THE BOOK OF SOOTHSAYING AND SUPERSTITIONS

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3904. It was narrated from Abū Hurairah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Whoever goes to a fortuneteller" – Mūsā (one of the narrators) said in his Hadīth: "and believes what he says," – Then the two reports concur: "or has intercourse with a woman" – Musad-dad (one of the narrators) said: "his wife" – "when she is menstruating, or has intercourse with a woman" – Musad-dad said: "his wife" – "in her back passage, has nothing to do with that which was revealed to Muḥammad ﷺ." (Hasan)

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3904 - حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ حَكِيمٍ الْأَثْرَمِ، عَنْ أَبِي تَمِيمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَنْ أَتَى كَاهِنًا» قَالَ مُوسَى فِي حَدِيثِهِ «فَصَدَّقَهُ بِمَا يَقُولُ» ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا «أَوْ أَتَى امْرَأَةً» قَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ: «امْرَأَتَهُ حَائِضًا أَوْ أَتَى امْرَأَةً» قَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ: «امْرَأَتَهُ فِي دُبُرِهَا فَقَدْ بَرِئَ مِمَّا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ»

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3905. It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbās said: "The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Whoever learns anything about astrology, he learns a branch of magic; the more he learns (of the former) the more he learns (of the latter).’” (Hasan)

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3905 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَمُسَدَّدٌ الْمَعْنَى، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَخْنَسِ، عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ اقْتَبَسَ عِلْمًا مِنَ النُّجُومِ، اقْتَبَسَ شُعْبَةً مِنَ السِّحْرِ زَادَ مَا زَادَ»

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3906. It was narrated from Zaid bin Khālid Al-Juhanī that he said: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ led us in praying Subh (Fajr) at Al-Hudaibiyah, after it had rained at night. When he finished, he turned to the people and said: ‘Do you know what your Lord said?’ They said: ‘Allāh and His Messenger know best.’ He said: ‘He said: “This morning some of My slaves believe in Me and some disbelieve. As for the one who said, ‘We got rain by the bounty and mercy of Allāh,’ he is a believer in Me and a disbeliever in the stars. But as for the one who said, ‘We got rain by virtue of such and such a star, he is a disbeliever in Me and a believer in the stars.’” (Sahih)

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3906 - حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: صَلَّى لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ بِالْحُدَيْبِيَةِ فِي إِثْرِ سَمَاءٍ كَانَتْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ: «هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ؟» قَالُوا: اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، قَالَ: " قَالَ أَصْبَحَ مِنْ عِبَادِي مُؤْمِنٌ بِي، وَكَافِرٌ: فَأَمَّا مَنْ قَالَ مُطِرْنَا بِفَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَبِرَحْمَتِهِ فَذَلِكَ مُؤْمِنٌ بِي كَافِرٌ بِالْكَوْكَبِ، وَأَمَّا مَنْ قَالَ: مُطِرْنَا بِنَوْءِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَذَلِكَ كَافِرٌ بِي مُؤْمِنٌ بِالْكَوْكَبِ "

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3907. It was narrated from ‘Awf (who said): “Hayyān narrated to us” – someone other than Musaddad (one of the narrators) said: “Hayyān bin Al-‘Alā” – he said: ‘Qaṭan bin Qabiṣah narrated to us, from his father, who said: “I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: ‘Al-Iyāfah, omens, and Tarq are from Al-Jibt.’[2] At-Tarq is being dissuaded, and Al-Iyāfah is Al-Khatt.” (Da’if)

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3907 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَوُفٌ، حَدَّثَنَا حَيَّانُ، قَالَ: غَيْر مُسَدَّدٍ، حَيَانُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ حَدَّثَنَا قَطَنُ بْنُ قَبِيصَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «الْعِيَافَةُ، وَالطِّيَرَةُ، وَالطَّرْقُ مِنَ الجِبْتِ» الطَّرْقُ: الزَّجْرُ، وَالْعِيَافَةُ: الْخَطُّ "

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3908. It was narrated from ‘Awf, who said: “Al-Iyāfah, is being dissuaded by (bird) omens, and Tarq refers to the lines that are drawn in the ground.” (Saḥīh)

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3908 - حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ: قَالَ عَوْفٌ: «الْعِيَافَةُ زَجْرُ الطَّيْرِ، وَالطَّرْقُ الْخَطُّ يُخَطُّ فِي الْأَرْضِ»

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3909. It was narrated that Mu‘āwiyah bin Al-Ḥakam Aṣ-Sulāmī said: “I said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, there are among us men who seek divination by drawing lines?' He said: 'One of the Prophets used to do that; if a person's Khatt is in accordance with his, that is fine.'[1] (Sahih)

