Hadith 6213

The description of something by a man as 'nothing' while he means that it is not true.

English source

Darussalam · Volume 8

78 - THE BOOK OF AL-ADAB

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 6213 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 47

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English translation

6213. Narrated 'Āishah رضي الله عنها: Some people asked Allāh's Messenger ﷺ about the foretellers. Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said to them, "They are nothing (i.e., liars)." The people said, "O Allāh's Messenger! Sometimes they tell something which comes out to be true." Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "That word which comes to be true is what a jinn (devil) snatches away by stealing and then pours it in the ear of his foreteller with a sound similar to the cackle of a hen, and then they add to it one hundred lies."

Arabic text

6213 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ: أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عُرْوَةَ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُرْوَةَ، يَقُولُ: قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: سَأَلَ أُنَاسٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الكُهَّانِ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَيْسُوا بِشَيْءٍ» قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَإِنَّهُمْ يُحَدِّثُونَ أَحْيَانًا بِالشَّيْءِ يَكُونُ حَقًّا؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «تِلْكَ الكَلِمَةُ مِنَ الحَقِّ، يَخْطَفُهَا الجِنِّيُّ، فَيَقُرُّهَا فِي أُذُنِ وَلِيِّهِ قَرَّ الدَّجَاجَةِ، فَيَخْلِطُونَ فِيهَا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِائَةِ كَذْبَةٍ»

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