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ibnhibban:6114Abū Yaʿlá > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥajjāj al-Sāmī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. al-Mukhtār > Yaḥyá b. ʿAtīq > Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

There is no transitive disease, no ill omen, no ghoul. 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 2222a)   

ابن حبّان:٦١١٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ السَّامِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ الْمُخْتَارِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عَتِيقٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا طِيَرَةَ وَيُعْجِبُنِي الْفَأْلُ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
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  

bukhari:5776Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Ibn Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ said, "No 'Adwa nor Tiyara; but I like Fal." They said, "What is the Fal?" He said, "A good word."  

البخاري:٥٧٧٦حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ عَدْوَى وَلاَ طِيَرَةَ وَيُعْجِبُنِي الْفَأْلُ قَالُوا وَمَا الْفَأْلُ قَالَ كَلِمَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ  

muslim:2222a[Chain 1] Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Zuhayr > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir [Chain 2] Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Abū Khaythamah > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

There is no transitive disease, no ill omen, no ghoul. 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:٢٢٢٢aحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ عَدْوَى وَلاَ طِيَرَةَ وَلاَ غُولَ  

muslim:2224bMuḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Ibn Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

There is no transitive disease, no divination, but good omen pleases me. It was said: What is good omen? He said: Sacred words.  

مسلم:٢٢٢٤bوَحَدَّثَنَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ عَدْوَى وَلاَ طِيَرَةَ وَيُعْجِبُنِي الْفَأْلُ قَالَ قِيلَ وَمَا الْفَأْلُ قَالَ الْكَلِمَةُ الطَّيِّبَةُ  

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  

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:14117Yaḥyá b. Ādam And ʾAbū al-Naḍr > Zuhayr > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

There is no transitive disease, no ill omen, no ghoul. 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 2222a)  

أحمد:١٤١١٧حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ وَأَبُو النَّضْرِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا طِيَرَةَوَلَا غُولَ  

ahmad:13949Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

There is no transitive disease, no divination, but good omen pleases me. It was said: What is good omen? He said: Sacred words. (Using translation from Muslim 2224b)   

أحمد:١٣٩٤٩حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا طِيَرَةَ وَيُعْجِبُنِي الْفَأْلُ قُلْتُ وَمَا الْفَأْلُ؟ قَالَ الْكَلِمَةُ الطَّيِّبَةُ  

ahmad:14349Ḥasan > Zuhayr > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

There is no transitive disease, no ill omen, no ghoul. 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 2222a)  

أحمد:١٤٣٤٩حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا طِيَرَةَ وَلَا عَدْوَى وَلَا غُولَ  

ahmad:9454Hārūn b. Maʿrūf > Ibn Wahb > Maʿrūf b. Sūwayd al-Judhāmī > ʿAlī b. Rabāḥ > Abū Hurayrah

There is no transitive disease, no ill omen, no ghoul. 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 2222a)   

أحمد:٩٤٥٤حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَعْرُوفُ بْنُ سُوَيْدٍ الْجُذَامِيُّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ رَبَاحٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا طِيَرَةَ وَالْعَيْنُ حَقٌّ  

darimi:2007Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá > Ibn ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

"There is no fara' and no' Atirah." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4222)  

الدارمي:٢٠٠٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا فَرَعَ وَلَا عَتِيرَةَ»  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ تَطَيُّرِ الْمَرْءِ فِي الْأَشْيَاءِ

ibnhibban:6121Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > ʿAbdah b. Sulaymān > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to believe in good omens and dislike bad omens."  

ابن حبّان:٦١٢١أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُعْجِبُهُ الْفَأْلُ وَيَكْرَهُ الطِّيَرَةَ»  

tabarani:12048[Chain 1] Yaḥyá b. ʿUthmān b. Ṣāliḥ from my father [Chain 2] Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Firyābī > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ibn Lahīʿah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ḥassān > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The one walking barefoot is more deserving to occupy the front of the road than the one wearing shoes."  

الطبراني:١٢٠٤٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ ثنا أَبِي ح وَحَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَا ثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْحَافِي أَوْلَى بِصَدْرِ الطَّرِيقِ مِنَ الْمُنْتَعِلِ»  

tabarani:6657Abū Usāmah al-Ḥalabī

The Prophet ﷺ said, 'No 'Adwa (i.e. no contagious disease is conveyed to others without Allah's permission); nor (any evil omen in the month of) Safar; nor Hama" A bedouin said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! What about the camels which, when on the sand (desert) look like deers, but when a mangy camel mixes with them they all get infected with mange?" On that Allah s Apostle said, "Then who conveyed the (mange) disease to the first (mangy) camel?" (Using translation from Bukhārī 5770)  

الطبراني:٦٦٥٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ الْحَلَبِيُّ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَبِي مَنِيعٍ الرُّصَافِيُّ ثنا جَدِّي عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا صَفَرَ وَلَا هَامَةَ»