The Difference Between Taking Omens and Taking Means to Avoid Illness
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Question:
The questioner asks: Honorable Shaykh, how do we reconcile not taking omens with the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 16:270, which appears to indicate not taking omens?
Answer:
This is not taking omens; this is taking means while relying on Allah. Taking omens is expecting evil and attributing it to a created being. As for taking means by staying away from places of disease, not approaching them, and not mixing with the afflicted, this is taking means while relying on Allah the Exalted and Majestic, and it is not taking omens. Treatment: a person also gets treated in the hospital. Is that taking omens? No. Staying away from a place of disease is also part of treatment and taking means.
The questioner asks: Honorable Shaykh, how do we reconcile not taking omens with the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
Flee from the leper as you would flee from a lion
فر من المجذوم فرارك من الأسدAnswer:
This is not taking omens; this is taking means while relying on Allah. Taking omens is expecting evil and attributing it to a created being. As for taking means by staying away from places of disease, not approaching them, and not mixing with the afflicted, this is taking means while relying on Allah the Exalted and Majestic, and it is not taking omens. Treatment: a person also gets treated in the hospital. Is that taking omens? No. Staying away from a place of disease is also part of treatment and taking means.
Source
الجمع بين النهي عن الطيرة وحديث " فر من المجذوم " — alfawzan.live
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