A TRADITION
The Ibn Sirin tradition
The classical stream of dream interpretation associated with Muhammad Ibn Sirin.
A classical craft
The classical tradition of dream interpretation associated with the early scholar Muhammad Ibn Sirin treats dreams as a language of symbols to be read with care, humility, and attention to the dreamer's circumstances. In this dictionary we present that stream as a tradition — "classical interpreters in this tradition held…" — rather than attributing readings to specific texts we cannot verify.
How readings are framed
Interpretation in this stream is contextual: the same symbol can mean different things depending on who dreams it, their situation, and the details of the dream. A river might be provision for one person and difficulty for another. That contextual humility is why we frame every classical reading as reflection, never prediction.
What we do not do
We do not fabricate citations or attribute a modern gloss to a classical source. We do not offer religious rulings. Where a reading belongs to the tradition broadly, we say so plainly, and we keep the tone literary and respectful.