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Soothsayers mix truth with lies

bukhari:5762 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Hishām b. Yūsuf > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Yaḥyá b. ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

[AI] Some people asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about soothsayers, so he said: "They are nothing." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, they sometimes tell us something, and it turns out to be true." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "That is a word of truth; he snatches it from the jinni and places it in the ear of his ally, then they mix with it a hundred lies."

Ali said: Abd al-Razzaq said, "It is mursal: 'the word is from the truth.' Then it reached me that he later connected its chain."

البخاري:٥٧٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَاسٌ عَنِ الْكُهَّانِ، فَقَالَ: «لَيْسَ بِشَىْءٍ»، فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنَّهُمْ يُحَدِّثُونَا أَحْيَانًا بِشَىْءٍ فَيَكُونُ حَقًّا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «تِلْكَ الْكَلِمَةُ مِنَ الْحَقِّ، يَخْطَفُهَا مِنَ الْجِنِّيِّ، فَيَقُرُّهَا فِي أُذُنِ وَلِيِّهِ، فَيَخْلِطُونَ مَعَهَا مِائَةَ كَذْبَةٍ».

قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ: مُرْسَلٌ الْكَلِمَةُ مِنَ الْحَقِّ، ثُمَّ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّهُ أَسْنَدَهُ بَعْدَهُ.

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adab:882 –

'A'isha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ said, "People asked the Prophet ﷺ about soothsayers. He told them, 'They are nothing.' They said, But, Messenger of Allah, they speak about things which are true!' The Prophet ﷺ responded, 'That is a word which Shaytan steals and then he mumbles it into the ear of his protege with a sound like the clucking of a chicken. Then they mix a hundred lies with it.'"

الأدب المفرد:٨٨٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَنْبَسَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ يَقُولُ

قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ زَوْجُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سَأَلَ نَاسٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْكُهَّانِ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ لَيْسُوا بِشَيْءٍ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَإِنَّهُمْ يُحَدِّثُونَ بِالشَّيْءِ يَكُونُ حَقًّا؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ تِلْكَ الْكَلِمَةُ مِنَ الْحَقِّ يَخْطَفُهَا الشَّيْطَانُ فَيُقَرْقِرُهُ بِأُذُنَيْ وَلِيِّهِ كَقَرْقَرَةِ الدَّجَاجَةِ فَيَخْلِطُونَ فِيهَا بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِئَةِ كِذْبَةٍ

bukhari:6213 – Muḥammad b. Salām > Makhlad b. Yazīd > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Shihāb > Yaḥyá b. ʿUrwah > ʿUrwah

Some people asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the fore-tellers. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to them, "They are nothing (i.e., liars)." The people said, 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ ! Sometimes they tell something which comes out to be true." Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "That word which comes to be true is what a jinx snatches away by stealing and then pours it in the ear of his fore-teller with a sound similar to the cackle of a hen, and then they add to it one-hundred lies."

البخاري:٦٢١٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ أَخْبَرَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عُرْوَةَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُرْوَةَ يَقُولُ قَالَتْ

عَائِشَةُ سَأَلَ أُنَاسٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْكُهَّانِ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْسُوا بِشَىْءٍ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّهُمْ يُحَدِّثُونَ أَحْيَانًا بِالشَّىْءِ يَكُونُ حَقًّا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تِلْكَ الْكَلِمَةُ مِنَ الْحَقِّ يَخْطَفُهَا الْجِنِّيُّ فَيَقُرُّهَا فِي أُذُنِ وَلِيِّهِ قَرَّ الدَّجَاجَةِ فَيَخْلِطُونَ فِيهَا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِائَةِ كَذْبَةٍ

Soothsayers and the stolen word of truth

bukhari:7561 – ʿAlī > Hishām > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī; Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > ʿAnbasah > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Yaḥyá b. ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah ᴿᴬ

Some people asked the Prophet ﷺ about soothsayers, and he said: "They are nothing." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, they speak of something that turns out to be true." He said: then the Prophet ﷺ said: "That word of truth is snatched by the jinni, who cackles it into the ear of his ally like the cackling of a hen, and they mix into it more than one hundred lies."

