Combining the hadith "There is no 'adwa (contagion) or tiyarah (bad omen)" with the hadith on bad omens in three things
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: How do you combine the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih Muslim 2222a, with his saying Riyad as-Salihin 1675?
Answer:
Answer: The scholars answered this by saying that there is no 'adwa (contagion) or tiyarah (bad omen) in the sense that the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) believed, namely that disease spreads by its nature, and that taking an omen from birds—birds indicating bad luck if they fly in such a direction, the sawanigh and the bawarih, and the like—is valid. The Messenger denied this; this is part of the belief of the jahiliyyah. As for the fact that disease does spread, he (peace and blessings be upon him) saidSahih Muslim 2221a, and said upon it, . This is evidence that contagion exists, but it is by the decree of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and that it is treated by permissible means.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: How do you combine the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)
There is no transitive disease, no ill omen
لا عدوى ولا طيرةbut if there is anything (that may be a source of trouble) then it could be a house, a horse, and a woman.
إن كان الشؤم في شيء ففي البيت والمرأة والفرسAnswer:
Answer: The scholars answered this by saying that there is no 'adwa (contagion) or tiyarah (bad omen) in the sense that the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) believed, namely that disease spreads by its nature, and that taking an omen from birds—birds indicating bad luck if they fly in such a direction, the sawanigh and the bawarih, and the like—is valid. The Messenger denied this; this is part of the belief of the jahiliyyah. As for the fact that disease does spread, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said
A sick person should not be taken to one who is healthy
لا يورد ممرض على مصحIf you hear of the plague in a land, do not enter it
إذا سمعتم بالطاعون في بلد فلا تقدمواAnd whoever is in the land, let him not leave it
ومن كان في البلد فلا يخرج منها
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تابع فصل ثم إن في اتخاذ القبور أعيادًا من المفاسد العظيمة ... - 2 — islamhouse.com (1:11:08)
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