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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَصْدَ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ فِي تَغْيِيرِ الْأَسْمَاءِ الَّتِي ذَكَرْنَاهَا لَمْ يَكُنِ التَّطَيُّرَ بِتِلْكَ الْأَسْمَاءِ

ibnhibban:5826Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Yūsuf b. Mūsá > Jarīr > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

“The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘There is no ‘Adwa* and no omen, but I like Al-Fa’l As-Salih.”** (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3537)  

ابن حبّان:٥٨٢٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا طِيَرَةَ وَأُحِبُّ الْفَأْلَ الصَّالِحَ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad
bukhari:5756Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Hishām > Qatādah > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ said, "No 'Adwa (no contagious disease is conveyed to others without Allah's permission), nor Tiyara, but I like the good Fal, i.e., the good word."  

البخاري:٥٧٥٦حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ عَدْوَى وَلاَ طِيَرَةَ وَيُعْجِبُنِي الْفَأْلُ الصَّالِحُ الْكَلِمَةُ الْحَسَنَةُ  

muslim:2223cḤajjāj b. al-Shāʿir > Muʿallá b. Asad > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Mukhtār > Yaḥyá b. ʿAtīq > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

There is no transitive disease, no divination, but I like good words.  

مسلم:٢٢٢٣cوَحَدَّثَنِي حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ حَدَّثَنِي مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُخْتَارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عَتِيقٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ عَدْوَى وَلاَ طِيَرَةَ وَأُحِبُّ الْفَأْلَ الصَّالِحَ  

muslim:2223dZuhayr b. Ḥarb > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

There is no transitive disease, no hama, no divination, but I like good omen.  

مسلم:٢٢٢٣dحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ عَدْوَى وَلاَ هَامَةَ وَلاَ طِيَرَةَ وَأُحِبُّ الْفَأْلَ الصَّالِحَ  

ibnmajah:3537Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

“The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘There is no ‘Adwa* and no omen, but I like Al-Fa’l As-Salih.”**  

ابن ماجة:٣٥٣٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ عَدْوَى وَلاَ طِيَرَةَ وَأُحِبُّ الْفَأْلَ الصَّالِحَ  

ahmad:13633ʿAffān And Bahz > Hammām

There is no transitive disease, no divination, but good omen pleases me, i. e. the good word or a good word. 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. (Using translation from Muslim 2224a)   

أحمد:١٣٦٣٣حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ وَبَهْزٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ قَالَ بَهْزٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُعَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا طِيَرَةَ وَيُعْجِبُنِي الْفَأْلُ الْكَلِمَةُ الطَّيِّبَةُ وَالْكَلِمَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ  

ahmad:10582Yazīd > Hishām And Rawḥ > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

“The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘There is no ‘Adwa* and no omen, but I like Al-Fa’l As-Salih.”** (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3537)  

أحمد:١٠٥٨٢حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ وَرَوْحٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا طِيَرَةَ وَأُحِبُّ الْفَأْلَ الصَّالِحَ