Grave

For an unmarried person, seeing oneself dig a grave signifies marrying a woman through deceit.

Seeing a grave signifies imprisonment, just as a prison can signify a grave. Building a grave signifies building or repairing a house, because the grave too is a person's dwelling, where one will remain for a long time.

Seeing rain fall upon graves signifies the manifestation of God's mercy upon those buried there. Sometimes seeing a grave signifies distant journeys, sorrow, grief, frightening places, a wife, or prisons.

Seeing oneself open the blessed grave of the Seal of the Prophets (peace and blessings be upon him) signifies reviving a forgotten Sunnah of the Messenger of God. Digging a grave on a rooftop signifies long life.

Seeing oneself emerge from a grave signifies deliverance from sorrow, grief, and distress, or recovery from illness.

Ibn Sirin said: Being placed in a grave signifies distress. Being placed in a grave without its being covered signifies a long journey, during which the person will attain good and benefit.

Seeing oneself standing over one's own grave and looking at oneself signifies being freed from one's sins. Opening the grave of a deceased person signifies seeking that deceased person's path and profession and following his way. If the deceased was a scholar, the dreamer will attain knowledge and wisdom.

Seeing oneself buried in a grave together with a sewn shroud signifies marriage to a woman. Buying a grave but not entering it signifies obtaining a wife through marriage or acquiring a servant.

Seeing a grave signifies imprisonment, while a prison signifies a grave, because prison is like the grave of a living person. Building a grave signifies repairing a house.