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abudawud:3908 – Ibn Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar

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

أبو داود:٣٩٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ

عَوْفٌ الْعِيَافَةُ زَجْرُ الطَّيْرِ وَالطَّرْقُ الْخَطُّ يُخَطُّ فِي الأَرْضِ  

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tabarani:16095 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > ʿĀrim Abū al-Nuʿmān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAwf > Ḥayyān > Qaṭan b. Qabīṣah b. Mukhāriq from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The lean one is the sound of birds and tracks and the footsteps are the marks on the ground." Awf said, "Lean one is the noise of birds, and tracks are the lines on the ground."  

الطبراني:١٦٠٩٥ – حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثَنَا عَارِمٌ أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ ثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَوْفٍ حَدَّثَنِي حَيَّانُ عَنْ قَطَنِ بْنِ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ مُخَارِقٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْعِيَافَةُ وَالطَّرْقُ وَالطِّيَرَةُ مِنَ الْجِبْتِ» قَالَ عَوْفٌ الْعِيَافَةُ زَجْرُ الطَّيْرِ وَالطَّرْقُ الْخَطُّ فِي الْأَرْضِ