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."  

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  

Some people asked the Prophet ﷺ regarding the soothsayers. He said, "They are nothing." They said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Some of their talks come true." The Prophet ﷺ said, "That word which happens to be true is what a Jinn snatches away by stealth (from the Heaven) and pours it in the ears of his friend (the foreteller) with a sound like the cackling of a hen. The soothsayers then mix with that word, one hundred lies."  

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  

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.  

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  

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)  

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