How to reconcile the prohibition of taking omens with the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) avoidance of two mountains named Fadhih and Makhzi?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. This questioner asks: How do you reconcile the hadith, “Only an omen is that which makes you proceed or makes you turn back,” with the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed between two mountains, asked for their names, and when they were told they were Fadhih and Makhzi, he turned away from them?

Answer:
Yes, this is avoiding disliked things so that nothing of aversion arises in the soul, or avoiding things that cause the soul to dislike or feel aversion and lack of tranquility. As for what makes you proceed or turn back, that is in travel. That is in travel, or in trade, or in transactions. You take an omen and hold back: you do not travel, you do not sell, you do not buy, you do not leave the house, and you do not fear the omen. You do not rely on Allah. You proceed. Yes.