Hadith 5417

Chapter 391

باب 391

(391) بَابُ الرَّجُلِ يَقُولُ: لَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ، وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِحَقٍّ

(391) Chapter: Someone describing something by saying, "It is nothing," meaning that it is not true
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حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَنْبَسَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ يَقُولُ: قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ زَوْجُ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: سَأَلَ نَاسٌ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الْكُهَّانِ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: لَيْسُوا بِشَيْءٍ، فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَإِنَّهُمْ يُحَدِّثُونَ بِالشَّيْءِ يَكُونُ حَقًّا؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: تِلْكَ الْكَلِمَةُ مِنَ الْحَقِّ يَخْطَفُهَا الشَّيْطَانُ، فَيُقَرْقِرُهُ بِأُذُنَيْ وَلِيِّهِ كَقَرْقَرَةِ الدَّجَاجَةِ، فَيَخْلِطُونَ فِيهَا بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِئَةِ كِذْبَةٍ.


'A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, said, "People asked the Prophet, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, about soothsayers. He told them, 'They are nothing.' They said,But, Messenger of Allah, they speak about things which are true!' The Prophet,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, responded, 'That is a word whichShaytan steals and then he mumbles it into the ear of his protegewith a sound like the clucking of a chicken. Then they mix a hundred lieswith it.'"

Reference: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 882

In-book reference: Book 37, Hadith 8

English translation: Book 37, Hadith 882