56. Book of Astrology
٥٦۔ كِتَابُ النُّجُومِ وَالْأَنْوَاءِ
ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنْ مُجَانَبَةِ الْقَضَايَا وَالْأَحْكَامِ بِالنُّجُومِ
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 رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَنَّهُمْ بَيْنَمَا هُمْ جُلُوسٌ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ رُمِيَ بِنَجْمٍ فَاسْتَنَارَ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا كُنْتُمْ تَقُولُونَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ إِذَا رُمِيَ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا؟ » قَالُوا كُنَّا نَقُولُ وُلِدَ اللَّيْلَةَ رَجُلٌ عَظِيمٌ وَمَاتَ اللَّيْلَةَ رَجُلٌ عَظِيمٌ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فَإِنَّهَا لَا تُرْمَى لِمَوْتِ أَحَدٍ وَلَا لِحَيَاتِهِ وَلَكِنَّ رَبَّنَا تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى إِذَا قَضَى أَمْرًا سَبَّحَ حَمَلَةُ الْعَرْشِ ثُمَّ سَبَّحَ أَهْلُ السَّمَاءِ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ التَّسْبِيحُ أَهْلَ السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فَيَقُولُ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَ حَمَلَةَ الْعَرْشِ مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ؟ فَيُخْبِرُونَهُمْ فَيُخْبِرُ أَهْلُ السَّمَاوَاتِ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْخَبَرُ أَهْلَ السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا وَيَخْطَفُ الْجِنُّ فَيُلْقُونَهُ إِلَى أَوْلِيَائِهِمْ وَيُرْمَوْنَ فَمَا جَاءُوا بِهِ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ فَهُوَ حَقٌّ وَلَكِنَّهُمْ يَقْرِفُونَ فِيهِ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ» «الشَّكُّ مِنْ مُبَشِّرٍ»
ذِكْرُ التَّغْلِيظِ عَلَى مَنْ قَالَ بِالِاخْتِيَارَاتِ وَالْأَحْكَامِ بِالتَّنْجِيمِ
"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'If Allah (SWT) were to withhold rain from His slaves for five years and then send it, some of the people would become disbelievers, saying: "We have been given rain by the star of Al-Mijdah." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1526)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَوْ أَمْسَكَ اللَّهُ الْقَطْرَ عَنِ النَّاسِ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَهُ لَأَصْبَحَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ بِهَا كَافِرِينَ يَقُولُونَ مُطِرْنَا بِنَوْءِ الْمِجْدَحِ»
ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ قَوْلِ الْمَرْءِ بِعِيَافَةِ الطُّيُورِ وَاسْتِعْمَالِ الطَّرْقِ
I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Augury from the flight of birds, taking evil omens and the practice of pressomancy pertain to divination. Tarq: It is used in the sense of divination in which women threw stones. 'Iyafah: It means geomancy by drawing lines. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3907)
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْعِيَافَةُ وَالطِّيَرَةُ وَالطَّرْقُ مِنَ الْجِبْتِ»
ذِكْرُ إِطْلَاقِ اسْمِ الْكُفْرِ عَلَى مَنْ رَأَى الْأَمْطَارَ مِنَ الْأَنْوَاءِ
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in the morning prayer at al-Hudaibiyyah after rain which has fallen during the night, and when he finished, he turned to the people and said: Do you know what your Lord has said ? They said: Allah and His Apostle know best. He said: This morning there were among mt servants one who believes in me and one who disbelieves. The one who said: "We have been given rain by Allah's grace and mercy" is the one who believes in me and disbelieves in the star ; but the one who said: "We have been given rain by such and such a rain star," is the one who disbelieves in me and believes in the star. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3906)
صَلَّى لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ بِالْحُدَيْبِيَةِ فِي إِثْرِ سَمَاءٍ كَانَتْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ «هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ؟ » قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ «قَالَ أَصْبَحَ مِنْ عِبَادِي مُؤْمِنٌ بِي وَكَافِرٌ فَأَمَّا مَنْ قَالَ مُطِرْنَا بِفَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَرَحْمَتِهِ فَذَلِكَ مُؤْمِنٌ بِي كَافِرٌ بِالْكَوْكَبِ وَأَمَّا مَنْ قَالَ مُطِرْنَا بِنَوْءِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَذَلِكَ كَافِرٌ بِي مُؤْمِنٌ بِالْكَوْكَبِ»
ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ قَوْلِ الْمُسْلِمِ فِي الْحَوَادِثِ يَنْسُبُهَا إِلَى الْأَنْوَاءِ
[Machine] Narrated Abu Huraira: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no transmission of diseases, no superstitious beliefs, no transference of suffering, and no bad omens."
حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَلَاءُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا هَامَةَ وَلَا صَفَرَ وَلَا نَوْءَ»
ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ مَنْ حَكَمَ بِمَجِيءِ الْمَطَرِ فِي وَقْتٍ بِعَيْنِهِ كَذَّبَهُ فَجْرُهُ، إِذِ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا اسْتَأْثَرَ بِعِلْمِهِ دُونَ خَلْقِهِ
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The keys of Unseen are five which none knows but Allah: None knows what will happen tomorrow but Allah; none knows what is in the wombs (a male child or a female) but Allah; none knows when it will rain but Allah; none knows at what place one will die; none knows when the Hour will be established but Allah." (See The Qur'an 31:34.") (Using translation from Bukhārī 4697)
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَفَاتِحُ الْعِلْمِ خَمْسٌ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا اللَّهُ لَا يَعْلَمُ مَا تَغِيضُ الْأَرْحَامُ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي غَدٍ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَتَى يَأْتِي الْمَطَرُ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَلَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ بِأَيِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَتَى تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا اللَّهُ»
ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْمَرْءِ الِاسْتِمْطَارُ فِي أَوَّلِ مَطَرٍ يَجِيءُ فِي السَّنَةِ
[Machine] "We were caught in the rain while we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , so it caused his garment to become soaked. We said, 'Why did you do this, O Messenger of Allah?' He replied, 'This rain is a sign of the promise of Allah.'"
مُطِرْنَا وَنَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَحَسَرَ عَنْ ثَوْبِهِ لِلْمَطَرِ قُلْنَا لِمَ صَنَعْتَ هَذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «إِنَّهُ حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِرَبِّهِ»