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ahmad:9021ʿAffān > Abū ʿAwānah > ʿUmar b. Abū Salamah from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] It was said, "O Messenger of Allah, what is Al-Tayarah?" He said, "No bird (i.e. superstitious belief in bad omens based on the flight of birds). Say good words instead."  

أحمد:٩٠٢١حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا الطِّيَرَةُ؟ قَالَ لَا طَائِرَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتِ وَقَالَ خَيْرُ الْفَأْلِ الْكَلِمَةُ الطَّيِّبَةُ