البخاري:٧٥٦١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ح وَحَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَنْبَسَةُ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ ؓ

سَأَلَ أُنَاسٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْكُهَّانِ، فَقَالَ: «إِنَّهُمْ لَيْسُوا بِشَىْءٍ». فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَإِنَّهُمْ يُحَدِّثُونَ بِالشَّىْءِ يَكُونُ حَقًّا. قَالَ: فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «تِلْكَ الْكَلِمَةُ مِنَ الْحَقِّ يَخْطَفُهَا الْجِنِّيُّ، فَيُقَرْقِرُهَا فِي أُذُنِ وَلِيِّهِ كَقَرْقَرَةِ الدَّجَاجَةِ، فَيَخْلِطُونَ فِيهِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِائَةِ كَذْبَةٍ».

Soothsayers and the jinn's stolen word

muslim:2228b – Salamah b. Shabīb > al-Ḥasan b. Aʿyan > Maʿqil, who is b. ʿUbaydullāh > al-Zuhrī > Yaḥyá b. ʿUrwah > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

Some people asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about soothsayers, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to them: "They are nothing." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, sometimes they tell of something that turns out to be true." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "That word is from the jinn. A jinni snatches it and clucks it into the ear of his ally like the clucking of a hen, then they mix into it more than one hundred lies."

مسلم:٢٢٢٨ب – حَدَّثَنِي سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَعْيَنَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْقِلٌ وَهْوَ ابْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عُرْوَةَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُرْوَةَ يَقُولُ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ

سَأَلَ أُنَاسٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْكُهَّانِ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «لَيْسُوا بِشَىْءٍ»، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَإِنَّهُمْ يُحَدِّثُونَ أَحْيَانًا الشَّىْءَ يَكُونُ حَقًّا، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «تِلْكَ الْكَلِمَةُ مِنَ الْجِنِّ، يَخْطَفُهَا الْجِنِّيُّ فَيَقُرُّهَا فِي أُذُنِ وَلِيِّهِ قَرَّ الدَّجَاجَةِ، فَيَخْلِطُونَ فِيهَا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِائَةِ كَذْبَةٍ».

ahmad:24570 – Bishr b. Shuʿayb > Faḥaddathanī Abū > Muḥammad > Yaḥyá b. ʿUrwah > ʿUrwah

It is nothing (i. e. it is a mere superstition). They said: Messenger of Allah, they at times narrate to us things which we find true. Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: That is a word pertaining to truth which a jinn snatches away and then cackles into the ear of his friend as the hen does. And then they mix in it more than one hundred lies. (Using translation from Muslim 2228b)

أحمد:٢٤٥٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ قَالَ فَحَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ وَأَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عُرْوَةَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُرْوَةَ يَقُولُ قَالَتْ

عَائِشَةُ زَوْجُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سَأَلَ أُنَاسٌ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْكُهَّانِ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْسُوا بِشَيْءٍ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُمْ يُحَدِّثُونَ أَحْيَانًا بِالشَّيْءِ يَكُونُ حَقًّا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تِلْكَ الْكَلِمَةُ مِنَ الْحَقِّ يَخْطَفُهَا الْجِنِّيُّ فَيُقِرُّهَا فِي أُذُنِ وَلِيِّهِ قَرَّ الدَّجَاجَةِ فَيَخْلِطُونَ فِيهَا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِائَةِكَذْبَةٍ

ibnhibban:6136 – Abū ʿArūbah > Muḥammad And ʿAbdān al-Ḥarrānī > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Aʿyan > Maʿqil b. ʿUbaydullāh > al-Zuhrī > Yaḥyá b. ʿUrwah > ʿUrwah

It is nothing (i. e. it is a mere superstition). They said: Messenger of Allah, they at times narrate to us things which we find true. Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: That is a word pertaining to truth which a jinn snatches away and then cackles into the ear of his friend as the hen does. And then they mix in it more than one hundred lies. (Using translation from Muslim 2228b)

ابن حبّان:٦١٣٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَرُوبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ وَعَبْدَانُ الْحَرَّانِيُّ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْقِلُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عُرْوَةَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُرْوَةَ يَقُولُ قَالَتْ

عَائِشَةُ سَأَلَ أُنَاسٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْكُهَّانِ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَيْسُوا بِشَيْءٍ» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُمْ يُحَدِّثُونَ أَحْيَانًا بِالشَّيْءِ يَكُونُ حَقًّا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «تِلْكَ الْكَلِمَةُ مِنَ الْجِنِّ يَحْفَظُهَا فَيَقْذِفُهَا فِي أُذُنِ وَلِيِّهِ فَيَخْلِطُونَ فِيهَا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِائَةِ كِذْبَةٍ»