The Ruling on Saying “Good Omen, O Bird”
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Question:
These are questions we have relayed to you regarding the doubt in the context of the scholarly call for the lessons of the great scholars. A questioner says: A person has been advised repeatedly against saying “Good, good,” but he still says it. He says that he does not know how to take an omen, so do we accept this excuse for him?
Answer:
If he intended to take an omen, he would be one who takes omens and a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah). But if he did not intend to take an omen, it is not permissible for him to utter this phrase, because it is among the phrases of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance and among the phrases of taking omens, so he should avoid it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
These are questions we have relayed to you regarding the doubt in the context of the scholarly call for the lessons of the great scholars. A questioner says: A person has been advised repeatedly against saying “Good, good,” but he still says it. He says that he does not know how to take an omen, so do we accept this excuse for him?
Answer:
If he intended to take an omen, he would be one who takes omens and a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah). But if he did not intend to take an omen, it is not permissible for him to utter this phrase, because it is among the phrases of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance and among the phrases of taking omens, so he should avoid it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
شرح كتاب الكبائر للإمام محمد بن عبد الوهاب، بداية من باب الأمانة في البيع والشراء والكيل والوزن — islamhouse.com (1:16:19)
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