What Your Dreams Actually Mean In Islam | AlMaghrib Podcast

In this episode Shaykh Ammar AlShukry sits down with Imam Ammar Shahin to talk about dreams, what they mean, and what happens when someone interprets one wrongly. Imam Ammar spent around ten years interpreting dreams for people before he walked away from it entirely, and in this conversation he explains exactly why. We get into the three categories the Prophet ﷺ divided dreams into, how to tell a true dream from a nightmare from your own nafs talking back to you, why a good dream is one part of forty six parts of prophethood, and how symbolism actually works so that the same image can mean two completely different things for two different people. Imam Ammar also takes apart the dream dictionaries sold under Ibn Sirin's name, most of which he never wrote, and explains why looking your dream up in a book is the fastest way to be misled. Then there are the stories. A man whose father appeared to him locked outside a garden, and the debt that was keeping him there. Ibn Sirin interpreting the falling moon and seven stars as his own death eight days before it happened. His wife interpreting a stranger's dream in his absence and what it cost that man. And the dream Imam Ammar interpreted for someone who did not believe he could do it, which ended in a way he has never stopped carrying. If you have ever woken up shaken by something and wondered whether it meant anything, this episode is for you. If this benefited you, subscribe to the channel and turn on notifications. We release new episodes regularly, and subscribing is the single biggest thing you can do to help this reach the people who need it. It costs you nothing and it means everything to us. Share this with someone who needs to hear it. About the speakers: Host, Shaykh Ammar AlShukry, is a Director and instructor at AlMaghrib and the imam at Clear Lake Islamic Center in Houston. He studied Quran, hadith, aqidah, fiqh, and tafsir with teachers across the United States. He is known for courses such as "A Mindful Salah", "His Majesty", "The Names of Allah" and "Dhikr" series, and for his poetry, collected in his book, "What the Pen Wrote". Guest, Imam Ammar Shahin, is the imam at the Islamic Center of Davis in California and a co-founder of Zidni Institute. Born in Egypt, he memorized the Quran as a child and went on to earn degrees from Al-Azhar University and the Islamic University of Madinah, with ijazaat in several Islamic sciences. Books alone did not get him to dream interpretation, so he travelled to Egypt to study under a scholar who specialised in it, then to Saudi Arabia to study under another. Almost nobody teaches this subject properly, and the people who do teach it publicly are usually selling something. This is a scholar who learned it from teachers, practised it for a decade, and then asked Allah to take it away from him. That last part is the reason to watch. If this benefited you, subscribe to the channel and turn on notifications so you do not miss the next episode. And if there is someone in your life who keeps asking what their dreams mean, send this to them. 00:00 Introduction and Opening Dreams 02:38 Journey Into Dream Interpretation 04:41 Three Types of Dreams 08:12 Importance of Dreams in Islam 11:13 Seeing the Prophet in Dreams 15:13 Principles of Interpretation 30:01 Symbolism and Opposites 34:40 Language and Word Meanings 38:02 Seeking Positive Interpretations 47:19 When to Share Dreams 52:09 Context and Personalization 01:04:09 Why He Stopped Interpreting 01:12:55 Lying About Dreams 01:34:57 Collective Dreams and Truth #Dreams #DreamInterpretation #AlMaghrib SUBSCRIBE @almaghribinstitutetv SUPPORT THE STUDIO https://almaghrib.org/powerthestudio FOLLOW ALMAGHRIB INSTITUTE Instagram: Instagram: almaghribworld Facebook: Facebook: almaghribworld Website: https://www.almaghrib.org/