Shirt

In a dream, a woman’s wearing a shirt signifies her husband, while a man’s wearing a shirt signifies his wife. The shirt signifies a person’s religion and worldly state, his knowledge and understanding, or glad tidings. A short shirt signifies deliverance from sorrow and attainment of joy, or a child.

For one who is expecting a child, wearing a short robe in a dream signifies that she will have a girl. The spaciousness and beauty seen in the shirt signify beauty in the person’s religion and worldly state; the tightness, tears, and the like seen in it indicate the condition in which the person finds himself.

If the shirt in a dream is clean, pressed, and light-colored, it announces that he will very soon attain prosperity. If the shirt is torn, it shows that he will very soon attain great wealth.

Seeing a patched shirt in a dream is a sign of separation, ill fortune, and unhappiness. A dirty shirt heralds the danger of contracting an infectious disease. A torn shirt signifies trouble, doubt, and jealousy with the beloved.

Taking off one’s shirt in a dream is interpreted contrariwise to this dream. Whoever sees that he is ironing a shirt is seeking a remedy in order to be delivered from distress. Putting a pressed and clean shirt away in a cupboard in a dream signifies that he will be delivered from troubles.

Seeing a woman wearing a man’s shirt in a dream is a sign that she will come under the protection of a man.

Ibn Sirin: A person’s shirt in a dream signifies his piety, religious devotion, livelihood, knowledge, or glad tidings. Wearing a new shirt in a dream signifies marrying a woman who is neither his relative nor his near relation. If a woman wears a shirt or blouse in a dream, it signifies marriage. A torn shirt signifies divorce, while the tearing of a shirt signifies the dissolution of a business partnership. The shirt also represents a person’s religious and worldly concerns. Wearing a sleeveless shirt signifies possessing piety but having no money; the sleeve represents money in a dream. The tearing of the shirt pocket signifies poverty. Seeing a wardrobe filled with shirts signifies his reward in the Hereafter.

Wearing a white shirt signifies piety and scrupulousness in religion; receiving a shirt as a gift signifies blessing and profit; and a dirty and torn shirt signifies poverty, distress, and affliction. A woman’s wearing a new, spacious, and comfortable blouse signifies her piety, religious devotion, happiness, and living a prosperous life in this world; the same interpretation may also apply to the condition of her husband. A green or white shirt signifies becoming pious; a blue shirt is not greatly praised; a red shirt signifies renown; and a yellow shirt signifies illness. A wet shirt signifies obstacles during a journey, while the drying of a wet shirt signifies the removal of obstacles. Wearing a shirt without a collar, pocket, button, or buttonhole signifies putting on one’s shroud while being prepared for burial.

Wearing a striped shirt signifies undertaking a journey or going on pilgrimage. A shirt that does not fully cover the body signifies falling short in religious duties. A black shirt signifies sorrow, distress, and anxiety. Wearing a shirt inside out signifies that one’s condition will be reversed, or that one will engage in an unlawful and vile sexual act with one’s spouse through the anus. The shirt also signifies a person’s house or shelter. A shirt torn vertically in two signifies deliverance from distress or sorrow; one torn at the back signifies being subjected to slander or being unjustly accused of sexually harassing a woman; and one torn at the front signifies evidence of one’s guilt.

Seeing the shirt of the Prophet Joseph in a dream signifies that a well-intentioned messenger will bring glad tidings; for one suffering from an eye ailment, it also signifies that his eyes will be healed.

It provides early awareness; the person sees risks before they grow and can choose a more solid path.

Neglect, haste, untrustworthy people or uncontrolled behavior can increase the difficulty.

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.