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

Book 30 of 43 · Sunan Abi Dawud

22 hadith Hadith 3904–3925 Sunni
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Divination and Omens (Kitab Al-Kahanah Wa Al-Tatayyur)

Sunan Abi Dawud

22 hadith Hadith 3904–3925 Sunni

About This Book

Compiled during the 833–888 CE period by al-Sijistani.

Divination and Omens (Kitab Al-Kahanah Wa Al-Tatayyur) is book 30 of 43 in Sunan Abi Dawud, containing 22 hadith.

Geography

This collection was compiled primarily in Basra (later life). The narrators in this book are associated with 16 distinct geographic locations.

Basra Kufa Makkah Medina Sana Asqalan Basrah Yemen Cairo Iran Hims Rome Baghdad Merv al-Yamama Damascus

Narrators in This Book

This book features 80 narrators in its chains of transmission. The most frequently cited are Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان, Abu Hurairah, Abdullah bin Muslima al-Qa'nabi عبد الله بن مسلمة بن قعنب القعنبي, Imam Maalik مالك بن أنس بن مالك بن أبي عامر, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل.

Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان (4) Abu Hurairah (4) Abdullah bin Muslima al-Qa'nabi عبد الله بن مسلمة بن قعنب القعنبي (3) Imam Maalik مالك بن أنس بن مالك بن أبي عامر (2) Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل (2) Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري (2) Abdur-Razzaq عبد الرزاق بن همام (2) al-Zuhri ابن شهاب الزهري‎, محمد بن مسلم (2) Ma'mar bin Rashid معمر بن راشد (2) Anas ibn Malik (2) Hisham bin Abi 'Abdullah al-Dastawa'i هشام بن أبي عبد الله الدستوائي (2) Muslim bin Ibrahim al-Azdy مسلم بن إبراهيم الأزدي الفراهيدي (2) Qatada قتادة (2) Musa bin Isma'il al-Munqari al-Tabudhaki موسى بن إسماعيل المنقري - لتبوذكي (2) Abu Bakr bin Abi Shayba أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة (1) ibn Abbas (1) Ubaidullah bin al-Akhns عبيد الله بن الأخنس النخعي أبو مالك (1) Yusuf bin Mahk يوسف بن ماهك الفارسي (1) Salah bin Kaysan al-Madni صالح بن كيسان المدني أبو محمد (1) Ubaydullah bin 'Abdullah bin 'Utba عبيد الله بن عبد الله بن عتبة بن مسعود (1) Zayd bin Khalid al-Juhni (1) Awf bin Abi Jamila al-A'rabi عوف بن أبي جميلة الأعرابي (1) Muhammad bin Bashar Bindar محمد بن بشار بندار (1) Muhammad bin Ja'far bin Abi Kathir محمد بن جعفر بن أبي كثير (1) Ata ibn Yasar عطاء بن يسار أبو محمد مولى ميمونة (1)

Hadith in This Book 22 hadith

1 3904 Sahih
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…
2 3905 Hasan
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.
3 3906 Sahih
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…
4 3907 Daif
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…
5 3908 Sahih Maqtu
On the authority of 'Awf: 'Iyafah means to makes the birds fly by threatening them. Tarq means lines drawn on the earth.
6 3909 Sahih
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,…
7 3910 Sahih
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).
8 3911 Sahih
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…
9 3912 Sahih
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: There is no infection, no hamah, no other promising rain, and no serpent in a hungry belly.
10 3913 Hasan Sahih
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: There is no ghoul.
11 3914 Sahih Maqtu
Malik was asked about the meaning of his saying: There is no safar. He replied: The people of pre-Islamic Arabia used to make the month of safar lawful (for war). They made it…
12 3915 Sahih Maqtu
I asked Muhammad b. Rashid about the meaning of the word hamah. He replied: The pre-Islamic Arabs used to say: When anyone dies and is buried, a bird comes forth from his grave. I…
13 3916 Sahih
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. * The majority of scholars interpret this to mean that…
14 3917 Sahih
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) heard a word, and he liked it, he said: We took your omen from your mouth.
15 3918 Sahih Maqtu
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…
16 3919 Daif
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…
17 3920 Sahih
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…
18 3921 Sahih
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.
19 3922 Sahih Maqtu
"An omen is in a dwelling, a woman or a horse." Abu Dawud said: This tradition was read out to al-Harith b. Miskin and I was witness. It was said to him that Ibn Qasim told him…
20 3923 Daif Isnaad
Messenger of Allah! we have land called Abyan, which is the land where we have our fields and grow our crops, but it is very unhealthy. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Leave it, for…
21 3924 Hasan
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…
22 3925 Daif
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…