Falcons in Dream Islam

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and other birds with talons signify evildoers such as banditsand wrongdoers. If person dreams that he took possession of one ofthem or dealt with them, he will take possession of the person indicatedor he may be blessed with child who will have high position orbenefit him, or he may acquire his characteristics or deal with a personlike that. If he is hurt by any of these birds, such as if it wounds him ortakes out his eye, he will have trouble from the person indicated by thebird. man dreamt that an eagle pecked out his eye. Shaykh Shihaabud-Deen said to him: You will lose your eye with an arrow. And that iswhat happened. Another man dreamt that a bird came down to some land and drankall the water in its pond. He said to him: Your eye will be put out with ablow from a stone. And that is what happened. Another man dreamt that a spring of black water came up in hishouse and he was distressed by that, then a big bird came and landed atthat spring and drank what was in it. He said: You have someone whohas some yellow or black water covering his eye, and someone willcome and treat his eye and suck out that water, and the problem will besolved. And that is what happened. If the dreamer takes possession of a bird in order to hunt with it andcatches something that is edible, this is indicative that his needs willbe met and he will succeed in his trade or will have plentiful Halaalprovision. If he does not catch anything or he catches something thatcannot be eaten, this indicates that his needs will be met with theopposite of that. If a king dreams that he had a falcon on his hand and it flew awayand all that was left on his hand was a thread or a feather, he will losehis kingdom and will be left with something like the thread or feather. Ifa man dreams that an eagle is following him, a courageous man will getangry with him. If he dreams that he has a sparrow-hawk in his hand,he will try to get a thief put in prison. If a ruler dreams that he has a sparrow-hawk, this indicates that hehas a horse trader who has knowledge of horses. Eagle If he dreams that there is an eagle on the roof of his house or in themiddle of his house, it signifies the Angel of Death. If he dreams thatthe eagle landed on his head, he will die because if the eagle catches abird in its talons, it kills it. Riding an eagle for noble people signifiesdeath and for poor people signifies richness. If a person dreams that aneagle is following him, a ruler will get angry with him and will appoint aknowledgeable man in charge of him, because Sulaymaan (May Allah be please with him) appointedthe eagle in charge of the other birds and the birds were afraid of it. Turtle-dove If a person dreams that he rode a turtle-dove and it rose up in the airwith him, he will rise in status and become a tyrant. The evidence forthat is the story of Nimrod. If it took him into the heavens, he will die orfall sick, and if it comes back with him, he will come close to death butwill not die. And its feathers and flesh signify wealth. If a person takes possession of a bird such as the sand grouse,partridge and the like, he will acquire wealth and it is indicative oflivelihood, property, children and slaves, and their numbers will be inaccordance with how many or how few there are. The small bird maysignify a sinner who is very cautious and very corrupt. The small bird signifies a beautiful woman and the flesh of a smallbird signifies the wealth of a woman or a position of authority. Manybirds are said to signify position of authority and for one who has apregnant wife, they signify a male child. A man said to Ibn Sireen: I dreamt that I had a sack and I wascatching birds and clipping their wings and putting them in the sack. He said: You are a teacher who plays with boys.

Allah knows best. This is not a fatwa.