Dream meaning Dreaming of a baby boy

A baby boy in a dream carries two readings that sit together. The classical books read a small boy as a worry or a charge taken on, because a son is raised with effort and carried before he carries, and the Qur'an gives glad tidings of boys as some of the best news a household can hear.

So a calm, beautiful baby boy placed in the dreamer's arms is a responsibility that will bring honour and help as it grows: a work, a trust, a matter that asks for care now and repays it later.

Glad tidings of a boy announced by a righteous person or an angel are glad tidings in a matter the dreamer has prayed over, as Abraham was given news of a forbearing boy and Zechariah of a son named John; a boy given a name is read by the meaning of that name. A crying or restless baby boy is a worry in a matter that needs tending; a sickly one is a new undertaking or trust that needs more care than it is getting.

Carrying a boy on one's shoulders is a burden borne willingly; handing a boy to someone else is passing a responsibility on. A baby boy who speaks words of wisdom is a matter with an unusual blessing, as Jesus spoke from the cradle. Finding a baby boy is a charge that comes unasked.

The dream tells no one that a child is coming, still less whether it will be a boy; those who are expecting dream of babies often, and it bodes no ill. When a son is born, the tradition welcomes him with the call to prayer in his ear and the aqiqa.