The distinction is very vague in Arabic between the words dar and bayt, both meaning “house” or “home.” But after consulting a knowledgeable colleague (a Moroccan ambassador and man of letters), the author assumes that dar is more likely to mean a house as a structure or an apartment block and bayt a room, an apartment, or simply home. However, in the ancient Arab texts the writer often jumps from one meaning to another, and I have taken real pain trying to disentangle them, as usual. Home symbolizes the man’s wife sheltered under his roof and to whom he goes, whence the expression “He went home.” Therefore, home and wife are synonyms. The door is her vagina or her face, the closet or the safe a maiden, like a dreamer’s daughter, whom he does not penetrate, as they are covered or hidden places in which he does not sleep. The servants quarters symbolize the servant(s). The place where cereals are stored is the mother, who used to keep the dreamer alive and let him grow by feeding him milk. The toilet represents those servants who are in charge of cleaning and washing or the dreamer’s wife, whom he embraces and penetrates when isolated, i.e., away from his children and the rest of the household. Source: Islamic Scholars
One’s house in a dream has different meanings. It could mean wife. If one sees that he is entering house in his dream, it shows he will get married or have sexual intercourse with his wife. Building one’s own house in a dream means sick person will be recovered from his illness. If the construction is hard and is customary in that family to bury its dead within the compound of the same property, then it shows death of a sick person in the family. If no one is sick in that house and construction is accompanied with celebrations and music in a dream, it means adversities, trials and hardships. Under such circumstance, person in the dream is unmarried, it means marriage and if he is married it means he will marry off one of his daughters. Source: Ibn Sirin
Islamic Dream Interpretation Looking from the Small Window
When one sees himself looking from the Kowwa (Small window in old Houses), it means that the dreamer is in the habit of contemplating his wife’s vagina or ass. Source: Islamic Scholars
Islamic Dream Interpretation Dead Person Entering the Home of a Sick Person
If dead person Entering the home of a sick person in a dream means either he will die soon or his sickness will prolong. Source: Ibn Sirin
Islamic Dream Interpretation Large Private Apartment
If one sees a large private apartment in his dream which is made of clay or concrete that was not there before means a good woman will enter the house. And if that apartment is plastered or made of bricks, it means a hypocritical woman and an obscene will appear in the house. Source: Islamic Scholars
Islamic Dream Interpretation Homecoming
When a traveler arrives home back in a dream, it signifies relief after distress or sustaining depression, or could also mean recovering from an illness or regaining a stronghold. If one finds himself annoyed and depressed with the arrival of the traveler back to home in his dream, it means having to ask for something from someone or confronting the unavoidable or needing others. Source: Ibn Sirin
Islamic Dream Interpretation Looking from Kowwa
When one sees himself looking from the Kowwa (Small window in old Houses), it means that the dreamer is in the habit of contemplating his wife’s vagina or ass. Source: Islamic Scholars
Incident: Central Pillar of the House Breaking
A woman came to Prophet Muhammad, Sallallaahu-Alayhi-wasallam, and said: “Oh Messenger of God, I saw in a dream that the central pillar which supports the ceiling of my house broke, and the ceiling caved in.” Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu-Alayhi-wasallam) replied: “Your husband will return to his home from a journey.” Soon, the husband returned home from a business trip, and the wife was happy. Source: Ibn Sirin
Incident: The Father that Hid his Money
A man hid his money inside his house and went on a journey. On his way back home, he became sick. The man also owed money to some people, and he thought of telling one of his companions about the place of his money and to ask him to pay his debt, but he aspired for recovery and hoped to return home and pay his debts in person. During his journey, the man died. His son saw him in a dream and asked: “What did God do to you?” The father replied: “My condition is in abeyance, and it depends on some debts that must be paid first. I have some money hidden in such and such place. Please go and dig them up, pay people what I owe them, and enjoy the rest.” Source: Ibn Sirin
