According to Islamic tradition, the Prophet Mohammed considered dreams a conversation between man and his God. However their attitude was quite contrast as unimportant people did not need to dream- a slave’s dream was really meant for his master, the child for its parent and that of the wife must be for her husband.

A prayer ritual or istipara was known in Islamic societies where a special prayer was recited just before sleep in order to elicit an answer to a difficult problem. Potion/drugs were sometimes used to induce dreams by the Dervishes(a Muslim ascetic order) and the people of Kurdistan ( a mountainous and plateau region in Iraq)