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bukhari:5772Saʿīd b. ʿUfayr > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh Waḥamzah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "there is neither 'Adwa nor Tiyara, and an evil omen is only in three: a horse, a woman and a house."  

البخاري:٥٧٧٢حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَحَمْزَةُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ عَدْوَى وَلاَ طِيَرَةَ إِنَّمَا الشُّؤْمُ فِي ثَلاَثٍ فِي الْفَرَسِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ وَالدَّارِ  


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bukhari:2858Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > al-Zuhrī > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying. "Evil omen is in three things: The horse, the woman and the house."  

البخاري:٢٨٥٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّمَا الشُّؤْمُ فِي ثَلاَثَةٍ فِي الْفَرَسِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ وَالدَّارِ  

bukhari:5753ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Sālim > Ibn ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is neither 'Adwa (no contagious disease is conveyed to others without Allah's permission) nor Tiyara, but an evil omen may be in three a woman, a house or an animal."  

البخاري:٥٧٥٣حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ عَدْوَى وَلاَ طِيَرَةَ وَالشُّؤْمُ فِي ثَلاَثٍ فِي الْمَرْأَةِ وَالدَّارِ وَالدَّابَّةِ  

muslim:2225bAbū al-Ṭāhir And Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥamzah Wasālim Āb.a ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

There is no transitive disease, no ill omen, and bad luck is lound in the house, or wife or horse. Note: The majority of scholars interpret this to mean that these things in and of themselves do not transmit or cause harm through supernatural or hidden means but that Allah is ultimately in control and any fearful superstition around these is false.  

مسلم:٢٢٢٥bوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ وَحَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ وَسَالِمٍ ابْنَىْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ عَدْوَى وَلاَ طِيَرَةَ وَإِنَّمَا الشُّؤْمُ فِي ثَلاَثَةٍ الْمَرْأَةِ وَالْفَرَسِ وَالدَّارِ  

nasai:3568Qutaybah b. Saʿīd And Muḥammad b. Manṣūr > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Sālim from his father

"Omens are only in three things: a woman, a horse or a house."  

النسائي:٣٥٦٨أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ الشُّؤْمُ فِي ثَلاَثَةٍ الْمَرْأَةِ وَالْفَرَسِ وَالدَّارِ  

abudawud:3921Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Abān > Yaḥyá > al-Ḥaḍramī b. Lāḥiq > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Saʿd b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ said: There is no hamah, no infection and no evil omen; if there is in anything an evil omen, it is a house, a horse, and a woman.  

أبو داود:٣٩٢١حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى أَنَّ الْحَضْرَمِيَّ بْنَ لاَحِقٍ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ لاَ هَامَةَ وَلاَ عَدْوَى وَلاَ طِيَرَةَ وَإِنْ تَكُنِ الطِّيَرَةُ فِي شَىْءٍ فَفِي الْفَرَسِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ وَالدَّارِ  

ahmad:1502Sūwayd b. ʿAmr > Abān > Yaḥyá > al-Ḥaḍramī b. Lāḥiq > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Saʿd b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ said: There is no hamah, no infection and no evil omen; if there is in anything an evil omen, it is a house, a horse, and a woman. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3921)   

أحمد:١٥٠٢حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ بْنِ لاحِقٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا هَامَةَ وَلا عَدْوَى وَلا طِيَرَةَ إِنْ يَكُ فَفِي الْمَرْأَةِ وَالْفَرَسِ وَالدَّارِ  

ahmad:5963Ḥusayn > Abū Ūways > al-Zuhrī > Sālim And Ḥamzah Āb.ay ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar Ḥaddathahumā

If there be bad luck, it is in the house, and the wife, and the horse. (Using translation from Muslim 2225a)   

أحمد:٥٩٦٣حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُوَيْسٍ حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ وَحَمْزَةَ ابْنَيْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَهُمَا

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ الشُّؤْمُ فِي الْفَرَسِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ وَالدَّارِ  

ahmad:6405ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Sālim > Ibn ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is neither 'Adwa (no contagious disease is conveyed to others without Allah's permission) nor Tiyara, but an evil omen may be in three a woman, a house or an animal." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5753)  

أحمد:٦٤٠٥حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا طِيَرَةَ وَالشُّؤْمُ فِي ثَلَاثَةٍ فِي الْمَرْأَةِ وَالدَّارِ وَالدَّابَّةِ  

ahmad:4927Ibrāhīm b. Khālid > Rabāḥ > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Ḥamzah b. ʿAbdullāh from his father

If there be bad luck, it is in the house, and the wife, and the horse. (Using translation from Muslim 2225a)   

أحمد:٤٩٢٧حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا رَبَاحٌ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الشُّؤْمُ فِي ثَلَاثٍ الْفَرَسِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ وَالدَّارِ  

nasai-kubra:4394Qutaybah b. Saʿīd And Muḥammad b. Manṣūr > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Sālim from his father

"Omens are only in three things: a woman, a horse or a house." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3568)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٣٩٤أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الشُّؤْمُ فِي ثَلَاثٍ الْمَرْأَةِ وَالْفَرَسِ وَالدَّارِ»  

nasai-kubra:9231Hārūn b. Saʿīd > Khālid b. Nizār > al-Qāsim b. Mabrūr > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥamzah b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

