'A'isha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ said, "People asked the Prophet ﷺ about soothsayers. He told them, 'They are nothing.' They said, But, Messenger of Allah, they speak about things which are true!' The Prophet ﷺ responded, 'That is a word which Shaytan steals and then he mumbles it into the ear of his protege with a sound like the clucking of a chicken. Then they mix a hundred lies with it.'"

قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ زَوْجُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سَأَلَ نَاسٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْكُهَّانِ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ لَيْسُوا بِشَيْءٍ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَإِنَّهُمْ يُحَدِّثُونَ بِالشَّيْءِ يَكُونُ حَقًّا؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ تِلْكَ الْكَلِمَةُ مِنَ الْحَقِّ يَخْطَفُهَا الشَّيْطَانُ فَيُقَرْقِرُهُ بِأُذُنَيْ وَلِيِّهِ كَقَرْقَرَةِ الدَّجَاجَةِ فَيَخْلِطُونَ فِيهَا بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِئَةِ كِذْبَةٍ

[AI] Some people asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about soothsayers, so he said: "They are nothing." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, they sometimes tell us something, and it turns out to be true." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "That is a word of truth; he snatches it from the jinni and places it in the ear of his ally, then they mix with it a hundred lies."

Ali said: Abd al-Razzaq said, "It is mursal: 'the word is from the truth.' Then it reached me that he later connected its chain."

سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَاسٌ عَنِ الْكُهَّانِ، فَقَالَ: «لَيْسَ بِشَىْءٍ»، فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنَّهُمْ يُحَدِّثُونَا أَحْيَانًا بِشَىْءٍ فَيَكُونُ حَقًّا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «تِلْكَ الْكَلِمَةُ مِنَ الْحَقِّ، يَخْطَفُهَا مِنَ الْجِنِّيِّ، فَيَقُرُّهَا فِي أُذُنِ وَلِيِّهِ، فَيَخْلِطُونَ مَعَهَا مِائَةَ كَذْبَةٍ».

قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ: مُرْسَلٌ الْكَلِمَةُ مِنَ الْحَقِّ، ثُمَّ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّهُ أَسْنَدَهُ بَعْدَهُ.

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 about soothsayers, and he said: "They are nothing." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, they speak of something that turns out to be true." He said: then the Prophet ﷺ said: "That word of truth is snatched by the jinni, who cackles it into the ear of his ally like the cackling of a hen, and they mix into it more than one hundred lies."

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. (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

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 سَأَلَ أُنَاسٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْكُهَّانِ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَيْسُوا بِشَيْءٍ» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُمْ يُحَدِّثُونَ أَحْيَانًا بِالشَّيْءِ يَكُونُ حَقًّا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «تِلْكَ الْكَلِمَةُ مِنَ الْجِنِّ يَحْفَظُهَا فَيَقْذِفُهَا فِي أُذُنِ وَلِيِّهِ فَيَخْلِطُونَ فِيهَا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِائَةِ كِذْبَةٍ»