سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الكهانة والتطيرDivination and Omens (Kitab Al-Kahanah Wa Al-Tatayyur)
باب فِي الْخَطِّ وَزَجْرِ الطَّيْرِChapter: Al-Khatt, and Al-’Iyafah (Being Dissuaded By Birds).
Hadith 3908
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، قَالَ عَوْفٌ : " الْعِيَافَةُ زَجْرُ الطَّيْرِ وَالطَّرْقُ الْخَطُّ يُخَطُّ فِي الْأَرْضِ " .
Narrated Muhammed bin Jafar: On the authority of Awf: 'Iyafah means to makes the birds fly by threatening them. Tarq means lines drawn on the earth.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
In the era of ignorance (Jahiliyyah), it used to happen that when a man would leave his house and see a bird flying to his right, he would consider it a good omen (source of blessing) for himself, and if it was going to the left, he would consider it a bad omen (devoid of blessing).
For this purpose, those people would sometimes even make the bird fly themselves.
For any believer, this practice is impermissible.
In the era of ignorance (Jahiliyyah), it used to happen that when a man would leave his house and see a bird flying to his right, he would consider it a good omen (source of blessing) for himself, and if it was going to the left, he would consider it a bad omen (devoid of blessing).
For this purpose, those people would sometimes even make the bird fly themselves.
For any believer, this practice is impermissible.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3908
