It should be noted that the basic principle with regard to water is that it refers to a good life, because Allah, may He be glorified and exalted,made it a source of life for animate beings and plants. Allah says:
Ibn Sireen said: Water in a dream refers to trials with regard to religious commitment. A man dreamt that he was in water and he said:You have gained wealth. He said: Yes. Then he recited to him the Versein which Allah says:
What we have mentioned is the basic principle, and what IbnSireen mentioned about it signifying atrial with regard to religious commitment or a test and distress is something that may resultfromwealth, otherwise the principle is what we have mentioned above. That depends on othercircumstances. If a man dreams that in his house there is pure water, that is indicative of happiness,earning and a great deal of wealth, and he may even get married, because Allah says:
A man said to Ibn Sireen: I dreamt that I was drinking from a well that had two outlets, one with salty water and one with fresh water. He said to him: You have a wife and you are having an affair with her sister.He said: You are right.
Bitter water signifies trouble and a hard life.
Black water: drinking it signifies loss of vision; seeing it in the house means that the house is going to be destroyed; and drawing it from a well is indicative of a woman in whom there is nothing good.
Blackish water signifies troubles in life.
Foul smelling water signifies Haraam wealth.
Yellow water signifies sickness.
Cloudy water signifies hardship.
If the dreamer benefits from salty, bitter or foul smelling water ata time of hardship, that is good for him; if he runs away from a wild animal or an enemy and seeks a place to hide in cloudy water, that is a good sign.
Pure water: if he enjoys drinking it in his dream, he will have relief from sickness if the patient may benefit from water. The same applies if the sickness makes him feel cold and he drinks hot water.
If he dreams that he drinks water on an empty stomach during the winter or fall, he will suffer a mild sickness and he may experience pain, because drinking water at that time is harmful. But if he drinks it in the spring, it is a joy, and drinking it in summer is indicative of a headache because it turns into yellow bile immediately and that has todo with the head.
Running water in winter and fall is a good sign, but in spring and summer it is a bad sign. If a person dreams that he is drinking water inthe evening without feeling thirsty, that is indicative of diseases andtroubles because that is harmful. It also indicates loss of wealth and adultery and arranging marriages with no benefit.
If the dreamer drinks pure water from a glass vessel, he will attain some benefit from his wife and child, because the glass vessel indicates a woman and the water indicates the foetus. If he dreams that he was given water in a vessel, he will be blessed with a child.
One of them said: If he sees that he is drinking water in his dream morethan he usually drinks when he is awake, his life will be elongated.
A man dreamt that he was drinking water from a water-skin on the back of a donkey. Shihaab-ud-Deen said: He commits evil actions because he felt pleasure with that which is indicative of his private parts.
If he dreams that he is chewing water, he will have trouble with his livelihood. If he dreams that he stretches his hand into the water, this indicates that he will stretch it into wealth. A man said to Ibn Sireen: I dream that I was drinking delicious water from a water-skin. He said: Fear Allah and do not befriend a woman who is not permissible for you.
He said: Rather she is a woman to whom I have proposed marriage.A woman said: I dreamt that I was giving water to people. He said to her: Fear Allah and do not go around telling people lies.
If he dreams that he is drinking fresh water that he took from the sea or a river or that he is watering crops with it, he will gain benefit from a prominent person, because seas, rivers and springs represent prominent people. A river is lower in status than a sea, and a spring is lower in status than a river, but all of these are indicative of men of prominence status, such as a king, a father, a master, a brother, a son, husband,a scholar, or a worshipper. They are also indicative of livelihood and trade. If we regard the sea as representing a king, then the fish represent his subjects or his troops. If we regard it as representing a scholar, then the fish represent the branches of knowledge that he has acquired and his students. If we regard it as representing a husband, then they represent the furniture of his house or his slaves or his relatives. If we regard itas representing a trade, then they represent earnings. If we regard it as representing livelihood, then they represent his fellow traders in the market who do not show any compassion to old or young and compete with one another, because that is how fish behave. The same applies to rivers.
