Sunan Abi Dawud · Divination and Omens (Kitab Al-Kahanah Wa Al-Tatayyur)
باب فِي الطِّيَرَةِ
Chapter: At-Tiyarah.
15 hadith · references 3910–3925
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Abu Dawud · 3910الطِّيَرَةُ شِرْكٌ الطِّيَرَةُ شِرْكٌ ثَلَاثًا ، وَمَا مِنَّا إِلَّا وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ يُذْهِبُهُ بِالتَّوَكُّلِNarrated Abdullah ibn Masud: The Prophet ﷺ said: Taking omens is polytheism; taking omens is polytheism. He said it three times. Every one of us has some, but Allah removes it by trust (in Him).6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3911لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا طِيَرَةَ وَلَا صَفَرَ وَلَا هَامَّةَNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: There is no infection, no evil, omen or serpent, in a hungry belly and no hamah. A nomadic Arab asked: How is it that when camels are in the sand as if they were7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3912لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا هَامَةَ وَلَا نَوْءَ وَلَا صَفَرَNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: There is no infection, no hamah, no other promising rain, and no serpent in a hungry belly.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3913حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ بْنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ ، أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْحَكَمِ ، حَدَّثَهُمْ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ ، حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَجْلَانَ ، حَدَّثَنِي الْقَعْقَاعُ بْنُ Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: There is no ghoul.9 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3915لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا طِيَرَةَ ، وَيُعْجِبُنِي الْفَأْلُ الصَّالِحُ وَالْفَأْلُ الصَّالِحُ الْكَلِمَةُ الْحَسَنَةُMuhammad bin al-Musaffa said to us on the authority of Baqiyyah. He said: I asked Muhammad bin Rashid about the meaning of the word hamah. He replied: The pre-Islamic Arabs used to say: When anyone dies and is buried, a 4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3916حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُصَفَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ قال : قُلْتُ لِمُحَمَّدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ رَاشِدٍ ، قَوْلُهُ هَامَ ، قَالَ : كَانَت الْجَاهِلِيَّةُ تَقُولُ : لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يَمُوتُ ، فَيُدْفَنُ ، إِلَّا خَNarrated Anas: The Prophet ﷺ as saying: There is no infection and no evil omen, and I like a good omen. Good omen means a good word.3 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3917أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَمِعَ كَلِمَةً فَأَعْجَبَتْهُ ، فَقَالَ : أَخَذْنَا فَأْلَكَ مِنْ فِيكَNarrated Abu Hurairah: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard a word, and he liked it, he said: We took your omen from your mouth.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3918وَجَعٌ يَأْخُذُ فِي الْبَطْنِ ، النَّاسُ الصَّفَرُ ، قُلْتُ : فَمَا الْهَامَةُ ؟ ، قَالَ : يَقُولُ النَّاسُ : الْهَامَةُ الَّتِي تَصْرُخُ هَامَةُ النَّاسِ وَلَيْسَتْ بِهَامَةِ الْإِنْسَانِ إِنَّمَا هِيَ دَابَّةٌNarrated Ata: People said: safar is a pain within the belly. I asked: What is hamah ? He said: People said (believed) that hamah which is an owl or a nightbird and which shrieks is the spirit of men. It is not the spirit4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3919ذُكِرَتِ الطِّيَرَةُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : أَحْسَنُهَا الْفَأْلُ وَلَا تَرُدُّ مُسْلِمًا فَإِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ مَا يَكْرَهُ ، فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ لَا يَأْتِي بِالْحَسَنَاتِ Narrated Urwah ibn Amir al-Qurashi: When taking omens was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ, he said: The best type is the good omen, and it does not turn back a Muslim. If one of you sees anything he dislikes, 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3920كَانَ 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 وَجNarrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: The Prophet ﷺ did not take omens from anything, but when he sent out an agent he asked about his name. If it pleased him, he was glad about it, and his cheerfulness on that account was vis5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3921لَا هَامَةَ وَلَا عَدْوَى وَلَا طِيَرَةَ ، وَإِنْ تَكُنْ الطِّيَرَةُ فِي شَيْءٍ ، فَفِي الْفَرَسِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ وَالدَّارِNarrated Saad ibn Malik: The Prophet ﷺ said: There is no hamah, no infection and no evil omen; if there is in anything an evil omen, it is a house, a horse, and a woman.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3922الشُّؤْمُ فِي الدَّارِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ وَالْفَرَسِIt was narrated from Abdullah bin Umar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "An omen is in a dwelling, a woman or a horse. " Abu Dawud said: This tradition was read out to al-Harith bin Miskin and I was witness. It was sa6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3923يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَرْضٌ عِنْدَنَا يُقَالُ لَهَا أَرْضُ أَبْيَنَ هِيَ أَرْضُ رِيفِنَا وَمِيرَتِنَا وَإِنَّهَا وَبِئَةٌ ، أَوْ قَالَ : وَبَاؤُهَا شَدِيدٌ ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : دَعْهَYahya ibn Abdullah ibn Buhayr said that he was informed by one who had heard Farwah ibn Musayk tell that he said: Messenger of Allah! we have land called Abyan, which is the land where we have our fields and grow our cro7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3924يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّا كُنَّا فِي دَارٍ كَثِيرٌ فِيهَا عَدَدُنَا ، وَكَثِيرٌ فِيهَا أَمْوَالُنَا ، فَتَحَوَّلْنَا إِلَى دَارٍ أُخْرَى فَقَلَّ فِيهَا عَدَدُنَا وَقَلَّتْ فِيهَا أَمْوَالُنَا ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِNarrated Anas ibn Malik: A man said: Messenger of Allah! we were in an abode in which our numbers and our goods were many and changed to an abode in which our numbers and our goods became few. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sa5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3925أَخَذَ بِيَدِ مَجْذُومٍ فَوَضَعَهَا مَعَهُ فِي الْقَصْعَةِ ، وَقَالَ : كُلْ ثِقَةً بِاللَّهِ وَتَوَكُّلًا عَلَيْهِNarrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took a man who was suffering from tubercular leprosy by the hand; he then put it along with his own hand in the dish and said: Eat with confidence in Allah and trust 6 narrators