Islamic Interpretation
Dreaming of performing obligatory prayers (Arabic: Fardh) signifies gaining a prominent position, spiritual progress, assuming leadership, guiding others, conveying important messages, fulfilling responsibilities, settling obligations, handing over trusts, or finding inner peace. Seeing oneself correctly performing one of the five obligatory prayers on time, after proper ablution, with accurate postures of standing, bowing, prostrating, showing reverence, piety, and facing the Kaaba, indicates fulfilling a religious obligation, undertaking the yearly Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, escaping an injustice through repentance, or avoiding wrongdoing. Conducting divinely mandated prayers in dreams also represents faithfulness to vows, securing employment for the jobless, or reuniting with long-lost friends or family. Leading prayers suggests guaranteeing something or borrowing money temporarily. Praying behind an imam implies becoming dependent on others. The noon prayer (Arabic: Dhuhr) symbolizes revelation, announcement, or uncovering secrets. Performing Dhuhr indicates reaching objectives, fulfilling all desires, acquiring worldly possessions, or gaining spiritual rewards in the afterlife, especially if completed fully. For a debtor in prison, finishing Dhuhr means someone will settle their debt, leading to release and prosperity. Performing Dhuhr happily on a sunny day foretells fame through rewarding work mirroring that pleasant day, while on a cloudy day it suggests distressing efforts. The mid-afternoon prayer (Arabic: Asr) denotes vows, promises, or responsibilities. Dreaming of Asr means desired outcomes will happen after difficulties and trials; incompleteness warns they may not materialize. The sunset prayer (Arabic: Maghrib) implies sought matters concluding. Completing Maghrib signifies obtaining heartfelt wishes. The night prayer (Arabic: Isha) represents finishing tasks, achieving desires, or nearing life's end followed by rest akin to death. Performing Isha also means tending to family duties like providing food, clothing, shelter, and guidance, bringing them comfort. Praying the odd-numbered Witr at midnight reflects caring for family needs. Dawn Fajr prayer signals morning's arrival and imminent news, good or bad; it also means starting essential work to support family. Performing Dhuhr at Asr time indicates debt repayment. Interrupted Dhuhr or Asr suggests paying only half debts. Completing Asr alone means job nearing finish with little left. Maghrib signifies completing duties and resting. Isha involves concealing matters or home privacy. Additionally, Dhuhr can mean repentance, law changes, or fighting Satan and foes during midday rest. Asr represents life's victory, divine guidance, blessings, and adherence to God's commands. Maghrib may indicate losing a parent, guardian, close friend death, or someone's impeachment. Isha could mean journey preparation, marriage, relocation, eye weakness like cataracts, or future vastness due to distance from Fajr. Fajr denotes vowed pledges. Asr signifies relief after hardship. Maghrib means past issues returning. Isha suggests deception or schemes. Performing Friday congregational prayers foretells hoped-for gains. Praying in a garden means seeking God's forgiveness. In farmland, it indicates debt clearance. In a slaughterhouse, it warns of committing sodomy. Praying seated without valid reason means unacceptable deeds to God. Lying on side in bed suggests illness. Praying in mosque then handling other matters means those activities will be blessed and profitable. Praying while riding indicates fear or impending conflict. Shortening obligatory prayers to two rakats suggests travel. Eating honey during prayer may mean intimacy with wife while fasting. For women, shortening to two rakats foretells menstruation that day. Missing prayer time and unable to find place or time means struggles completing tasks, paying debts, or worldly goals. Intentionally delaying obligatory prayer shows lax religious commitment with intent to improve later. Performing Friday prayers signals joy, happiness, celebrations, pilgrimage season, or avoiding loans for luxuries. Eid prayers at Ramadan's end mean debt payment, illness recovery, difficulty resolution, worry dissipation. Eid-ul-Adha prayers involve business control, promise-keeping, vow fulfillment. Mid-morning Duha means amnesty, innocence, true oaths, happiness, shunning polytheism. Sick person's prayer indicates misfortune or faith doubts. Combining or shortening prayers suggests journeys or temptations. Praying on