صحيح البخاري

Hadith 6213

Book 78: The Book of Al-Adab (Good Manners)

كِتَاب الْأَدَبِ

Chapter 117

(117) Chapter. The description of something by a man as ‘nothing’ while he means that it is not true.

117- بَابُ قَوْلِ الرَّجُلِ لِلشَّيْءِ لَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ. وَهْوَ يَنْوِي أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِحَقٍّ:

English narration

Narrated by عائشة بنت أبي بكر الصديق

Some people asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about the fore-tellers. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to them, "They are nothing (i.e., liars)." The people said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ! Sometimes they tell something which comes out to be true." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "That word which comes to be true is what a jinx snatches away by stealing and then pours it in the ear of his fore-teller with a sound similar to the cackle of a hen, and then they add to it one-hundred lies."

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَامٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ ، قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ : ، أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عُرْوَةَ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُرْوَةَ ، يَقُولُ : قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ : سَأَلَ أُنَاسٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الْكُهَّانِ ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " لَيْسُوا بِشَيْءٍ " ، قَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، فَإِنَّهُمْ يُحَدِّثُونَ أَحْيَانًا بِالشَّيْءِ يَكُونُ حَقًّا ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : "

تِلْكَ الْكَلِمَةُ مِنَ الْحَقِّ يَخْطَفُهَا الْجِنِّيُّ ، فَيَقُرُّهَا فِي أُذُنِ وَلِيِّهِ قَرَّ الدَّجَاجَةِ ، فَيَخْلِطُونَ فِيهَا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِائَةِ كَذْبَةٍ

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Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 6213In-book: Book 78, Hadith 6213

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