Lock

Seeing a lock signifies an upright and trustworthy man. If a person in prison sees himself opening a lock, it signifies deliverance from all such sorrow. For an unmarried person wishing to marry, seeing a lock signifies a safe, honorable, and respected woman who manages household affairs well. For someone wishing to employ a servant, the lock signifies a good and beneficial servant. Locking a lock signifies grief and sorrow, while opening it signifies deliverance from sorrow. Iron locks also signify a wife. A lock may also signify marrying free women or bondwomen, children, knowledge and wisdom, the easing of difficult matters, and sometimes truthfulness in speech. Locks also signify heedlessness and deficiency in religion in accordance with the verse meaning, 'Rather, upon their hearts are locks.' Seeing wooden locks signifies hypocrisy, doubt in speech, and taking bribes. Opening locks and closed places signifies making difficult matters easy and earning one's livelihood easily. The source then continues, without a separate heading, with material about earrings: seeing earrings in the ears of children and men is considered unfavorable, because wearing them is regarded as shameful for them and signifies something bad that will befall them or deficiency of intellect.

Seeing an earring in one's own ear signifies loving to listen to beautiful and harmonious things.

Seeing many earrings in one's ears signifies memorizing the Qur'an and attaining knowledge through which one will gain honor and respect among people. Sometimes an earring signifies advice and fine counsel, as in the saying that a word should be 'an earring in one's ear,' meaning something to remember. For a woman, an earring signifies her husband, and its pendants signify her children.

Seeing one's wife or female servant wearing earrings adorned with pendants signifies wealth, benefit, and goodness that will come into one's possession. For a man, an earring may also signify attaining very high degrees in knowledge.