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3909 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ الصَّوَّافِ، حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ أَبِي مَيْمُونَةَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ السُّلَمِيِّ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، وَمِنَّا رِجَالٌ يَخُطُّونَ، قَالَ: «كَانَ نَبِيٌّ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ يَخُطُّ، فَمَنْ وَافَقَ خَطَّهُ فَذَاكَ»

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3910. It was narrated from 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "At-Tiyarah is Shirk, At-Tiyarah is Shirk," (he said it) three times. All of us have some of that, but Allāh removes it by means of reliance upon Him. (Sahih)

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3910 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ عَيْسَى بْنِ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ زِرِ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «الطِّيَرَةُ شِرْكٌ، الطِّيَرَةُ شِرْكٌ، ثَلَاثًا، وَمَا مِنَّا إِلَّا وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ يُذْهِبُهُ بِالتَّوَكُّلِ»

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3911. It was narrated from Ma'mar, from Az-Zuhri, from Abū Salamah, from Abū Hurairah who said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'There is no Adwā,'[3] no Tiyarah, no Šafar[1] and no Hāmah.[2] A Bedouin said: '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?'" Ma'mar (one of the narrators) said: "Az-Zuhri said: 'A man narrated to me from Abū Hurairah, that he heard the Prophet ﷺ say: "A sick one should not be brought near healthy ones." He said: 'The man questioned him and said: "Did you not narrate to us that the Prophet ﷺ said: 'There is no Adwā, no Šafar and no Hāmah?"' He said: "I did not narrate that to you." Az-Zuhri said: 'Abū Salamah said: "He did narrate it, and I did not hear that Abū Hurairah forgot any Hadīth except this one." (Šahīh)

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3911 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ الْعَسْقَلَانِيُّ، وَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا عَدْوَى، وَلَا طِيَرَةَ، وَلَا صَفَرَ، وَلَا هَامَّةَ» فَقَالَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ: مَا بَالُ الْإِبِلِ تَكُونُ فِي الرَّمْلِ كَأَنَّهَا الظِّبَاءُ فَيُخَالِطُهَا الْبَعِيرُ الْأَجْرَبُ فَيُجْرِبُهَا؟ قَالَ: «فَمَنْ أَعْدَى الْأَوَّلَ» قَالَ مَعْمَرٌ: قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ: فَحَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «لَا يُورِدَنَّ مُمْرِضٌ عَلَى مُصِحٍّ» قَالَ: فَرَاجَعَهُ الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ: أَلَيْسَ قَدْ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَا عَدْوَى، وَلَا صَفَرَ، وَلَا هَامَةَ؟» قَالَ: لَمْ أُحَدِّثْكُمُوهُ، قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ: قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ: «قَدْ حَدَّثَ بِهِ وَمَا سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ نَسِيَ حَدِيثًا قَطُّ غَيْرَهُ»

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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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3913. It was narrated from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from Abū Hurairah, that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "There is no Ghoul."[1] (Hasan)

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3913 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ بْنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ، أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْحَكَمِ، حَدَّثَهُمْ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَجْلَانَ، حَدَّثَنِي الْقَعْقَاعُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ، وَعُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مِقْسَمٍ، وَزَيدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَا غُولَ»

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3914. It was narrated that Mālik was asked about the saying: "There is no Ṣafar." He said: "The people of the Jāhiliyyah would make Ṣafar permissible (for war); they would regard it as permissible one year and regard it as sacred (forbidding war) another year. So the Prophet ﷺ said: 'No Ṣafar.'"[2] (Ṣaḥīḥ)

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3914 - قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: قُرِئَ عَلَى الْحَارِثِ بْنِ مِسْكِيْنٍ وَأَنَا شَاهِدٌ أَخْبَرَكُمْ أَشْهَبُ قَالَ: سُئِلَ مَالِكٌ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ: «لَا صَفَرَ» قَالَ: إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ كَانُوا يُحِلُّونَ صَفَرَ، يُحِلُّونَهُ عَامًا وَيُحَرِّمُونَهُ عَامًا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «لَا صَفَرَ»

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3915. It was narrated from Anas that the Prophet ﷺ said: "There is no ʿAdwā and no Tiyarah, but I like Al-Faʿl (optimism). Al-Faʿl is a good word." (Hasan)

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٣٩١٥ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُصَفَّى، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِمُحَمَّدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ رَاشِدٍ، قَوْلُهُ «هَامَ» قَالَ: كَانَتِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةُ تَقُولُ: لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يَمُوتُ فَيُدْفَنُ إِلَّا خَرَجَ مِنْ قَبْرِهِ هَامَةٌ، قُلْتُ: فَقَوْلُهُ صَفَرَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَسْتَشْئِمُونَ بِصَفَرٍ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا صَفَرَ» قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: وَقَدْ سَمِعْنَا مَنْ يَقُولُ: هُوَ وَجَعٌ يَأْخُذُ فِي الْبَطْنِ، فَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ: هُوَ يُعْدِي، فَقَالَ: «لَا صَفَرَ»