"An omen is in a dwelling, a woman or a horse." Abu Dawud said: This tradition was read out to al-Harith b. Miskin and I was witness. It was said to him that Ibn Qasim told him that Malik was asked about evil omen in a horse and in a house. He replied: There are many houses in which people lived and perished and again others lived therein and they also perished. This is its explanation so far as we know. Allah knows best. Abu Dawud said: 'Umar (ra) said: A mat in a house better than a woman who does not give birth to a child. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3922)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٢٣١أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ نِزَارٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مَبْرُورٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الشُّؤْمُ فِي الْفَرَسِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ وَالدَّارِ»  

nasai-kubra:9232Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Sālim > Ibn ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is neither 'Adwa (no contagious disease is conveyed to others without Allah's permission) nor Tiyara, but an evil omen may be in three a woman, a house or an animal." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5753)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٢٣٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا طِيَرَةَ وَالشُّؤْمُ فِي ثَلَاثَةٍ فِي الْمَرْأَةِ وَالدَّارِ وَالْفَرَسِ»  

nasai-kubra:9233Yūnus b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus Wamālik > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥamzah Wasālim > Ibn ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "there is neither 'Adwa nor Tiyara, and an evil omen is only in three: a horse, a woman and a house." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5772)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٢٣٣أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ وَمَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ وَسَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا طِيَرَةَ إِنَّمَا الشُّؤْمُ فِي ثَلَاثَةٍ الْمَرْأَةُ وَالْفَرَسُ وَالدَّارُ وَأَحَدُهُمَا يَزِيدُ الْكَلِمَةَ  

nasai-kubra:9236Muḥammad b. Khālid > Bishr b. Shuʿayb from his father > al-Zuhrī > Sālim > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying. "Evil omen is in three things: The horse, the woman and the house." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2858)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٢٣٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمٌ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّمَا الشُّؤْمُ فِي ثَلَاثٍ فِي الْفَرَسِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ وَالدَّارِ  

nasai-kubra:9237Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Sālim from his father

"I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'Do not believe in omens, and good fortune is only to be found in three things: A woman, a horse and a house."' (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1993)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٢٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الشُّؤْمُ فِي ثَلَاثَةٍ فِي الْمَرْأَةِ وَالْفَرَسِ وَالدَّارِ  

nasai-kubra:9238Muḥammad b. Manṣūr > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Sālim from his father

"Omens are only in three things: a woman, a horse or a house." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3568)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٢٣٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الشُّؤْمُ فِي ثَلَاثٍ فِي الْمَرْأَةِ وَالْفَرَسِ وَالدَّارِ  

nasai-kubra:9239Muḥammad b. Naṣr > Ayyūb b. Sulaymān > Abū Bakr > Sulaymān > Ibn Abū ʿAtīq And Mūsá b. ʿUqbah > Ibn Shihāb > Sālim Waḥamzah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

"An omen is in a dwelling, a woman or a horse." Abu Dawud said: This tradition was read out to al-Harith b. Miskin and I was witness. It was said to him that Ibn Qasim told him that Malik was asked about evil omen in a horse and in a house. He replied: There are many houses in which people lived and perished and again others lived therein and they also perished. This is its explanation so far as we know. Allah knows best. Abu Dawud said: 'Umar (ra) said: A mat in a house better than a woman who does not give birth to a child. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3922)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٢٣٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَتِيقٍ وَمُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَالِمٍ وَحَمْزَةَ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ قَالَ

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الشُّؤْمُ فِي الْفَرَسِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ وَالدَّارِ»  

bayhaqi:16523Abū ʿAbdullāh Isḥāq b. Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Sūsī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd b. Mazīd > Abū > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Ḥaḍramī b. Lāḥiq > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ ؓ

The Prophet ﷺ said: There is no hamah, no infection and no evil omen; if there is in anything an evil omen, it is a house, a horse, and a woman. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3921)   

البيهقي:١٦٥٢٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ السُّوسِيُّ ثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أَنْبَأَ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزِيدٍ أَنْبَأَ أَبِي ثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ حَدَّثَنِي حَضْرَمِيُّ بْنُ لَاحِقٍ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا هَامَ وَلَا عَدْوَى وَلَا طِيَرَةَ وَإِنْ يَكُنِ التَّطَيُّرُ فِي شَيْءٍ فَهُوَ فِي الْفَرَسِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ وَالدَّارِ  

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السيوطي:٧٦٥٢a

إِنَّمَا الشؤْمُ في ثلاثةٍ: في الْفَرَسِ والمرأَةِ والدارِ".  

[ط] الطيالسي [خ] البخاري [د] أبو داود [م] مسلم وابن جرير عن ابن عمر، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن ابن عباس
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السيوطي:٢٥٦٢٥a

"لا عَدْوَى، ولا طِيَرَةَ، وَإنْ كانَتْ فِي شَيء فَفِي المرأَةِ وَالدَّارِ وَالفَرَسِ".  

ابن جرير، والطحاوي، والشيرازى في الألقاب عن أبي سعيد
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السيوطي:٢٥٧٣٧a

"لا هَامَةَ، وَلا عَدْوَى، وَلا طِيَرَةَ، وإنْ تَكُنِ الطِّيرَةُ فِي شَيْءٍ فَفِي الْفَرَسِ، والْمَرْأةِ، والدَّارِ".  

[حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود [ع] أبو يعلى [ق] البيهقى في السنن [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن سعد بن مالك