The lion is indicative of kings, people of authority and bandits. Ibn Sireen said: It represents a tyrant king from whom neither his friend nor his enemy is safe. A man said to him: I dreamt that there was a lion cub in my house. He said: You will marry one of the king’s daughters.
Another man said: I dreamt that I had a lion cub in my hand and I was looking after it. He said to him: Perhaps your wife is breast feeding the child of a man among them. He said: You are right.
If a man dreams that a lion pounced on a mouse, his dream indicates that the king is suppressing his subjects. Cutting off the head of a lion is indicative of gaining authority. If the dreamer ate its head, he will gain power throughout his life. If he dreams that he is tending lions, he will make friends with powerful, oppressive Kings.
The Faqeeh Abu’l-Qaasim ibn al-Shaykh dreamt that he put his hand in the mouth of the lion, then took it out, then he put it in again.
He did that with several lions, until he had put his hand in the mouths of five lions and taken it out, and none of the lions harmed him. He served five kings and managed to remain safe, then he died a natural death in his own bed.
If the dreamer dreams that he had a fight with a lion then he ran away from it and the lion could not see him, he will prevail over his enemy and will be safe from what he fears, and he may acquire knowledge.The same applies to all dreams where the dreamer sees himself fleeing and he cannot see his pursuer, because Allah says: If he dreams that he rides the lion and is afraid, a calamity may be fall him. If he dreams that the lion isin his house or he dreams that he is friends with it and is not afraid of it, he will be safe from hi enemy and his enemy will become his friend.
The lioness signifies the daughter of a king. If he dreams that he is intimate with her, he will attain a high position and subdue his enemy.
