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2143. Ibn Mas'ūd narrated: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ stood among us and said: 'One thing does not infect another.' So a Bedouin said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! If a camel gets mangy glands
and we leave it at the resting place of camels, then all of the camels get mange?' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Who caused the first to get mange? There is no Adwa nor Safar. Allāh created every soul, so He wrote its life, its provision, and its afflictions.'" (Sahih)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from Abū Hurairah, Ibn 'Abbās, and Anas.
And I heard Muḥammad bin 'Amr bin Ṣafwān Ath-Thaqafī Al-Baṣrī say: "I heard 'Alī bin Al-Madīnī saying: 'If I were to swear between the Corner (of the Black Stone) and the Maqām, then I would swear that I have not seen anyone more knowledgeable than 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Mahdī.'"[1]
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[1] They say it is an ailment that strikes the stomach, or a worm that gets in the stomach of cattle and people, and it is more contagious than mange according to the Arabs, and they say other than that.
Commentary
Matters relating to contagious diseases have already been discussed under chapter on nos. 1614&1615. As for Hāmah, it means an owl, about which people believed that if it was found sitting over someone's house it meant impending death for someone in the household. Some of the scholars hold the view that the word Hāmah refers to the pagan Arab's belief that if someone in the family was murdered and the murder went unrequited, then his skull or spirit or bones hovered over the house demanding blood to satisfy the thirst. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ declared the falsehood of all these false presumptions.
