Key

As is known, a key is a tool that opens doors. For this reason, seeing a key in a dream signifies the grace and bounty of Allah Most High toward the dreamer. A key is also interpreted as opening the door of knowledge and of the Qur'an. Kirmani said: Seeing oneself open a place with a key signifies good, and locking it signifies evil. His holiness Ja'far al-Sadiq says: A key signifies the opening of difficult matters, deliverance from grief and sorrow, recovery from illness, the fulfilment of one's wish, strength in religion, the acceptance of prayer, and knowledge and spiritual understanding.

Seeing in one's hand the key to Paradise signifies receiving a share of worship, knowledge, wisdom, and spiritual understanding.

Seeing many keys in one's hand is a sign of a great and honorable sovereignty.

Seeing oneself open a door or a lock signifies prevailing over enemies.

Imam al-Nabulsi interpreted seeing a key in a dream in these ways: 1) provision, 2) help, 3) knowledge, 4) a spouse and children, 5) wealth, 6) salvation, 7) an accepted prayer, 8) the obligation of the pilgrimage, 9) a governor and a king...

Seeing in one's hand a key without teeth is a sign of wronging an orphan.

Seeing the key of the Kaaba in one's hand signifies reaching one of the exalted personages and becoming his friend. A key is also interpreted as treasures. For every door is opened with a key.

Seeing a key made of iron signifies a strong and renowned person and the soundness of one's affairs. Sometimes seeing a key also signifies children, spies, a journey, servants, and, for women, a husband.

Seeing in one's hand a key made of wood is a sign that wealth one has left in trust, if any, will be lost. Jabir al-Maghribi said: Seeing a key in one's hand is a sign of performing ablution with clean water and of persevering in worship.

Seeing the key fall from one's hand signifies laziness in the matter of prayer.