A man came to Ibn Sireen when Yazeed ibn al-Muhallab was ruler of Basra and he had gone out to fight Yazeed ibn ‘Abd al-Malik. He said to him: I dreamt that a man took a fine carpet from beneath me andI sat on the ground.
He said to him: You did not see this dream; ratherYazeed ibn al-Muhallabsaw it. If his dream is true, he will be defeated by Yazeed ibn ‘Abd al-Malik. And that is what happened.