If that water is cloudy, foul smelling, salty or bitter, he will have some trouble with a prominent man, and if he is sick, his sickness will be lengthy.
If he dreams that he is swimming in the sea or river and it is summer time and the water is cold, or it is winter time and the water is hot, or he dreams that he does Ghusl or Wood oo’ with that water,he will get some benefit from the people mentioned. Similarly if he fishes out something beneficial or he brings a gemstone out of it or he sees fire floating on it, or he dreams that he is swimming in it and it is summer time and the water is hot, or it is winter time and the water is cold, or if the dreamer is sick and swimming is not good for him, if he drown or the water comes over his head, that is indicative of trouble and distress caused by the people mentioned or by an enemy. Swimming in the sea may be indicative of seeking knowledge.
If he dreams that he went back to the shore, he will stop seeking knowledge or he may serve a ruler.
If he becomes afraid whilst swimming, he will become afraid ofa ruler. If a king dreams that he is swimming in the sea, he will fight another king, but if he dreams that he swam across that sea, he willdefeat him. Drowning may be indicative of committing sin or following innovation openly. In the Hadeeth it says:“Whoever dreams that he is drowning will enter the Fire,”because Allah says:
If he dreams that he was submerged and then emerged, he will give up worldly interests and will focus on religion, especially if he dreams that he was wearing a green garment.
A man dreamt that he jumped into the river with his clothes on but did not get wet. He said to him:Did you think of committing a sin but did not do it? He said: Yes.
Wells are indicative of the same things as springs, but they indicate prominent people of lesser status.If rivers, springs and wells are seen in the dream in places where there is no water, such as deserts,they indicate prominent people of different status because they are not all the same. If they are seen inthe usual places, they represent people of lower status. The disappearance of one of them is indicative of low rainfall, alot of diseases and sicknesses that are hot, death of animals due to lack of water and destruction of crops.
I said: In our land there is a river from which gardens are water and its water belongs to some people from whom the garden owners buy the water for a price that fluctuates. A man dreamt that this river dried up and I interpreted that as meaning that the price of water would rise and that turned out to be the case. The flow of rivers and springs in places where they should not be, such as in the midst of the houses, is indicative of troubles and weeping eyes in that place.
If a person dreams that water comes down from the roof or collected in the roof in such a way that it damaged the walls or damaged some of the furniture, that is also indicative of trouble and it signifies that thieves may enter that place. If it flows in the gardens, that is indicative of some extra income coming to the owner of the garden, as some suggested. I once dreamt that water was flowing through my garden,then I lost possession of it. Then I dreamt that the same happened toanother garden of mine and I lost possession of it. Then I dreamt thatthe water was flowing through part of another garden of mine, and I lost it by renting it out. The interpretation of the above may be understood ifthe water comes in a place where it does not harm the crops, but in my case I saw that the water did damage the crops.
If water enters a valley in the land, that indicates that a ruler will come in. If the water is clear, he will be just, otherwise he will be unjust.If the water moves backwards, that indicates that the ruler will be just.If the water rises, that indicates that the ruler will oppress his subjects; ifit rises too much, the ruler will suppress them. If the water washes away food, that indicates that the ruler will take their wealth; if it sweeps away horses, that indicates that the ruler will take their women captive. If the dreamer sees himself falling into a river and then coming out of it, he will fall into grief and then be saved from it. If he dreams that he jumped out of the river onto the bank, he will be saved from the oppression of a ruler and will prevail over his enemies, on the grounds that when Taloot(Saul) crossed the river, he prevailed over Jaloot (Goliath).
A man dreamt that there were springs on his body. He said: That is indicative of boils or wounds. He said: The same applies if he sees well son his body.
Another man dreamt that there were rivers on his body. He said:There is the fear that you will be branded with fire. Soon after that hewas captured by an enemy and branded with fire.
Another man dreamt that his back was a well of sweet water and it coloured his clothes. He said: Boils or carbuncles will appear on your body. That turned out to be the case. Another man dreamt that and he said that he drank from the well. He said: A son of yours will live and you will eat from his earnings.
