Cow / Cattle

Imam Ja‘far al-Sadiq: There are six interpretations of seeing a cow in a dream:

1—Governorship

2—Wealth

3—Greatness

4—Leadership

5—A year that will pass well

6—Abundant benefit.

The Prophet Daniel (peace be upon him): To see that you are sitting upon the back of a cow belonging to you signifies that you are serving a person of rank; to see cattle entering your house signifies that, by the grace of Allah, the doors of goodness will be opened before you.

Allamah Majlisi: The cow signifies wealth and work; to see a cow entering your house signifies that you will become wealthy; to see a cow striking you with its horn signifies that you will be removed from your position.

To see yourself loading barley and wheat upon a cow and taking it home signifies that your blessings will be abundant; to eat cow meat signifies that you will obtain wealth and an inheritance and that your income will increase; to see cow’s milk in a dream signifies recovery and healing; to see cowhide and dung signifies that your fortune will open and that you will obtain wealth.

To see that you have purchased a calf and brought it home signifies that you will feel sorrow; to see yourself riding a black cow signifies that you will become a pioneer and a respected person.

Ibn Sirin: To see that you possess a well-fed cow signifies that your prosperity will increase within that same year; to see that you possess a weak and emaciated cow signifies the opposite; to see cow meat signifies obtaining wealth; to see cowhide signifies receiving an inheritance.

To see yourself milking a cow and drinking its milk signifies that your wealth will increase; to see a pregnant cow signifies that you will become hopeful; to see that you have purchased a well-fed cow signifies marrying a wealthy woman; to see that you have purchased a cow and spoken with it signifies that your sustenance will increase.

To see yourself wrestling with a cow and being bitten by it signifies deceiving your wife; to see a cow entering your house signifies that your income will increase.

Kirmani: To see yourself selling cattle meat in a dream signifies that you will engage in trade; to see cattle coming to your house or to the street in which you reside signifies that you will obtain goodness and blessings.

To see a cow coming and knocking you to the ground while you are occupied with some task signifies that you will be removed from your position, or, if you are a merchant, that your wealth will diminish.

Jabir al-Maghribi: To see that you possess a great number of cattle, that you slaughter one of them, and that its meat is divided among a group signifies that a great person living in that region will be killed and his wealth will be forcibly seized.

To see cattle pawing and scraping the ground signifies that you will obtain a considerable amount of wealth; to see yourself wrestling with cattle signifies that a quarrel will arise between you and a great personage.

Contemporary Scholars: To see a cow in a dream signifies that your fortune will open and that you will be happy; to milk a cow signifies that you will earn money with ease.

To see a dead cow in a dream signifies that you will suffer a great loss in a matter you undertake; to see a cowshed signifies recovery from a fatal illness.

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 financial matters, work and responsibility, the emotional tone in the dream, and how the symbol concludes in the dream should be evaluated together.