Playing with snakes in Dreams: Islamic Meaning

~March 16, 2023~

Having a dream in which you were playing with a snakes means your are about to face a quite volatile or touchy situation in real life. It also reveals you are being naive in front of certain individuals who cannot be trusted, unpredictable or impious people.

For Ibn Seerin, a snake in a dream means enmity, evil, jealousy, deceit, even perfidy. It also warns you from a rich enemy or a person of innovation that de­stroys with his poison.

Having said that, the islamic interpretation for dreaming of snakes is this one:

You are allowing other people to get you involved into a risky situation, or perhaps you will be facing tempations or ungodly proposals that are not halal at all.

I you have had this dream and you think you are facing a tough scenario in real life, I strongly recommend you to pray:

I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of mankind, the King of mankind , the God of mankind , from the evil of the whisperer who withdraws, who whispers in the breasts of mankind, of jinns and men.

Surah An-Nas 114:1-6

A snake is talking to you in a dream in Islam

If you dream of a snake speaking to you lovingly, you will receive advantages from an adversary. In other words, you should expect to hear positive news from hostile people or those who are neither kind nor pious.

Having a pet snake in a dream in Islam

Having a serpent as a companion signifies gaining power or influence over adversarial or toxic individuals. Owning a serpent in a dream, according to Ibn Seerin, denotes acquiring strength and authority. Additionally, it would imply that you are conquering challenges or potential betrayals.

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Related Dreams

Dreaming of snakes in the bed

For Ibn Seerin a bed in your dream represents your wife or partner. Then, seeing a snake in your bed is warning about issues or tensions in your relationship.

May Allah bless you and your family members with His blessings and ease your problems and hardship.

Dreaming of baby snakes in Islam

The little snakes would also represent concerns or problems in matters of your life that you consider of lesser value or no importance.

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Snake crawling on you in a dream in Islam

This dream is warning your about the fact you are starting to become aware of an imminent threat in your life. Indeed, it is possible you have to face a challenging situation in one aspect of your life (family, work or relationship).

Dreaming of snakes in the garden in Islam

In Islamic inner traditions, the noble Quran is seen as a beautiful garden when one looks at it. That’s why when you see a snake in a beautiful garden it means you are having doubts which your religious belief, perhaps there is an individual who is perturbing your mind or distracting you from following the teaching of the Islam.

Small snakes in dreams in Islam

The implications of this dream are varied. Ibn Sirin said that a tiny snake in a dream symbolizes a young kid.

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Dreaming of colorful snake in Islam

Muslims interpret seeing vivid snakes in dreams as a sign that they are experiencing powerful feelings that could be upsetting their tranquility.

May Allah vanish all of your hard times and give you lots of peace and happiness in your life.

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Meanings of a dream of playing with snake in western culture

For many dream authors in western dream interpretation, playing with a snake in a dream reflects that you have problems or worries that are disturbing your mind, they are there even if you are not paying much attention to them lately, even if they are not doing anything to you, like that snake.

It may seem that dreaming of snakes in bed is negative, but everything changes if this animal is doing absolutely nothing to you in your dream.

What’s the matter? Why are you sleeping with a snake? Everything will depend on your life context and the emotions you have had in the dream.

Because if these emotions are positive, the snake in your bed would speak of passion and, above all, of temptation. It can be a wake-up call from your subconscious to take a look at your intimate life, your relationship or need a little more passion in your life in general.

According to some dream experts in western countries, playing and feeling comfortable interacting with snakes in dreams, indicates that there are processes of internal transformations and that they are positive, that is, to generate this sensation. This can be cause for changes of ideas or healing process.

If in your dream you see yourself playing with a viper in a friendly way, if you do not feel fear and it does not provide you with any harm, that means that you have your sexual energy at the highest point and that you are going through a time of intense eroticization, joviality and sexual desires. These types of dreams are very common in adolescents when their sexuality is awakened.

Living a scene in a dream with a snake, without producing damage alludes to an increase in the need for reproduction, desire or sexual ecstasy characteristic of young people as well as joviality and positive energy.

If in your dream the snake is neutral or even friendly, it means that you are facing the challenges of life with security.

Living a scene in a dream with a snake, without producing damage alludes to an increase in the need for reproduction, desire or sexual ecstasy characteristic of young people as well as joviality and positive energy.

If in your dream the snake is neutral or even friendly, it means that you are facing the challenges of life safely.

This dream can also mean that something important has come into your life, such as a new job or house, or even getting married or having a child.