For a man, a well (in a dream) signifies a cheerful woman, and for a woman it signifies a man of good character, because there is benefit ina well and there is no harm in it. It is also indicative of a scholar, and it may simply be a prison or a grave or a plot. As for a prison and the grave, that is because of the similarity between them and because wells are often used as prisons. As for it signifying a plot, that is because holes in dreams usually indicate plotting.
If a person dreams that he dug a well for a man, it indicates that he will plot against that man but the
plot will backfire against him. The poet said:
O digger of the well, make it spacious, because the one who digs a well will soon fall into it.
If a person dreams that he dug a well and there was water in it, he will marry a wealthy woman and will cheat her. If there was no water init, then the woman does not have any wealth. If he dreams that he fell into a well, he will die, as is also the case if he dreams that he fell into a dry well. If he sees his feet dangling in a well, he will be a victim of a plot against his wealth.
If he dreams that he went down into a well and when he got half way he gave the call to prayer, he is going to travel, because descending into the well signifies disappearing in the land, and disappearing in the land means travelling. The call to prayer signifies high position, so halfway through his journey he will attain leadership and ample income. But if he heard the call to prayer when he was halfway down the well, he will be dismissed if he was in a position of authority and he will incur losses in business if he is a trader, if
he cannot reach what he wanted which was at the bottom of the well.
A well may also indicate a man of high position in the place seen in the dream. If the water is sweet, then that man will be easy-going,otherwise he will not. If the dreamer sees a well from which anyone who comes to it can drink by means of a rope, that indicates that in that place there is a man or woman from whom the people benefit in their livelihood and he will be thought of highly because of what is indicated by the rope, because Allah says:
A well that is found in a residential quarter where people can reach it easily may signify a prostitute to whom everyone goes, and the rope and bucket of the well signify the men who love her, and whatever happens to them, good or bad, is because of her.
A man said to Ibn ‘Abbaas (May Allah be please with him): I dreamt that I lowered a bucket intoa well and two thirds of the bucket got filled and one third remained empty. He said to him: You have been absent from your house for six months, and your wife is pregnant and will give birth to a son. The well represents a woman, the bucket represents a man and the water represents good news in the well, which is like the good news that was in the dry well where Yoosuf (May Allah be please with him) was. So I realized that it was fore telling a son. The two thirds of the bucket represent six months andthe remaining third is three months. He said: You are right.
