52. Chapter
٥٢۔ كِتَابُ الْقَسَامَةِ
[Machine] "The companions of the Prophet ﷺ said, 'O Messenger of Allah, among us are men who see bad omens.' He said, 'That is something you find in yourselves, so do not let it deter you.' They said, 'And among us are men who visit fortune-tellers.' He said, 'Do not visit fortune-tellers.'"
أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مِنَّا رِجَالٌ يَتَطَيَّرُونَ قَالَ ذَلِكَ شَيْءٌ تَجِدُونَهُ فِي نُفُوسِكُمْ فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكُمْ قَالُوا وَمِنَّا رِجَالٌ يَأْتُونَ الْكُهَّانَ قَالَ فَلَا تَأْتُوا كَاهِنًا
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , narrated three hadiths: He said, "O Messenger of Allah, we used to have conversations during the period of ignorance, but Allah has brought Islam, and some of us still have superstitions." He said, "They can't be stopped from that which they find in their hearts." I said, "And some of us go to fortunetellers." He said, "They should not go to them." I said, "And some of us practice divination." He said, "There was a prophet among the prophets who practiced divination, and whoever approves of their method, then that is acceptable."
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثَلَاثَةَ أَحَادِيثَ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّا كُنَّا حَدِيثَ عَهْدٍ بِجَاهِلِيَّةٍ وَإِنَّ اللهَ جَاءَ بِالْإِسْلَامِ وَإِنَّ رِجَالًا مِنَّا يَتَطَيَّرُونَ قَالَ ذَلِكَ شَيْءٌ يَجِدُونَهُ فِي صُدُورِهِمْ فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّهُمْ قُلْتُ وَرِجَالٌ مِنَّا يَأْتُونَ الْكَهَنَةَ قَالَ فَلَا يَأْتُوهُمْ قُلْتُ وَرِجَالٌ مِنَّا يَخُطُّونَ قَالَ قَدْ كَانَ نَبِيُّ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ يَخُطُّ فَمَنْ وَافَقَ خَطَّهُ فَذَاكَ
He who visits a diviner ('Arraf) and asks him about anything, his prayers extending to forty nights will not be accepted. (Using translation from Muslim 2230)
عَنْ بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَتَى عَرَّافًا فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ لَمْ تُقْبَلْ لَهُ صَلَاةٌ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً
[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, the fortune tellers may tell us something that is true." He said, "That statement is part of the truth. However, the jinn takes hold of it and throws it into the ear of his friend, adding to it more than a hundred lies."
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ الْكُهَّانَ قَدْ يُحَدِّثُونَنَا بِالشَّيْءِ فَيَكُونُ حَقًّا قَالَ تِلْكَ الْكَلِمَةُ مِنَ الْحَقِّ يَخْطَفُهَا الْجِنِّيُّ فَيَقْذِفُهَا فِي أُذُنِ وَلِيِّهِ فَيَزِيدُ فِيهَا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِائَةِ كِذْبَةٍ
A person from the Ansar who was amongst the Companions of Messenger of Allah ﷺ reported to me: As we were sitting during the night with Messenger of Allah ﷺ, a meteor shot gave a dazzling light. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: What did you say in the pre-Islamic days when there was such a shot (of meteor)? They said: Allah and His Messenger know best (the actual position), but we, however, used to say that that very night a great man had been born and a great man had died, whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: (These meteors) are shot neither at the death of anyone nor on the birth of anyone. Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, issues Command when He decides to do a thing. Then (the Angels) supporting the Throne sing His glory, then sing the dwellers of heaven who are near to them until this glory of God reaches them who are in the heaven of this world. Then those who are near the supporters of the Throne ask these supporters of the Throne: What your Lord has said? And they accordingly inform them what He says. Then the dwellers of heaven seek information from them until this information reaches the heaven of the world. In this process of transmission (the jinn snatches) what he manages to overhear and he carries it to his friends. And when the Angels see the jinn they attack them with meteors. If they narrate only which they manage to snatch that is correct but they alloy it with lies and make additions to it. (Using translation from Muslim 2229a)
أَخْبَرَنِي رِجَالٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَالَ بَيْنَا هُمْ جُلُوسٌ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ رُمِيَ بِنَجْمٍ فَاسْتَنَارَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَقُولُونَ إِذَا كَانَ مِثْلُ هَذَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ إِذَا رُمِيَ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا قَالُوا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالُوا كُنَّا نَقُولُ وُلِدَ اللَّيْلَةَ رَجُلٌ عَظِيمٌ مَاتَ اللَّيْلَةَ رَجُلٌ عَظِيمٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِنَّهَا لَا تُرْمَى لِمَوْتِ أَحَدٍ وَلَا لِحَيَاتِهِ وَلَكِنَّ رَبَّنَا إِذَا قَضَى أَمْرًا سَبَّحَهُ حَمَلَةُ الْعَرْشِ ثُمَّ سَبَّحَهُ أَهْلُ السَّمَاءِ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ التَّسْبِيحُ أَهْلَ السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَ حَمَلَةَ الْعَرْشِ لِحَمَلَةِ الْعَرْشِ مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ؟ فَيُخْبِرُونَهُمْ فَيَسْتَخْبِرُ أَهْلُ السَّمَاوَاتِ بَعْضُهُم بَعْضًا حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْخَبَرُ هَذِهِ السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا فَيَخْطَفُ الْجِنَّ السَّمْعَ فَيُلْقُونَهُ إِلَى أَوْلِيَائِهِمْ فَمَا جَاءُوا بِهِ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ فَهُوَ حَقٌّ وَلَكِنَّهُمْ يَقْذِفُونَ فِيهِ