Islamic Interpretation
Marriage in a dream is God’s own providence bending over His servant; it is also a cage of silver or of gold, a grave one digs with one’s own hands, a duel fought in the dark. It spells prison, debt, grief that clings like sweat, a heaviness on the chest, a covenant sealed in silent witness or a festival that throws open the gates of renown. To wed a woman you know is to shoulder the full measure of duty; to wed a stranger is to step from an old house whose door is already closing, or to feel the chill of the shroud being measured. A sick bride who signs the unseen contract dies of her illness; a qualified groom climbs to a seat of high command. If the bride dies at the first kiss, the groom inherits only bruising toil; if she is an adulteress, so is he; if she is already dust, a buried venture rises breathing profit. A mother offered as bride is a house sold; a pregnant bride carries a daughter in her womb, but on the wedding night she births a son. A mother with a son who remarries gives the boy away; any woman who weds gains something, but the woman who weds a corpse is driven into loss and wandering. A second wedding while the first wife still breathes brings money; to marry the daughter of knowledge is to drink from an ever-flowing spring; to marry the scholar while sick is to be healed. To wed a living relative forbidden by blood is to cut the bond, and if that relative is already clay, it is to weave new threads with those who remain. (Also see Cage, Duel, Sanctuary, Wife, Yoke)