(35) باب تَحْرِيمِ الْكِهَانَةِ وَإِتْيَانِ الْكُهَّانِ
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Mu'awiya b. Hakam as-Sulami through another chain of transmitters. The hadith transmitted on the authority of Yahya b. Abu Kathir (there is an addition of these words):
I said: Among us there are men who draw lines and thus make divination. What about this? Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: There was a Prophet who drew lines, so whose lines agree with his line for him it is allowable. (PT)
Reference (PT): Sahih Muslim 537 e (PT)
In-book reference (PT): Book 39, Hadith 167 (PT)
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 26, Hadith 5534 (PT)