White hair in those who respect it, such as scholars, the poor and people of prominence, represents glory and high status. If one of them dreams that his beard has turned white, he will attain glory and status,because when Ibraaheem (May Allah be please with him) saw that his beard was filled with white hair, he said: O Lord, what is this? It was revealed to him: This is dignity, O Ibraaheem. He said: If this is dignity then increase me indignity. And his beard became white like cotton.
But for those who do not respect it, such as soldiers, young men and women, it signifies worries, trouble and loss of livelihood. Undoubtedly worry hastens the appearance of white hair, hence white hair is a sign of trouble. Al-Zamakhshari narrated that a man dreamt that he saw that errors of the Day of Resurrection, and when he woke up he found that his beard had turned white.My Shaykh, Shihaab-ud-Deen al-Quraafi, narrated that a righteous man who was known as Jamaal-ud-Deen said: In Aleppo, I saw a manwith completely white hair walking behind a middle aged man, and I thought that the middle-aged man was the son of the white-haired man.I said to him: Don’t you feel ashamed to walk in front of your father?He said: Rather I am the father. Then he turned to the one whose hair was all white and said: O Muhammad, tell your uncle what happened to you. He said: I was sick and they thought that I had died, so they buried me.
Then I woke up in the grave and shouted my father’s name, then my mother’s name, then the servant’s name, but no one answered me. I said: They have gone to sleep and left me, and they have extinguished the lamp. Then I wanted to lift my leg or turn over, but I could not,and I realized that I was in the grave. I screamed and fell unconscious.Then I woke up and screamed a second time, then I fell unconscious. I screamed a third time and fell unconscious. When I woke up, I heard the sound of digging in the grave and I thought: This is a hyena and this is what has been decreed for me, to die as prey. Then the digger sneezed,and I realised that hewas a grave robber. I wanted to speak to him, butI was afraid that he would get scared and leave me.
When he lifted me up and took my shroud, I grabbed him. He screamed and dropped dead,so I took hold of his feet and threw him into the grave. Then I wrapped myself in my shroud and went to the gate of the city, and entered when it was opened. I went to one of my father’s friends and told him my story, and he let me in and fed me. Then my father came to him and he said to him: Go with me tothe grave. He said to him: Doctor so and so told me that your son did not die and if you give him such and such, hewill bring him out. He said: There is no way that this can be true.
If it is true, he wouldhave died from the distress of the grave. And my mother was with him. He said to him: Do not be ami sir. I have already given him the money that I had and we brought him out, and here he is as you can see. When they saw me, they both screamed and fell unconscious,then they woke up and found that my beard had turned white from the horror of what I had seen.
White hair is also indicative of a dispute between the spouses,because women dislike white hairs.
It is narrated that ‘Abd-Allah ibn Marwaan said to one of his slave women, who is the dearest of men to you (women)? She said: The one whose cheek is like ours. He said: And otherwise? She said: The one whose hair is like our hair. He said: And otherwise? She said: One whois like you, O Ameer al-Mu’mineen. If an old man has no power and is not blessed with wealth, then no one is going to love him.
A woman said: I dreamt that I got a white hair. Shaykh Shihaabud-Deen said: You are going to have some trouble from an old man. Apoor woman dreamt that, and she said: It is as if it was in the winter.He said to her: You will get a white garment and it may be given by anold man.A man for whom white hair is befitting dreamt that he was a youngman. He said to him: You will get a white garment.
Another man dream that and he said: You will get a garment from a man of high status. Aman for whom white hair is not befitting dreamt that his hair turned white and he said to him: A loved one of yours who is wearing white for mourning will die.
A boy dreamt that and he said: Some crops of yours will be ruined.A man said: I dreamt that I was eating my white hair. He said: You will sell a tree when it starts to blossom or you will sell your crops when they become ripe and will consume the price
