Prison

Seeing oneself arrested and entering prison signifies success in one's work, honor, and distinction. At times it signifies solitude, wealth after poverty, and a good end.

If a person sees himself enter a prison in a dream, it signifies long life and being reunited with friends.

Seeing oneself choose prison is interpreted as being protected from sin. Al-Nabulsi said: If the prison seen in a dream is a religious prison, it signifies that the dreamer will be sentenced for debt; if it is a political prison, it signifies sorrow, grief, and hardship that will arise from wickedness and hypocrisy.

Seeing an unknown prison is interpreted as the world. Sometimes seeing a prison signifies a harsh and troublesome wife, guarding one's tongue from bad words and meaningless talk, and a trick that will come from an enemy.

Seeing oneself choose prison signifies being protected from sin.

Seeing oneself come out of prison is a sign of recovering from illness. It has been said: Seeing a prison in a dream is a sign of well-being for a guest and of death for the sick. Prison also signifies being accused, drawing near to great men, the grave, debt, illness, and idleness. If a person sees himself imprisoned in any house he does not know, it is a sign of marrying a woman from that house. And through that woman he will gain wealth and children. Al-Nabulsi said: Seeing a prison sometimes signifies an illness that keeps a person from managing his affairs and moving about, pride, being deceived by relying on false and vain things, and sometimes Hell. For Hell is the dungeon of sinners and unbelievers.

Ja'far al-Sadiq said: Seeing oneself enter a dungeon and be imprisoned signifies the fulfillment of one's wish and a good outcome. If the dungeon seen is unknown, it then signifies sorrow, grief, and distress.

Seeing oneself come out of a dungeon is a sign of deliverance from toil and hardship, grief and distress. Sometimes this dream is interpreted as the person's death.

Seeing oneself enter a dungeon and come out at once signifies fully attaining what one desires, and joy and happiness.

Seeing a prison in a dream is also interpreted as the acceptance of prayer. For the prayer of Joseph (peace be upon him) was accepted in the dungeon.

Entering an unknown dungeon or prison signifies the grave, because prison is the grave of the living. If the prison is a known place, the dream signifies sorrow, grief, and distress.

Seeing oneself in a prison resembling a house signifies marrying a woman and receiving wealth and children through her.

Seeing oneself imprisoned in a room signifies goodness and benefit.

Leaving prison but then entering it again signifies returning once more to sin and bad deeds.

Escaping from prison signifies deliverance from hardship and difficulty, or death.

Ja'far al-Sadiq said: Entering a prison and immediately leaving it signifies fully attaining what one desires.