Those who permitted evil omens and keeping away from a leper

Sayyiduna al-Sharid (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "In the delegation of the Thaqif tribe there was a man afflicted with leprosy. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a messenger to him with the message: 'We have taken your pledge of allegiance; go back.'"

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not keep looking continuously at those afflicted with leprosy."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Flee from a person afflicted with leprosy as you flee from a lion."

Al-Walid bin Abdullah said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a person afflicted with leprosy, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) covered his nose. He (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), did you (peace and blessings be upon him) not say: 'Contagion has no reality, evil omens have no reality'?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Certainly, but I find them repulsive."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not bring the sick to the healthy."

Nafi' bin Jubayr said: Ka'b asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him): "Do you take evil omens?" He said: "Yes." He asked: "Then what supplication do you say?" He said: "I make this supplication: O Allah, there is no omen except Your omen, and there is no good except Your good, and there is no Lord for us besides You." Ka'b said: "You are the greatest man of understanding (faqih) among the Arabs."

Khalid al-Hadhdha said that Abu Qilabah liked that a person afflicted with leprosy be avoided.