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[5788] 101 - (2220) It was narrated from Abû Hurairah that when the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "There is no ‘Adwâ, no Šafar and no Hâmah," a Bedouin said: "O Messenger of Allâh, what about camels that are running about in the sand like deer, then a mangy camel comes to them and they all get infected?" He said: "Who infected the first one?" [1] Meaning one will not automatically be infected by another's ailment, rather only if Allâh has decreed it. [2] Evil omens derived mostly from the flight of birds. [3] Scholars mention different meanings for this pre-Islamic belief: It is a worm that comes out of the murdered person's head seeking vengeance; it refers to the owl which was considered a bad omen if seen in certain circumstances; or it was a bird that came from the bones of a dead person which would fly away. See Fath Al-Bârî and An-Nihâyah. [4] Šafar it refers to the tape worm or a similar parasite. The Arabs used to say that it was more contagious than leprosy. So the negation was not of its existence, but of the superstitions surrounding it. There are also other sayings defining it, see no. 5797 and for more see Fath Al-Bârî, Chapter 25 in the Book of Medicine. [5] The belief that a star's position brings rain. [6] Most of the scholars explain that it refers to a certain type of Jinn that murders travelers during the night after leading them astray on their journey.