The Hijri Months

To see the month of Muharram in a dream, if the dream is seen during this month, is a true and faultless auspicious dream. To see the month of Muharram in a dream signifies deliverance from distress and imprisonment, and recovery from illness.

If a person who is abroad sees the month of Muharram in his dream, he returns to his homeland. If the dreamer is a sinner, he repents. For in that month the repentance of Adam (A.S.) was accepted. If the dreamer desires to have a child, he will have a righteous child. If the one who sees the dream is in distress, he will be delivered from it; and if he has an enemy, he will be safe from his enemy. Sometimes, too, the dreamer repents unto Allah by turning back from innovation and misguidance, and is delivered from his sins. If the dreamer has been dismissed from office, he returns to office. If the one who sees the dream is poor or ill, he finds healing from his illness, and Allah Most High removes his poverty.

A dream seen in the month of Safar is not considered very auspicious. There is no benefit in a person who is in grief and sorrow seeing the month of Safar in a dream. If the one who sees the dream is ill, it signifies that he will find healing and health, and be delivered from grief and sorrow.

To see the month of Rabi al-Awwal in a dream signifies that the earnings and trade of the one who sees the dream will be continuous and profitable. He will attain joy and relief. Dreams seen in this month are true, and the one who sees the dream will have a righteous male child. If the dream has been seen in this month, he receives glad tidings of a statesman who commands good and forbids evil.

To see the month of Rabi al-Thani in a dream signifies victory over one’s enemy, and that one will have a learned and very courageous son. To see the month of Jumada al-Awwal in a dream signifies that the affairs of the person who sees this dream during this month will become stagnant and his desire for buying and selling will diminish. Whoever sees the month of Jumada al-Ula in a dream will lose his daughter or his wife. For the daughter of our Prophet, Lady Fatimah al-Zahra (R.A.), died in this month.

To see the month of Jumada al-Thani in a dream signifies that, generally, the interpretation of dreams seen in this month does not come to pass. This is so whether the dream is auspicious or harmful.

To see the month of Rajab in a dream signifies that the dream seen in this month will be powerful, the gates of goodness will open, and it will turn toward good. If the interpreter interprets a dream seen in the month of Rajab as good, its contrary will not occur. If a person sees the month of Rajab in a dream, it signifies honor and excellence. For the Messenger of Allah (S.A.V.) ascended to the Mi‘raj in that month.

To see the month of Sha‘ban in a dream: if the dream seen in this month signifies good, the person will be free of blemish, and his greatness and goodness will increase. If it signifies evil, it will be delayed and will not prove true. If a person sees the month of Sha‘ban in his dream, it signifies that statesmen will be dismissed from office.

To see the month of Ramadan in a dream signifies that all the gates of evil are closed in this month, and an auspicious dream that is seen will quickly come to pass. An ugly dream seen in Ramadan is not sound. The consequence of an auspicious dream in Ramadan is not delayed, whereas the consequence of an evil one is delayed, and it is not interpreted. In a dream seen during this month, the condition of an unbelieving person is the opposite of that of a believer. The dream seen by a purposeless person is nothing but evil.

If a person sees the month of Ramadan in a dream, this signifies blessing, goodness, commanding good and forbidding evil. If the one who sees the dream is learning knowledge or the Qur’an, he succeeds in it. For the Noble Qur’an was bestowed in this month.

To see the month of Shawwal in a dream signifies deliverance from sorrows, relief, and joy. For the month of Shawwal is the month of the festival.

To see the month of Dhu al-Qa‘dah in a dream is not interpreted as very auspicious in dreams seen during this month. Whoever sees that he has set out on a journey should not undertake the journey.

To see the month of Dhu al-Hijjah in a dream: whoever sees that he is in the month of Dhu al-Hijjah, or that he has slaughtered a sacrifice, or that he has performed the prayer of the Feast of Sacrifice, this dream signifies that he will pay his debts, fulfill the vows he has made, repent, and attain guidance after misguidance. Sometimes this dream also signifies the loss of scholars and the departure of statesmen from their offices.

Ibn Sirin: To see the Hijri months in a dream signifies the season of pilgrimage, the festivals, and the religious days; each month has its own separate interpretation.

With the right perspective, it can signify restoring balance, recovery, and developing a new understanding.

Uncertainty, indecision, or a tendency to take on excessive burden may be observed.

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.