dirty wet ground without mat means poverty, humiliation, needs. Improper covering during prayer indicates wrongdoing in fasting or unlawful charity, innovations, passion-following, or justifying errors. Performing fear prayer means business partnerships, activities, or death pains. Talking in prayer means reclaiming gifts, lacking focus, or publicizing charity. Reading aloud when should be silent or vice versa, or judging people, means erroneous judgments, mind-following, pretense, lies, hypocrisy, truth concealment, or unjust money seizure. Altering prayer order means parental disobedience, objection to authority, forgetfulness, sleeplessness, or intelligence lack. Late-night Tarawih means hard work, exhaustion, debt repayment, guidance. Rain-seeking Istisqa denotes fears, lethargy, high prices, market dullness, troubles, unhappiness, attachment, construction stagnation. Eclipse prayers strive for comfort, appeasement, sinner repentance, path return to God, authority fears, difficulties, or major Reckoning signs. Fear prayer Khawf represents unity, agreement, consent, peace, tranquility. Funeral Janaza means interceding for deceased; if unknown, employing jobless, partnership profits, or neglecting regular prayers, forgetfulness, prayer distraction. Leading funeral then exaggerating invocations means hypocritical ruler appointing dreamer to sector management. Invoking blessings on deceased means God forgave their sins. Sitting in soul-praying gathering means attending funeral. Performing funeral prayer indicates sinner intercession. Friday Jumu'ah means approaching relief, beloved reunion, need fulfillment. Alone Friday prayer means exclusive personal aid. Losing item then seeing Eid celebration means recovering it. Ramadan Eid means perfections and prosperity; sacrifice Eid means debt repayment, stress relief, life/job advancement, prison release. Eclipse prayers indicate calamity to leaders or famous people, or great knowledgeable person's death with attended funeral. Rain Istisqa from start to end means adversity lifting. Supererogatory Nafl prayers represent piety, devotion to Prophet's Sunnah. Woman leading men means her imminent death. Supplementary Sunnah after obligatory means community service with sincerity, purity, good traits. Extra supererogatory means hereafter success concern, enjoying devotion fruits worldly and eternally. Obligatory Fardh provide family necessities; Sunnah offer extra family comforts. Ramadan congregational Tarawih care for family, heart comfort. Straight rows mean constant God praise. Voluntary prayers for unmarried mean marriage; married mean two children; poor mean sufficient earnings. Midnight Tahajjud means status elevation. Wish-fulfillment prayers mean official ceremonies or appointment punctuality. Delayed Qadah means debt payment, sin repentance, vow fulfillment. Sitting prayers mean illness, failure, contentment, or warning of affliction to father, teacher, beloved. Congregation Istighfar means rain, prosperity, barren childbearing, harvest, new property purchase. Praise Tasbih means gift reception, divine grace endowment, blessings, prosperity. Guidance Istikharah dispels doubt, confusion, problem guidance, project success; if follower of shaikh, means lowered spiritual status as true seeker asks no questions. Traveler safe return Ghaib means suitable weather for needs. Grave prayer means unrewarded gifts or charity to needy. Mosque greeting means spending to aid relatives, friends' needy. Sudden unexpected prayer means secret charity or unjust employment seeking. Any extra day/night prayer means good deeds nearing Lord, adversary reconciliation, love fostering. Laughing in prayer means frequent forgetfulness, delinquency in proper timely performance. Drunk praying means false court testimony. Without ablution means worthless despicable religious performance. Wrong direction standing means opposing requirements, ordained actions. Back to God's House means apostasy, religion rejection, indifference. Mosque people facing elsewhere means leader/judge dismissal, prescribed rule neglect, mind/desire-following in interpretations. Helpless turning any direction crying for help means seeking God's closeness or believer acceptance for impermissible indulgence/opinion, or traveling faced direction. Eastward/westward beyond Mecca means despicable arrogant person backbiting, slandering, sin/disobedience indulgence. Unable to find Kaaba means faith doubts. Facing holy Kaaba means straight path walking. Wearing white garb reading Qur'an means joining Mecca pilgrims caravan. God knows best. (Also see Death, Imam, Pharaoh)