A cat in a dream is interpreted as a servant. Sometimes seeing a cat is interpreted as enmity, a thief, or sorrow and grief. Kirmani said that killing a cat signifies catching a thief and overcoming him. Fighting with a cat and being scratched by it signifies a serious illness.
Taking something from a cat's meat or fat signifies benefit obtained from a thief's property. Being bitten or scratched by a cat signifies a long-lasting illness. Selling a cat signifies spending one's wealth. If the female cat of one's own household bites its owner, it signifies a year in which the householder will live in comfort. The bite of a wild and savage cat, especially if it causes much suffering, signifies a harsh year in which the dreamer will endure trouble and hardship. The cat has also been interpreted as cruelty toward a wife, children, enmity, theft, adultery and unfaithfulness, tale-bearing, and crying and lamentation. Al-Nabulsi said that seeing a cat signifies an unknown child born of adultery and abandoned on the road. Sometimes a cat signifies a man who tries to make himself liked by people through joking, meaningless and irrational speech, and dancing like entertainers. Sometimes it signifies a woman who is extremely eager concerning the upbringing of her child. If a cat scratches someone, draws blood, or puts out an eye, it signifies an openly hostile enemy.
Seeing oneself become a cat signifies theft and spending one's time on things that bring no benefit.