of needs being met, because of what we said above. Moreover if the camel is Arabian, that is indicative of an Arab man, and if it is a Bactrian camel, it is indicative of a non-Arab.
The female camel signifies a woman or a benefit or a livelihood. The camel colt signifies a man who travels a great deal and is patient, well loved by prominent people and very useful.
Shaykh Shihaab-ud-Deen said: Whoever rides any of these animals(in his dream) in a way that befits him, if he has some need it will bemet; if he is single he will get married; if he wants to travel he will travel and he will buy a female slave or a male slave or a house or a garden or a ship, or he may interact with a man like that.
A caravan of camels in the sky is indicative of non-stop rain. The same applies if one hears the sound of animal footsteps without seeing them. If a person dreams that he bought camels, he will prevail over his enemies. If he falls from the back of the camel, that signifies poverty. If he dreams that he took hold of the reins of a camel and led it to a known path, this indicates that he will guide a man who is well off to the right path. If he led the camel to a road other than the usual one, that signifies evildoing.
If he dreams that he is grazing camels, he will be appointed as a governor over the Arabs if the camel was Arabian, otherwise he will be appointed as a governor over non-Arabs.
A man dreamt that he loaded white paper on a donkey and it became a camel and did not go anywhere. Shaykh Shihaab-ud-Deen said to him: You sent books with a man and you thought he knew the place,but he turned out to be incompetent and did not know where to go. That is because the donkey knows where its owner lives, but the camel does not know.
If you regard riding a camel as good, then look at the way it is used. If the camel is used to carry goods for trade, say that the benefit will come from a journey or from a traveller. If the camel is used to carry wood or grains, say that the benefit will come from a garden or from farming. If the camel is used to carry water, say that the benefit will come from rain or from springs or from seas. If the person is one whose profession has something to do with water, such as fullers, water sellers, fishermen and those who travel by sea, say that the benefit will come from these types of people. If his ride was uncomfortable, then it may be interpreted inthe light of what we have explained.
