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Darussalam · Volume 4

THE BOOK OF SOOTHSAYING AND SUPERSTITIONS

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الحديث: 3912 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 17

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3912. It was narrated from Al-'Alā', from his father, from Abū Hurairah, who said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'There is no Adwā, no Hāmah, no Naw',[3] and no Šafar.'" (Šahīh)

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3912 - حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا عَدْوَى، وَلَا هَامَةَ، وَلَا نَوْءَ، وَلَا صَفَرَ»

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  1. 1

    [1] It is said that the month of Šafar was regarded as "unlucky" in the Jāhiliyyah, and other than that, see the explanation of Mālik which follows.

  2. 2

    [2] An Arab superstition described variously as: A worm that infests the grave of a murder victim until he is avenged; an owl; or the bones of a dead person turned into a bird that could fly.

  3. 3

    [3] A star, the appearance of which foretells rain.