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

Sunan Abi Dawud

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 women threw stones. 'Iyafah:...

Sunan Abi Dawud

On the authority of 'Awf: 'Iyafah means to makes the birds fly by threatening them. Tarq means lines drawn on the earth.