Omens

Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, led us in the Subh prayer at Hudaybiyyaafter it had rained on us during the night. When he finished, he facedthe people and said, 'Do you know what your Lord has said?' They replied,'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said, 'This morning My slaves havebecome divided up into believers and unbelievers. Those who said, "We hadrain by the favour and mercy of Allah," believe in Me and reject the stars.Those who said that it was because of a certain star, disbelieve in Meand believe in the stars."'"

'A'isha said, "When the Prophet, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, saw a cloud in the sky, he would get up and down and walk toand fro, and his face would change colour. When it rained, that would leavehim." When A'isha commented on that, the Prophet, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, said, "I do not know. Perhaps it will be as Allah Almightysays:
'When they saw it as a storm cloud advancing on their valleys...'(46:24)"

'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud reported that the Prophet, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, said, "Paying attention to the bad omen (tayyara)is association (shirk). It has nothing to do with us. Allah willremove it by reliance on Him."

Abu Hurayra heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, say, "Bad omens. The best of that is the good omen. They asked,"What is the good omen?" "A good word which one of you hears," he replied.

'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud reported that the Messenger of Allah, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The nations were presentedto me on the Festival in the days of hajj, and I was astonished at thegreat number of my community. They filled the plains and mountains." Theysaid, "Muhammad, are you content?" "Yes, O Lord!" he said. He said, "Inaddition to these people there are seventy thousand who will enter theGarden without any reckoning. They are those who do not use charms norcauterise themselves nor seek omens and who rely on their Lord." 'Ukkashaexclaimed, "Ask Allah to place me among them!" Then another man said, "AskAllah to put me among them!" The Prophet said, "'Ukkasha has beaten youto it."

'Alqama reported that 'A'isha used to go to children when theywere born and make supplication for them. She came to a child and removedits pillow and found a straight razor under his head. She asked about therazor and they said, "We put it there against the jinn. She took the razor,threw it away and forbade them to use it. She said that the Messenger ofAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, disliked and hated seeingbad omens in things. She forbade doing that.

Anas reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, said, "There is no infection and there are no bad omens, althoughI am pleased by a good omen - a good word."

Hiba at-Tamimi related from his father that he heard the Prophet,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "There is no avenging spirit(hama*), and the most truthful of omens is the good omen. The EvilEye is a reality."

'Abdullah ibn as-Sa'ib reported that in the year of al-Hudaybiyya,when 'Uthman ibn 'Affan told the Prophet, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, that Suhayl had been sent to him by his people to make a trucewith them on the basis that, provided that he leave them this year, theywould leave Makka empty for him for three days. When 'Uthman came and theProphet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was told, "Suhayl hascome," he said, "Allah has made our business easy (sahhala)."

'Abdullah ibn 'Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, said, "Bad luck can be found in houses,women and horses."

Sahl ibn Sa'd said, "If there is bad luck in anything, it is inhouses, women and horses."

Anas ibn Malik said, "A man said, 'Messenger of Allah, we werein a house and there were a large number of us and we had a lot of propertyin it. Then we moved to another house and our numbers decreased and ourproperty became less in it (the new house).' The Messenger of Allah, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Go back to it (the first house)or leave it (the second house) - it is bad.'"