Mosque

Seeing a mosque in a dream signifies goodness and blessing, for mosques are among the signs of Islam and the houses of Allah.

Entering a mosque signifies fulfilling religious duties properly, a judge who distinguishes lawful from unlawful, and the marketplace to which a person goes for trade.

Seeing the principal mosque of a city may signify those whose obedience is due, such as parents, teachers, and masters.

Seeing the mihrab signifies lawful provision and a righteous wife.

Entering a mosque while wronged signifies justice, the Qur'an, the sea, the bathhouse as a place of cleansing, the grave as a place of humility, pleasant fragrance, silence, and facing the qibla. Building or restoring a mosque, prayer hall, or madrasa signifies becoming a scholar whom others follow.

Ibn Sirin says that building such a charitable institution in a dream signifies being enabled to do so while awake and performing righteous deeds; if qualified, the dreamer may gain judgment and authority. Adding something to a mosque or madrasa signifies abundant good in religion. Jabir al-Maghribi says building a mosque signifies marriage to a religious and righteous woman, while entering a mosque or madrasa signifies piety and scrupulousness.

Ja'far al-Sadiq says a mosque may signify the ruler and his seat, teachers, scholars and jurists, or a woman of high standing. Al-Nabulsi says a mosque may signify a fortress built for protection from enemies and fear; its dome signifies those close to the ruler, and its pillars signify senior officials and commanders. The mihrab signifies lawful provision, a righteous wife, and religious good; the minaret may signify a minister, imam, muezzin, or Qur'an reciter.

Seeing a mosque burn or be carried away by wind signifies loss to the dreamer and change in their property. The fountain around a mosque may signify officers and soldiers, and the city's mosque signifies the people of that city. Its carpets signify charitable people and the congregation gathered for prayer; its muezzin signifies the city's judge or scholars who call people to guidance and whose prayers are trusted. Its lamps may signify the jurists of the age, and its ceiling the religious books consulted for judgments. In sum, seeing a mosque signifies goodness, blessing, and bounty.

Mosques are the houses of God, and God Most High is worshipped in them. Therefore seeing a mosque signifies good, blessing, knowledge, wisdom, honor, and dignity. A mosque may also signify scholars.

Seeing the doors of a mosque signifies male scholars and Qur'an memorizers. Building a mosque signifies adherence to the Sunnah, good, blessing, visiting relatives, and, for someone suited to it, becoming a judge.

Seeing one's own house turn into a mosque signifies righteous deeds, worship, honor, dignity, and elevation.

Seeing one's shop become a mosque, or a mosque become a shop, signifies abundant livelihood, lawful earnings, and benefit.

Seeing abandoned mosques signifies that scholars are negligent and deficient, failing to enjoin good and forbid evil. Repairing the eaves or roof of a mosque signifies helping the poor and orphans. Arriving at a mosque, finding it closed, and then seeing it opened for oneself signifies helping a debtor or distressed person and relieving him from hardship; the dreamer is praised by the people. Dying inside a mosque signifies dying after an accepted repentance.

Seeing the mosque's carpets old and worn signifies deterioration in the condition of its congregation.

Entering the Sacred Mosque signifies safety from fear and hardship and, for an unmarried person, marriage to a beautiful and righteous woman.