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===Middle Ages=== In [[psychology in medieval Islam|medieval Islamic psychology]], certain [[hadith]]s indicate that [[dream]]s consist of three parts, and early [[Ulema|Muslim scholars]] recognized three kinds of dreams: false, pathogenic, and true.<ref name=Amber-376>{{Harv|Haque|2004|p=376}}</ref> [[Ibn Sirin]] (654β728) was renowned for his ''Ta'bir al-Ru'ya'' and ''Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tabir al-Ahlam'', a book on dreams. The work is divided into 25 sections on dream interpretation, from the etiquette of interpreting dreams to the interpretation of reciting certain [[Sura]]hs of the [[Qur'an]] in one's dream. He writes that it is important for a layperson to seek assistance from an [['alim|alim]] (Muslim scholar) who could guide in the interpretation of dreams with a proper understanding of the cultural context and other such causes and interpretations.<ref name=Amber-375>{{Harv|Haque|2004|p=375}}</ref> [[Al-Kindi]] (Alkindus) (801β873) also wrote a treatise on dream interpretation: ''On Sleep and Dreams''.<ref name=Amber-361>{{Harv|Haque|2004|p=361}}</ref> In [[consciousness]] studies, [[Al-Farabi]] (872β951) wrote the ''On the Cause of Dreams'', which appeared as chapter 24 of his ''Book of Opinions of the people of the Ideal City''. It was a treatise on [[dream]]s, in which he was the first to distinguish between dream interpretation and the nature and causes of dreams.<ref name=Amber-363>{{Harv|Haque|2004|p= 363}}</ref> In ''[[The Canon of Medicine]]'', [[Avicenna]] extended the theory of [[temperament]]s to encompass "[[emotion]]al aspects, mental capacity, [[moral]] attitudes, [[self-awareness]], movements and [[dream]]s."<ref name=Lutz>{{citation |first=Peter L. |last=Lutz |year=2002 |title=The Rise of Experimental Biology: An Illustrated History |page=60 |publisher=[[Humana Press]] |isbn=0-89603-835-1}}</ref> [[Ibn Khaldun]]'s ''[[Muqaddimah]]'' (1377) states that "confused dreams" are "pictures of the imagination that are stored inside by [[perception]] and to which the ability to think is applied, after (man) has retired from [[sense]] perception."<ref>[[Ibn Khaldun]], [[Franz Rosenthal]], N.J. Dawood (1967), ''The Muqaddimah, trans.'', p. 338, [[Princeton University Press]], {{ISBN|0-691-01754-9}}</ref> Ibn Shaheen states: "Interpretations change their foundations according to the different conditions of the seer (of the vision), so seeing handcuffs during sleep is disliked but if a righteous person sees them it can mean stopping the hands from evil". Ibn Sirin said about a man who saw himself giving a sermon from the mimbar: "He will achieve authority and if he is not from the people who have any kind of authority it means that he will be crucified".
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