How to reconcile the two hadiths: “Misfortune is in three things: a woman, a house, and a horse,” and the hadith “Tatayyur (taking an omen as a bad sign) is shirk (associating partners with Allah)”?
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Question:
The questioner asks: How do you reconcile the two hadiths: “Misfortune is in three things: a woman, a horse, and a house,” and the hadith “Tatayyur (taking an omen as a bad sign) is shirk (associating partners with Allah)”?
Answer:
The hadith regarding misfortune in three things is specific, while the hadith regarding tatayyur (taking an omen as a bad sign) is general. These three are excluded from the general hadith on tatayyur. If one knows that they are a source of evil and that approaching them leads to harm, a person avoids them. He avoids them, and this serves as a specification of the hadith on tatayyur. Yes, there is no contradiction between a general and a specific text.
The questioner asks: How do you reconcile the two hadiths: “Misfortune is in three things: a woman, a horse, and a house,” and the hadith “Tatayyur (taking an omen as a bad sign) is shirk (associating partners with Allah)”?
Answer:
The hadith regarding misfortune in three things is specific, while the hadith regarding tatayyur (taking an omen as a bad sign) is general. These three are excluded from the general hadith on tatayyur. If one knows that they are a source of evil and that approaching them leads to harm, a person avoids them. He avoids them, and this serves as a specification of the hadith on tatayyur. Yes, there is no contradiction between a general and a specific text.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف الجمع بين الحديثين «الشؤم في ثلاث المرأة والدار والفرس»، وحديث «الطيرة شرك»؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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