Trees are indicative of a king; their leaves represent his troops and weapons and their fruits represent his wealth. Nebuchadnezzar dream of an intensely green tree with its roots firmly implanted in the ground and its branches in the heavens; on its branches were all the birds of the sky and in its shade were the wild creatures of the earth. Daniel said to him: The tree is you and the birds and its branches are your children and your troops and your family. The wild animals dwelling in its shade are your subjects.
A tree may also be indicative of a father or master, and its leaves and fruits are his wealth. Or it may be indicative of his wife, with its leaves representing her bracelets and its fruit representing her children. All itmay be indicative of slaves, children and animals because of the benefits that there are in it, and its leaves represent their garments because the leaves cover the tree and were it not for them it would be burnt bythe sun. A tree may also be indicative of livelihood, with its fruits and leaves representing wealth. Or it may be indicative of a scholar, with its leaves representing his books and its fruits representing his branches of knowledge. Or it may be indicative of a worshipper, with its leaves and fruit representing his supererogatory acts of worship. Trees are also indicative of wealth because they and their fruits are a kind of wealth.The bark of the tree refers to inheritance from the dead.
If a person dreams that he sees trees growing with fragrant plants around them, that is indicative of men entering the place where they are growing in order to weep and offer condolences. If a person dreams that oath of allegiance or a covenant. He said: If the king cuts down a tree with an axe, he will issue decrees against the people that will destroy them, andif he cuts it down with a sickle, he will make demands on them that they cannot fulfill, meaning that the axe uproots it completely and the sickle leaves its roots intact.
A man dreamt that he cut down an olive tree that was the only one inthe land. Shaykh Shihaab-ud-Deen said to him: Are you trying to stopoil that was given as a Waqf to the mosque? He said: Yes.
A man dreamt that he sought shade under an apple tree and that he benefited from it, and he was sick so he started drinking again and was healed. He said to him: You were benefiting from drinking apple juice,but you stopped. So he started drinking it again and was healed.
Another man said: I dreamt that they cut down the grapevine thatI used to prostrate to in my dream. He said to him: You used to drinkwine, then you repented from it.
Another man said: I dreamt that my throat was blocked and I could not breathe, so I cut down a mulberry tree and put it in my throat, and it stopped. He said to him: You will swallow something that causes swelling in the throat and you will only recover by drinking mulberry juice. And it turned out as he said.
If a person dreams that he is up a tree, he will be safe from what hewas watching out for. If he dreams that he is lying down on trees, the number of his children will increase.
Shaykh Shihaab-ud-Deen said: If he dreams that he possessed group of trees, if he is the king he will take possession of lands or armies or slaves, commensurate with what he saw in his dream. If he isa scholar he will acquire new knowledge according to what he saw. If heis a worshipper then the trees represent his deeds, or they may represent wealth, children, slaves, livestock, property or trades. For craftsmen and the poor, that represents a few Dirhams, according to the type of trees. A similar ruling applies to things that may be collected one by one, such as safflowers, cucumbers and so on. That indicates that one land after another will succumb to the king and his army, lands that contain citadels. For the merchant it is indicative of profitable business;for the one who is single it is indicative of a spouse and children; for craftsmen it represents abundant income, if he dreams that he possessed it at the beginning of the season; but if he sees it at the end of the season,then it indicates the opposite.
Olives represent a noble woman, because Allah called the olive tree blessed. If a person dreams that he is holding onto its leaves,
Some of them said that if the tree is yellow, it is indicative of grief,otherwise it signifies wealth. A man said to Ibn Sireen: I dreamt thatI found some oil at the bottom of the olive tree. He said to him: Whatis your story? He said: I was taken captive and enslaved when I was achild, then I was released and I bought a slave woman. He said: She is your mother. So he asked her and found that she was his mother.
Another man said: I dreamt that I went to the base of an olive tree and squeezed it and drank its water. He said to him: Fear Allah, for your wife is your sister through breastfeeding.
If he dreams that an olive tree grows on his head, he will become a scholar.
One of them said: An apricot tree is indicative of a man who issickly.Another one said: A quince tree is indicative of a wise man who is not benefitting from his wisdom.
A banana tree is indicative of a man of satisfactory attitude and good character. If it grows in the house,that is indicative of an increase in the number of children, and that is,An almond tree represents a stranger.
A walnut tree represents a blind man who is well off but miserly.
A date palm represents a noble and useful scholar or a son who is religiously committed. A man said to Ibn Sireen: I dreamt that in my house there were six palm trees; five were green and one was dry. He said to him: You pray but you do not pay Zakaah.
A young man said to him: I dreamt that I saw the Prophet (Peace be upon him) and it was as if he was in a swampy land with palm trees, beside which there was land that was good but had no vegetation. He said to me: Do you know who it belongs to? I said: No. He said: This belongs toImru’l-Qays ibn Hajar (the poet). Take these palm trees and plant them in that good land. I did as he instructed me, then he said to me: Do you compose poetry? I said: No. He said: You will compose poetry like that of Imru’l-Qays.If he dreams that date stones become palm trees, then that indicates that a man of humble background will benefit a great deal or that his son will become a scholar.
