Sunan Abi Dawud · Book 30

كتاب الكهانة والتطير

Divination and Omens (Kitab Al-Kahanah Wa Al-Tatayyur)

21 hadith · 4 chapters

The chapter divisions

Chapters in this book

1باب فِي الْكَاهِنِChapter: Regarding Fortunetellers.2باب فِي النُّجُومِChapter: Regarding Astrology.3باب فِي الْخَطِّ وَزَجْرِ الطَّيْرِChapter: Al-Khatt, and Al-’Iyafah (Being Dissuaded By Birds).4باب فِي الطِّيَرَةِChapter: At-Tiyarah.

Opening leaves

First narrations

Abu Dawud · 3904حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ حَكِيمٍ الأَثْرَمِ ، عَنْ أَبِي تَمِيمَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone resorts to a diviner and believes in what he says (according) to the version of Musa), or has intercourse with his wife (according to the agreed version) when she is m8 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 3905مَنِ اقْتَبَسَ عِلْمًا مِنَ النُّجُومِ ، اقْتَبَسَ شُعْبَةً مِنَ السِّحْرِ زَادَ مَا زَادَNarrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone acquires any knowledge of astrology, he acquires a branch of magic of which he gets more as long as he continues to do so.7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3906صَلَّى لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ بِالْحُدَيْبِيَةِ فِي إِثْرِ سَمَاءٍ كَانَتْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ ، فَقَالَ :Narrated Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in the morning prayer at al-Hudaibiyyah after rain which has fallen during the night, and when he finished, he turned to the people and said: Do you kno5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3907الْعِيَافَةُ وَالطِّيَرَةُ وَالطَّرْقُ مِنَ الْجِبْتِNarrated Qabisah: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Augury from the flight of birds, taking evil omens and the practice of pressomancy pertain to divination. Tarq: It is used in the sense of divination in which women6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3908الْعِيَافَةُ زَجْرُ الطَّيْرِ وَالطَّرْقُ الْخَطُّ يُخَطُّ فِي الْأَرْضِNarrated Muhammed bin Jafar: On the authority of Awf: 'Iyafah means to makes the birds fly by threatening them. Tarq means lines drawn on the earth.3 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3909يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، وَمِنَّا رِجَالٌ يَخُطُّونَ ؟ ، قَالَ : كَانَ نَبِيٌّ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ يَخُطُّ فَمَنْ وَافَقَ خَطَّهُ فَذَاكَNarrated Muawiyah bin al-Hakam al-Sulami: I said: Messenger of Allah! among us there are men who practice divination by drawing lines. He said: There was a Prophet who drew lines, so if anyone does it as he drew lines, t7 narratorsAbu 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 narrators