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Whoever Likes Good Signs And Dislikes Omens

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31. Chapters On Medicine

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الحديث: 3539 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1171

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3539. It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbâs that the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "There is no 'Adwâ, no omen, no Hâmah, and no Safar." [1]

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3539 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا عَدْوَى، وَلَا طِيَرَةَ، وَلَا هَامَةَ، وَلَا صَفَرَ»

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    [1] Hâmah & Safar: Other superstitious beliefs rejected by Islam. Safar is a disease that afflicts the abdomen, and it is not a contagions one. Hâmah was interpreted differently in pre-Islamic beliefs. It was said to be a worm coming out of a murdered person's head seeking vengeance, it also refers to the owl that was considered a bad omen if seen in different circumstances; or it was a bird that came from the bones of a dead person that would fly away.

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a. Contemporary doctors and scientists agree that diseases spread through bacteria. They also agree that the bacteria can affect only when the resisting power of the body becomes weak. It means that the basic reason of disease is not the existence of bacteria, rather the weak resisting power of the body. b. One of the false beliefs of the Arabs was that if the revenge of a murderer is not taken, an owl will emerge from his cranium and cry out. When the revenge is taken, his spirit becomes satisfied with it and the owl stops crying. The above Hadith denies such false beliefs.