Burying the Dead

To bury the dead in a dream signifies evil. It is an indication that the person’s health will deteriorate and that difficulties will increase. As for seeing the dead in a dream, it signifies the arrival of a beloved person. Yet it is related that the manner of his arrival may be either dead or alive.

Seeing the burial of the dead in a dream signifies imprisonment, poverty, distress, and the deterioration of affairs.

Burying Someone Who Has Died in a Dream

Burying someone who has died in a dream means that the person who sees the dream will closely guard the secrets he keeps to himself and does not wish to tell anyone. It also signifies acquiring property without working. (See: Mosque)

Burying someone who has died again in a dream signifies engaging in wholly fruitless works, actions performed haphazardly and without consideration of their outcome, and committing sins. It is also a harbinger of days of distress.

Burying a dead infant in a dream is related to making new beginnings in life and continuing to live by opening an entirely new page. It is a dream that portends goodness. It signifies that the person’s fortune will open, that misfortunes will withdraw from his path, that he will possess a life of ease, and that his disposition, hardened by the conditions of life, will now begin to become happier. [See: Infant (Living)]

According to the religious interpretation, if the dead person is carried upon the shoulders in a coffin to the place of burial and is buried, burying the dead in a dream is related to elevation, attaining great stations, and building a career.

If he is brought to the place where he is to be buried but is not buried, then burying the dead in a dream indicates that one will not achieve success in the world. (See: Seeing the Hereafter)

According to dream interpreters, seeing the dead in a dream is generally interpreted as the occurrence of favorable affairs and a positive life. Seeing the dead in a dream expresses being visited by a beloved person. In another interpretation, it indicates that one will have good and fine friends. As for burying the dead in a dream, it is related that one will turn away from righteous works. Burying the dead generally indicates that health will deteriorate. In this case, burying a living person’s dead body signifies that health problems will continue throughout one’s life. It also indicates an invitation that will be extended to the dreamer.

Burying the dead in the house in a dream indicates that the person will abandon his bad habits, that prayers offered will be accepted, that he will gain people’s respect and increase in worth in their eyes, and that his life will enter into a certain order.

Burying the dead in the house in a dream and not being afraid while the burial is carried out signifies becoming a patient and strong person and attaining a life of ease.

Burying the dead at night in a dream brings glad tidings that secrets will no longer weary the person and that successes will come. It signifies that there will be prosperity in life, that he must strive a little more to overcome existing problems, and that after overcoming them he will attain a more comfortable life.

Burying the dead in a grave in a dream means that the burial is about to take place, yet that this burial will occur together with the successes in one’s life. That is, it indicates that success in life will no longer be possible. It also states that the person must set himself aright. It will be to his benefit to become aware of the wrongs he committed in the past.

Burying the dead without a shroud in a dream is related to the dreamer’s marrying if he is single; and if he is married, to the thawing of the ice between him and his spouse and the attainment of a healthier family life. It also means that one will gain wealth and a career. It signifies that affairs will proceed much more easily from then on. (See: The Word of Testimony)

Burying a living person in a dream indicates that your enemies will be unable to harm you and that those who wish to disturb you or lower your morale will not attain their intentions. It is related that the true faces of those around you who befriend you for their own interests will be revealed. It is also proof that you will recognize the true friends in your life.

It can be read as a sign of easing, receiving support, gaining morale, or a fruitful development.

Underestimating opportunities, succumbing to comfort, or being late may reduce the positive effect.

In the interpretation, the themes of work and responsibility, success and reputation, the emotional tone in the dream, and how the symbol concludes in the dream should be evaluated together.