Madrasa

To have a madrasa built in a dream signifies, for one who has the means, having one built while awake; if not, drawing near to the people of knowledge and gnosis; and for a single person, marriage.

To have an addition built onto a madrasa or to make a donation to it in a dream signifies multiplying and increasing good deeds; students and teachers seen in the madrasa dressed in clean garments signify beneficial knowledge; seeing some riffraff in the madrasa signifies that the abode of learning is being used for worldly aims; the madrasa signifies goodness, buying and selling, carrying out punishments, returning to the spouse from whom one has separated, and engaging in sedition and mischief. At times, the madrasa denotes the persons serving there, and statutes and regulations. Entering a madrasa in a dream signifies seeking knowledge or benefiting from the advice and admonitions of one who acts according to his knowledge.

According to Jābir al-Maghribī: Whoever sees that he has built a mosque, a masjid, or a madrasa becomes a person who believes in himself and in his knowledge. Whoever sees that he has built a masjid marries a religious person. Whoever sees himself in a mosque, masjid, or madrasa, surrounded by roses, flowers, and greenery, will be subjected to a slander; but afterward the truth will become clear, and he will escape without being stained.

Whoever sees himself inside a mosque, masjid, or madrasa in a dream will have a good hereafter. If he has not performed the pilgrimage, he will perform the pilgrimage. Seeing oneself enter through the door of a mosque or masjid and immediately prostrate oneself is evidence that the Exalted God has accepted one’s repentance.

To come to a masjid or mosque in a dream and find its door closed signifies that one’s affairs will become difficult; seeing its door opened and entering signifies that one will be helped in a religious matter and delivered from one’s sins; seeing oneself enter a mosque or masjid while riding an animal signifies severing relations with one’s relatives and no longer helping them; seeing oneself die inside a mosque or masjid signifies that one must repent; seeing oneself holding an office in a mosque or masjid signifies rendering a service to a high-ranking and renowned person; seeing the mosque’s carpets, rugs, or mats worn out signifies that one’s wife or husband is not upon the right path; seeing something unsuitable, while awake, in a masjid or mosque, or doing such a thing there, signifies calamity.

According to another narration: Entering a mosque in a dream signifies performing the affairs of religion, a judge who distinguishes between the lawful and the unlawful, and a person going out to the marketplace for the purpose of trade. The city mosque signifies the mother, father, master, teacher, and everyone whose obedience is necessary. Entering the mosque as an oppressed person signifies justice, the Qur’an, the sea, the bathhouse that is a place of purification, the grave that is a place of confinement, washing, pleasant fragrance, silence, and turning toward the qiblah. The city is also interpreted as a mosque and a fortress. The ceiling of the mosque signifies the ruler’s relatives and those connected with him. The pillars of the mosque signify the great men of state and governors. The lamps of the mosque signify the wealth he gives when required. The carpets of the mosque signify the justice of the state and the scholars who obey it.

Seeing the doors of a mosque in a dream signifies the ruler’s guards. Its minaret signifies the ruler’s deputy or messenger. Its lamps and candles signify the scholars of Islamic law in the age. The ceiling of the mosque signifies the books consulted in issuing judgments. Its minaret signifies the judge’s undertaking to gather people in order to display his virtue over the populace. Its pulpit signifies his servant; its mihrab, his wife and that which is fitting for him. At times, the mihrab of the mosque signifies lawful sustenance and a good spouse; its minaret, the vizier and the imam; at times, the minaret signifies its museum and one who recites the Noble Qur’an; its pulpit, its preacher; its door, its doorkeeper; and its administrator, its lamps.

The burning of a mosque in a dream signifies the dreamer’s becoming lost and the alteration of his property. The fountain situated around the mosque is like barracks for officers and soldiers. The city mosque signifies the people of that place. The dome and elevated parts of the mosque signify the leaders of the city; its lower parts, the common people of the city; and its pillars signify those who engage in remembrance, those who acquire knowledge, and those who persist in worship. The mihrab of the mosque signifies its imam; its pulpit signifies the ruler or its preacher. The carpets of the mosque signify the benefactors of the city and those who gather in the mosque to perform the prayer.

Seeing the muezzin of the mosque in a dream signifies the city’s rulers whose word is heeded and accepted, and its scholars who are obeyed, call the people to guidance, and whose prayers are believed in. The doors of the mosque signify the city’s workers, watchmen, police, and security personnel. The interpretation of whatever good or evil befalls one in relation to the things mentioned belongs to that which the thing indicates. The madrasa seen in a dream signifies goodness, carrying out punishments, buying and selling, and stirring up sedition.

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, emotional life, success and reputation, the emotional tone in the dream and how the symbol concludes in the dream should be evaluated together.