Tambourine

If a person sees a tambourine in a dream, it signifies calamity, sorrow, and grief.

Seeing a tambourine is also fame for the person who is with it. When a tambourine is seen in a servant's hand, it is good that will arise according to that servant's state.

Seeing a tambourine with a man signifies fame for the one who sees it. A tambourine seen in a dream is sometimes a sign of marriage and sometimes of the arrival of someone from far away. Kirmani said: Seeing oneself play a tambourine according to its rules and order, like a master, signifies marrying a woman who is known by a good name but has a bad tongue.

Ja'far al-Sadiq said: Hearing the sound of a tambourine played by a woman or a servant signifies cheerfulness and relief; hearing the sound of a tambourine played by an old man signifies good fortune and power; and listening to a tambourine played by a young man signifies the appearance of an enemy.

Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz also says: Playing a tambourine in a dream signifies fame or calamity for men, and good for women.

Seeing an old man play a tambourine is a sign of his fame and righteousness. Al-Nabulsi said: Seeing someone playing a tambourine signifies relief and joy.

Seeing someone playing a tambourine go to a sick person signifies that sick person's death. Sometimes it is a sign that the sick person will recover.