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3916. Muḥammad bin Al-Muṣaffā narrated to us: "Baqiyyah said: 'I said to Muḥammad bin Rāshid: "What does Hāmah mean?" He said: "During the Jāhiliyyah they said that no one died and was buried but a bird (Hāmah) came out of his grave." I said: "What does Šafar mean?" He said: "We heard that the people of the Jāhiliyyah regarded Šafar as inauspicious, so the Prophet ﷺ said: 'No Šafar.'" Muḥammad said: "And we heard someone say that it was a pain in the belly, and they used to say that it was infectious, so he said: 'No Šafar.'" (Šahīh)

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٣٩١٦ - حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " لَا عَدْوَى، وَلَا طِيَرَةَ، وَيُعْجِبُنِي الْفَأْلُ الصَّالِحُ، وَالْفَأْلُ الصَّالِحُ: الْكَلِمَةُ الْحَسَنَةُ "

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3917. It was narrated from Wuhaib bin Suhail, from a man, from Abū Hurairah, that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ heard a word and liked it, and he said: "We have taken your Fa'l from your mouth."[1] (Hasan)

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3917 - حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، عَنْ سُهَيلٍ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: سَمِعَ كَلِمَةً فَأَعْجَبَتْهُ فَقَالَ: «أَخَذْنَا فَأْلَكَ مِنْ فِيكَ»

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3918. It was narrated from Ibn Juraij, from 'Aṭā', he said: "People say that Šafar is a pain in the belly." I said: "What is Al-Hāmah?" He said: "People say that the Hāmah that shrieks is the spirit of a man, but it is not the spirit of a man, rather it is a creature." (Šahīh) [1] It is as if the meaning is, "your good omen."

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3918 - حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ خَلَفٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، قَالَ: " يَقُولُ النَّاسُ: الصَّفَرُ وَجَعٌ يَأْخُذُ فِي الْبَطْنِ "، قُلْتُ: فَمَا الْهَامَةُ؟ قَالَ: " يَقُولُ النَّاسُ الْهَامَةُ: الَّتِي تَصْرُخُ هَامَةُ النَّاسِ، وَلَيْسَتْ بِهَامَةِ الْإِنْسَانِ، إِنَّمَا هِيَ دَابَّةٌ "

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3919. It was narrated from 'Urwah bin 'Āmir, – Aḥmad[1] said: Al-Qurashī – said: "At-Tiyarah was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: "The best of it is Al-Fa'l, but it should not prevent a Muslim from (going ahead with his plans). If one of you sees something that he dislikes, let him say: 'Allāhumma! Lā ya'tī bil-ḥasanāti illā anta wa lā yadfa'us-sayy'āti illā anta, wa lā hawla wa lā quwwata illā bika (O Allāh, no one brings good things but You, and no one wards off bad things but You, and there is no power and no strength except in You).'" (Da'if)

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3919 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، وَأبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ الْمَعْنَى، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، قَالَ: أَحْمَدُ: الْقُرَشِيُّ، قَالَ: ذُكِرَتِ الطِّيَرَةُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «أَحْسَنُهَا الْفَأْلُ وَلَا تَرُدُّ مُسْلِمًا، فَإِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ مَا يَكْرَهُ فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ لَا يَأْتِي بِالْحَسَنَاتِ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، وَلَا يَدْفَعُ السَّيِّئَاتِ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِكَ»

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3920. It was narrated from 'Abdullāh bin Buraidah, from his father, that the Prophet ﷺ was not superstitious about anything. When he sent an agent, he would ask about his name. If he liked his name he would be happy and that cheerfulness could be seen on his face. If he disliked his name, that dislike could be seen on his face. When he entered a town he would ask about its name, and if he liked its name he would be happy and that cheerfulness could be seen on his face, and if he disliked its name, that dislike could be seen on his face. (Da'if)

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3920 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ: «أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ لَا يَتَطَيَّرُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ، وَكَانَ إِذَا بَعَثَ عَامِلًا سَأَلَ عَنِ اسْمِهِ، فَإِذَا أَعْجَبَهُ اسْمُهُ فَرِحَ بِهِ وَرُئِيَ بِشْرُ ذَلِكَ فِي وَجْهِهِ، وَإِنْ كَرِهَ اسْمَهُ رُئِيَ كَرَاهِيَةُ ذَلِكَ فِي وَجْهِهِ، وَإِذَا دَخَلَ قَرْيَةً سَأَلَ عَنِ اسْمِهَا فَإِنْ أَعْجَبَهُ اسْمُهَا فَرِحَ وَرُئِيَ بِشْرُ ذَلِكَ فِي وَجْهِهِ، وَإِنْ كَرِهَ اسْمَهَا رُئِيَ كَرَاهِيَةُ ذَلِكَ فِي وَجْهِهِ»

