Two dreams after making Istikharah

Q: I was reading istikaraah namaaz to decide whether to propose to a girl I saw, when I had the following dreams. The dreams were on 2 separate nights, about 3 days apart from each other. On both nights, I performed the Istikarah salaah with the dua at the end.

Dream 1: I was playing table tennis with my cousin in the balcony of my house. When I served the ball, it bounced once on the table and then fell on the floor. The ball was now an egg and splattered on the floor. The egg was just a normal egg but it was now broken. My dream ended then.

Dream 2: I was standing and staring into a large mirror. The mirror had 3 parts to it like a dressing room mirror. I was standing up and had no shirt on. In my reflection, I could see my bare chest which was quite hairy. In real life, I do have a lot of hair on my chest so this was normal. But there was a lot of  white hairs mixed with the black hairs on my chest. I am still young, so I don’t have any white hairs in real life. The white hairs were more than the black hairs on my chest. 

Mufti, could you please provide an interpretation to the 2 dreams and advice me further. What is the meaning of it with regards to my marriage proposal decision?

A: If the girl you intend marrying is compatible with you and she is firm in her Deen (and both families are also happy with the nikah) then insha-Allah you should go ahead. The dream apparently seems positive.

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada