Mishkat
al-Masabih
مشكاة المصابيح
23
Medicine and Spells
كتاب الطب والرقى
Chapter 2b: Good and Evil Omens - Section 2
باب الفأل والطيرة - الفصل الثاني
Mishkat al-Masabih 4583
Qatan b. Qabisa told on his father’s authority that the Prophet (ﷺ) said
"Augury from the flight of birds, the practice of pessomancy,* and taking evil omens pertain to divination."** Abu Dawud transmitted it. * Tarq. It is used of the practice of divinantion in which women threw stones. It is also used of geomancy by drawing lines. ** Min al-jibt. Jibt means devil and also divination. An alternative translation would be that these practices come from the devil.وَعَن قَطن بن قَبيصةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «الْعِيَافَةُ وَالطَّرْقُ وَالطِّيَرَةُ مِنَ الْجِبْتِ» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد
REFERENCE: Mishkat al-Masabih 4583
In-book reference: Mishkat al-Masabih Book 23 Chapter 2b Hadith 1
In-book reference: Mishkat al-Masabih Book 23 Chapter 2b Hadith 1