The ruling on saying: "Good, O bird"

Question:
The questioner also asks about the ruling on saying "Good, O bird."

Answer:
No, no, it is not permissible. This is a form of taking an omen as a bad sign (tatayyur). In the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), when they heard a crow caw, they would say, "Good, good." This has no basis. Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) once drove away a servant who was with him on a journey when he heard a crow caw and said, "Good, good." Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "There is no good and no evil in it. Go away and do not accompany me." This is one of the legacies of the jahiliyyah. Saying "Good, O bird" is one of the legacies of the jahiliyyah. The bird has no good in it and no evil in it; it is a created being.