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3921. It was narrated from Sa'd bin Mālik that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ used to say: "There is Hāmah, no Adwā, and no Tiyarah. If there is an omen in anything, it is in a horse, a woman or a dwelling." (Hasan)

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3921 - حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ، حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، أَنَّ الْحَضْرَمِيَّ بْنَ لَاحِقٍ، حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقُولُ: «لَا هَامَةَ وَلَا عَدْوَى، وَلَا طِيَرَةَ، وَإِنْ تَكُنِ الطِّيَرَةُ فِي شَيْءٍ فَفِي الْفَرَسِ، وَالْمَرْأَةِ، وَالدَّارِ»

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3922. It was narrated from 'Abdullāh bin 'Umar that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "An omen is in a dwelling, a woman or a horse." (Saḥīh) Abū Dāwūd said: It was read before Al-Ḥārith bin Miskīn when I was present. It was said to him: "Ibn Al-Qāsim informed you: 'Mālik was asked about omens in horses and dwellings, he said: "How many houses were inhabited by people who perished, then they were inhabited by other people who also perished." This is the explanation of that, as far as we can tell. Abū Dāwūd said: 'Umar, may Allāh be pleased with him, said: "A mat in a house is better than a woman who does not bear children." (Sahih)

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3922 - حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ حَمْزَةَ، وَسَالِمٍ، ابْنَيْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «الشُّؤْمُ فِي الدَّارِ، وَالْمَرْأَةِ، وَالْفَرَسِ» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: قُرِئَ عَلَى الْحَارِثِ بْنِ مِسْكِينٍ، وَأَنَا شَاهِدٌ أَخْبَرَكَ ابْنُ الْقَاسِمِ، قَالَ: سُئِلَ مَالِكٌ عَنْ «الشُّؤْمِ فِي الْفَرَسِ، وَالدَّارِ» قَالَ: كَمْ مِنْ دَارٍ سَكَنَهَا نَاسٌ فَهَلَكُوا، ثُمَّ سَكَنَهَا آخَرُونَ فَهَلَكُوا، فَهَذَا تَفْسِيرُهُ فِيمَا نَرَى وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: قَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: «حَصِيرٌ فِي الْبَيْتِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ امْرَأَةٍ لَا تَلِدُ»

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3923. Yahyā bin 'Abdullāh bin Bahūr said: Someone who heard told me, that Farwah bin Musaik said: I said: "O Messenger of Allāh, we have some land that is called the land of Abyan, and it is the land where we have our fields and grow our crops, but it is unhealthy," or he said: "very unhealthy." The Prophet ﷺ said: "Leave it, for death comes from being in a land that is disease-ridden." (Da'if)

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3923 - حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، وَعَبَّاسٌ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بَحِيرٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ سَمِعَ فَرْوَةَ بْنَ مُسَيْكٍ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرْضٌ عِنْدَنَا يُقَالُ لَهَا أَرْضُ أَبْيَنَ هِيَ أَرْضُ رِيفِنَا، وَمِيرَتِنَا، وَإِنَّهَا وَبِئَةٌ، أَوْ قَالَ وَبَاؤُهَا شَدِيدٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ: « دَعْهَا عَنْكَ، فَإِنَّ مِنَ القَرَفِ التَّلَفَ»

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3924. It was narrated that Anas bin Mālik said: "A man said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, we lived in a house where our numbers were many and our wealth was great, then we moved to another house where our numbers became few and our wealth decreased.' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Leave it, for it is bad.'" (Da'if)

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3924 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ، عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ: إِنَّا كُنَّا فِي دَارٍ كَثِيرٌ فِيهَا عَدَدُنَا، وَكَثِيرٌ فِيهَا أَمْوَالُنَا، فَتَحَوَّلْنَا إِلَى دَارٍ أُخْرَى فَقَلَّ فِيهَا عَدَدُنَا، وَقَلَّتْ فِيهَا أَمْوَالُنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «ذَرُوهَا ذَمِيمَةً»

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3925. It was narrated from Jābir that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ took the hand of a leper and placed it in the dish with him and said: "Eat, depending on Allāh and relying upon Him." (Da'if) The End of the Book of Soothsaying and Superstitions

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3925 - حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُفَضَّلُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ الشَّهِيدِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَخَذَ بِيَدِ مَجْذُومٍ فَوَضَعَهَا مَعَهُ فِي الْقَصْعَةِ، وَقَالَ: «كُلْ ثِقَةً بِاللَّهِ وَتَوَكُّلًا عَلَيْهِ»