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السيوطي:٢٥٦٢٠a

"لا طِيرَة وَخَيرُهَا الفأل، قِيلَ: يَا رسُولَ اللهِ: وَمَا الفألُ؟ قَال: الكلِمَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ يَسْمَعُهَا أحَدُكُمْ".  

[حم] أحمد [م] مسلم عن أبي هريرة

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
bukhari:5754Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Abū Hurayrah

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "There is no Tiyara, and the best omen is the Fal." They asked, "What is the Fal?" He said, "A good word that one of you hears (and takes as a good omen).  

البخاري:٥٧٥٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ طِيَرَةَ وَخَيْرُهَا الْفَأْلُ قَالُوا وَمَا الْفَأْلُ قَالَ الْكَلِمَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ يَسْمَعُهَا أَحَدُكُمْ  

bukhari:5755ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > Hishām > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "There is no Tiyara and the best omen is the Fal," Somebody said, "What is the Fal, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said, "A good word that one of you hears (and takes as a good omen).  

البخاري:٥٧٥٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ طِيَرَةَ وَخَيْرُهَا الْفَأْلُ قَالَ وَمَا الْفَأْلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ الْكَلِمَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ يَسْمَعُهَا أَحَدُكُمْ  

muslim:2223aʿAbd b. Ḥumayd > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Abū Hurayrah

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: There is no divination but the best type is the good omen. It was said to Messenger of Allah ﷺ: What is good omen? Thereupon he said: A good word which one of you hears.  

مسلم:٢٢٢٣aوَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ طِيَرَةَ وَخَيْرُهَا الْفَأْلُ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا الْفَأْلُ قَالَ الْكَلِمَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ يَسْمَعُهَا أَحَدُكُمْ  

ahmad:9262ʿAffān > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "There is no Tiyara, and the best omen is the Fal." They asked, "What is the Fal?" He said, "A good word that one of you hears (and takes as a good omen). (Using translation from Bukhārī 5754)  

أحمد:٩٢٦٢حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا طِيَرَةَ وَخَيْرُهَا الْفَأْلُ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا الْفَأْلُ؟ قَالَ الْكَلِمَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ يَسْمَعُهَا أَحَدُكُمْ  

ahmad:9849Ḥajjāj > Layth > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Abū Hurayrah

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: There is no divination but the best type is the good omen. It was said to Messenger of Allah ﷺ: What is good omen? Thereupon he said: A good word which one of you hears. (Using translation from Muslim 2223a)   

أحمد:٩٨٤٩حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَا طِيَرَةَ وَخَيْرُهَا الْفَأْلُ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا الْفَأْلُ؟ قَالَ كَلِمَةٌ صَالِحَةٌ يَسْمَعُهَا أَحَدُكُمْ  

ahmad:7618ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Abū Hurayrah

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: There is no divination but the best type is the good omen. It was said to Messenger of Allah ﷺ: What is good omen? Thereupon he said: A good word which one of you hears. (Using translation from Muslim 2223a)  

أحمد:٧٦١٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَا طِيَرَةَ وَخَيْرُهَا الْفَأْلُ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا الْفَأْلُ؟ قَالَ الْكَلِمَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ يَسْمَعُهَا أَحَدُكُمْ  

ahmad:10790And Hb b. Jarīr from my father > al-Nuʿmān b. Rāshid > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Hurayrah

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "There is no Tiyara, and the best omen is the Fal." They asked, "What is the Fal?" He said, "A good word that one of you hears (and takes as a good omen). (Using translation from Bukhārī 5754)  

أحمد:١٠٧٩٠حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ رَاشِدٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا طِيَرَةَ وَخَيْرُهَا الْفَأْلُ قِيلَ وَمَا الْفَأْلُ؟ قَالَ الْكَلِمَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ يَسْمَعُهَا أَحَدُكُمْ  

ذِكْرُ مَا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنْ لُزُومِ التَّفَاؤُلِ، وَتَرْكِ التَّطَيُّرِ اقْتِدَاءً بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ

ibnhibban:6124al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb > ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Hurayrah

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: There is no divination but the best type is the good omen. It was said to Messenger of Allah ﷺ: What is good omen? Thereupon he said: A good word which one of you hears. (Using translation from Muslim 2223a)  

ابن حبّان:٦١٢٤أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا طِيَرَةَ وَخَيْرُهَا الْفَأْلُ» قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا الْفَأْلُ؟ قَالَ «الْكَلِمَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ يَسْمَعُهَا أَحَدُكُمْ»  

ibnhibban:6125ʿAbd

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: There is no divination but the best type is the good omen. It was said to Messenger of Allah ﷺ: What is good omen? Thereupon he said: A good word which one of you hears. (Using translation from Muslim 2223a)   

ابن حبّان:٦١٢٥أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُوسَى بِعَسْكَرِ مُكْرَمٍ وَكَانَ عَسِرًا نَكِدًا قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ حِسَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا طِيَرَةَ وَخَيْرُ الْفَأْلِ الْكَلِمَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ يَسْمَعُهَا أَحَدُكُمْ»