📖 Dream Dictionary (Ibn Sīrīn): Meanings of Menstrual Period, Mental Hospital & Merchant

Dreams in Islam carry symbolic meanings and should be interpreted with wisdom, considering the dreamer's personal circumstances. According to the classical interpretations attributed to Ibn Sīrīn, the following symbols have these meanings:

🌙 Menstrual Period in a Dream

• Experiencing a menstrual period may symbolize having committed a mistake, confusion, or spiritual shortcomings.

• If a woman sees herself performing ritual purification (ghusl) afterward, it signifies repentance, purification, and relief from difficulties.

• For an elderly woman, such a dream may symbolize unexpected blessings or good news.

• For an unmarried or widowed woman, it may indicate marriage.

• If a man sees himself experiencing menstruation, it symbolizes engaging in an unlawful act or speaking falsely.

• Seeing one's wife menstruating may indicate temporary distance in the relationship or financial difficulties.

🏥 Mental Hospital in a Dream

• A mental hospital may symbolize a place of testing, discipline, learning, or correction.

• It can also represent imprisonment, hardship, or being held accountable for one's actions.

• For a poor person, entering a mental hospital may symbolize future financial relief, assistance, comfort, and improved circumstances.

• Seeing a deceased person in such a place is interpreted in classical texts as a warning regarding the Hereafter.

🛍️ Merchant in a Dream

• Seeing yourself as a merchant or shop owner may symbolize leadership, authority, financial balance, and success in your profession.

• Merchants can represent travel, profitable business, good news, and elevated status.

• Carrying trade tools (such as scales or measuring instruments) symbolizes fairness, balance, and stability in financial matters.

• In some contexts, the merchant may also symbolize being overly occupied with worldly affairs at the expense of spiritual responsibilities, reminding the dreamer to maintain balance.

🌙 Important Reminder

Dream interpretations are symbolic and should never be regarded as certain predictions. Their meanings vary according to the dreamer's faith, life circumstances, and the details of the dream. Only Allah (ﷻ) has complete knowledge of the unseen.

"And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him." (Qur'an 6:59)