Iron represents wealth and power. A man said to Ja’far al-Saadiq:I dreamt that my son gave me a piece of iron and a drink of vinegar. He said to him: You are going to teach your son the craft of Dawood and you will get wealthy during a lengthy sickness.
If the dreamer looks for a metal and finds in it snakes or fire, or he sees an evil snake or smoke, the person indicated by it is bad. If he benefits from that in which he found snakes, he will have some relief from the person who deals in that. If he finds snakes in it, he will have relief from a man who is a snake charmer or who makes antidotes. If he finds smoke in it and benefits from it, he will find relief from a cook or an oven keeper. If he finds dust in it that is not from that metal, he will find relief from a new king or from one who is travelling or from a strange man or strange woman.
