The Meaning of Bad Omens in a Woman, a Horse, and a House, and Taking Omens
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Question:
A questioner says: In the book of Tawhid, in the chapter on what has come regarding taking omens, there is a hadith: "Indeed,As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 63:375." What is the statement of Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him), "And Allah is pure," up to the end of his words? What is the bad omen (shu'm) and the ill-omen (nahas) intended here? Does the common people's saying, "a woman is an ill-omen" or "a car is ill-omened," agree with the meaning of the hadith?
Answer:
Yes. Taking omens is not permissible; it is shirk (associating partners with Allah), as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said. If it is done without a cause, if it is done without a cause, then it is shirk and forbidden.
Because they take omens from things that contain no evil and have no effect. They take omens from some birds, they take omens from some animals, they take omens when they see a one-eyed person. This is not permissible, and this is shirk, because these creatures do not contain evil, nor are they a cause of evil.
But if this place is known for the fact that this house is known for the fact that if someone stays in it, he is afflicted or dies, or this animal is known for the fact that if one rides it, he dies, or this woman is known for the fact that if one marries her, he dies, then these are specific creations of Allah in which there is evil. Allah creates what He wills, Glorified is He; He creates specific things that are evil. So if it is known about these things that whoever mixes with them is afflicted, then they are avoided, because this is from protection.
Protection is better than treatment. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade entering a town that has a plague and leaving it, in order to contain the disease in its place. This is from the causes and from protection. So if you know that these three are a place of evil, and that whoever approaches them is afflicted, then the Muslim avoids them. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:[Al-Baqarah 2:195] But if nothing is known about them, then it is not permissible to believe in them that they cause harm. This is what the ignorant people do; they believe in blessed things and good things. Even the messengers were taken as omens by them. The messengers in whom Allah placed blessing were taken as omens; they took omens from Musa (Moses) and from those with him, they took omens from Ishaq (Isaac) (peace be upon him), they took omens from Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). They make the source of good the source of evil. This is the action of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). This is the condemned tatayyur (taking an omen as a bad sign), which is from shirk (associating partners with Allah). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
A questioner says: In the book of Tawhid, in the chapter on what has come regarding taking omens, there is a hadith: "Indeed,
The bad omen is in three things: a woman, a horse, and a house
الشؤم في ثلاث في المرأة، والفرس، والدارAnswer:
Yes. Taking omens is not permissible; it is shirk (associating partners with Allah), as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said. If it is done without a cause, if it is done without a cause, then it is shirk and forbidden.
Because they take omens from things that contain no evil and have no effect. They take omens from some birds, they take omens from some animals, they take omens when they see a one-eyed person. This is not permissible, and this is shirk, because these creatures do not contain evil, nor are they a cause of evil.
But if this place is known for the fact that this house is known for the fact that if someone stays in it, he is afflicted or dies, or this animal is known for the fact that if one rides it, he dies, or this woman is known for the fact that if one marries her, he dies, then these are specific creations of Allah in which there is evil. Allah creates what He wills, Glorified is He; He creates specific things that are evil. So if it is known about these things that whoever mixes with them is afflicted, then they are avoided, because this is from protection.
Protection is better than treatment. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade entering a town that has a plague and leaving it, in order to contain the disease in its place. This is from the causes and from protection. So if you know that these three are a place of evil, and that whoever approaches them is afflicted, then the Muslim avoids them. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:
and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]
وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 26 — archive.org (42:16)
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