Islamic Interpretation
Drawing water from a well using a bucket in a dream indicates earning livelihood through deceit or acquiring forbidden wealth. Discovering coins in the bucket rather than water foretells facing a hardship or misfortune. Filling a jug by pulling water from the well suggests that such earnings will quickly diminish or become tainted by wrongful actions. Watering a garden with the bucket points to forthcoming marriage and gaining advantage from the spouse's property. Should flowers bloom in that garden, it promises the birth of a son. Pulling water from an aged well to quench camels or offer drink to others signifies performing virtuous acts and being a generous soul, akin to a guardian of flocks. Providing water to animals from an old well reveals hypocrisy, inventing deceptions equal in number to the water drawn. Lowering the bucket solely for personal drink means apparent charity done only for earthly rewards, prestige, or position. For one imprisoned, drawing water with a bucket for bathing heralds imminent release from confinement or freedom soon after, accompanied by receiving funds and joy following troubles. When a wife is expecting and the husband dreams of lowering a bucket into a well for water, it signals she will bear a boy. For a trader, it means fresh goods will reach his store without harm. For the ill, it promises miraculous recovery to full vitality. Merely standing near a well brings divine favors and gains. A well can also symbolize a woman, or for a learner, his mentor. Whatever emerges from the well reflects one's fortune.