Islamic Meaning: Seeing a Donkey in a Dream

Seeing a donkey in a dream could have different meanings in Islam depending upon the context, the dreamer’s personality, and the animal’s situation.

• Islamic Meaning: Seeing a Horse in a Dream.
• Islamic Meaning: Seeing a Mule in a Dream.

1- According to Prophet Daniyal عليه السلام, owning a donkey in a dream indicates a good fate and respect.

2- Seeing a lot of donkeys in a dream is a sign of the increase in wealth.

3- Dreaming about fighting a donkey symbolizes facing a stubborn or challenging situation.

4- An obedient donkey in a dream shows that the owner is watchful.

5- Wearing clothes made from the Donkey’s skin in the dream is interpreted as attaining respect and status.

Riding a Donkey

6- Falling from the back of a donkey in a dream indicates that one will face financial difficulties in the future.

7- According to Ibn Sirin رحمة الله عليه, the greatest dream interpreter of Islam, riding on a donkey in a dream has different meanings depending on its color.

• Black Donkey: Getting respect.
• Green Donkey: Being Religious.
• Red Donkey: Being involved in worldly affairs.
• Yellow Donkey: Getting Sick.
• White donkey: The dreamer is pious man.
• Pregnant Donkey: Good News.
• A fat donkey: Money for the owner.
• A lean donkey: Poverty of the owner.
• A tall donkey: Man’s prestige.
• A beautiful donkey: The dreamer will look better.

Death of a Donkey

8- Eating the meat of a donkey in a dream means eating prohibited (haram) money/wealth.

9- Seeing a dream that the donkey has died because he sat on him means that the dreamer will die soon.

10- The death of a donkey in a dream represents the death of its owner, broken relationships with friends or family, the loss of support, selling valuable property, divorce, travel, or the death of a spouse.

11- According to Ibrahim Karmani رحمة الله عليه, seeing a dream in which a lion eats your donkey means that the dreamer will get sick and recover soon.

• Seeing a Lion in a dream.

Blind Donkey

12- Seeing that your donkey is blind by one eye in a dream means that the dreamer would attain wealth with difficulty.

13- Seeing a blind donkey in a dream means the dreamer’s wealth would be wasted. 

Lost Donkey

14- In a dream, a lost donkey with an unknown owner represents an ignorant, pushy, and demanding person.

15- Seeing that the donkey is stolen in a dream, he would be separated from his wife.

Sex with Donkey

16- Having sex with a donkey in a dream means getting your wishes fulfilled in real life.

Buying a donkey

17- Exchanging a donkey or selling one and buying another in a dream means that the dreamer’s financial condition will change soon.

18- If a person sees himself buying a donkey, paying hard cash for it, and handling the cash with his hands, it means he will speak words of wisdom in the presence of people. If he does not see himself handling the cash, although the price for the donkey is paid in full, it means that something good will come his way for which he will express his gratitude. 

Donkey’s Milk

19- Drinking donkey’s milk in a dream means falling sick and recovering to health.

• What does it mean to drink milk in a dream?

Voice of Donkey

20- Hearing the braying noise of a donkey in a dream means that one’s enemy will come to them for a favor. Also, it has been narrated in the Holy Qur’an that among the worst voices is the donkey’s voice.

• The ugliest of all voices is certainly the braying of donkeys. – Luqman 31:19

21- If you hear a donkey cry in a dream without seeing the donkey, there will be torrential rain.

Head of the Donkey

22- If you see a dream in which your head is similar to a donkey’s, it is interpreted as attaining from his forefathers.

Disclaimer: The material used to interpret dreams has been extracted from the Ibn Sirin book for dream interpretations. You can read the book here.