Superstitious Belief in Omens
this is a form of pessimism, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"But whenever good came to them, they said, 'Ours is this.' And if evil
afflicted them, they ascribed it to evil omens connected with Musa and those
with him . . ."
[al-Araaf 7:131]
Before Islam, if one of the Arabs wanted to do something like travelling, he
would take hold of a bird and release it: if it flew to the right, he would
take this as a good omen and proceed with his plans, but if it flew to the
left, he would take it as a bad omen and cancel his plans.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) gave his verdict on
this practice when he said: "Al-Tiyarah (observing birds for omens) is shirk."
(Reported by Imaam Ahmad, 1/389; see also Saheeh al-Jaami', 3955).
This kind of haraam belief that goes against Tawheed also includes the practice
of regarding certain times etc., as inauspicious, such as not holding a wedding
in Safar, or regarding the last Wednesday of every month as a day of evil omen
and ongoing calamity, or believing that numbers such as 13, or certain names,
are "unlucky." It is also haraam to believe that handicapped people are bad
omens, such as going to open one's store but turning back upon seeing a
one-eyed man.
All of this is haraam and is part of the shirk for which the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) disowned people. 'Imraan ibn Husayn reported
that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "He is not
one of us who observes birds for omens or has someone else do this for him, or
who predicts the future or asks someone else to do it for him, (and I think he
said) or who practices magic or asks someone else to do it for him."
(Reported by al-Tabaraani in al-Kabeer, 18/162; see also Saheeh al-Jaami' 5435).
The expiation required from the person who commits any of these sins is
reported in the hadeeth reported by Abdullaah ibn 'Amr: "The Messenger of
Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 'Whoever was turned
away from doing something because of a bad omen is guilty of shirk.' The people
asked, 'O Messenger of Allaah, what expiation is there for doing that?' He
said, 'That he should say: "O Allaah, there is no goodness except Your goodness
and no omen except your omen and there is no god but You."'"
(Reported by Imaam Ahmad, 2/220; al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, 1065).
Pessimism is a part of everyone's nature, to a greater or lesser extent; the
best cure for it is reliance upon Allaah (tawakkul), as Ibn Mas'ood said:
"There is no one among us (who will not feel pessimistic sometimes), but when
we rely on Allaah, He makes that feeling go away."
(Reported by Abu Dawud, no. 3910; see also al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, 430).
source-Prohibitions that are taken too lightly/Sheikh Muhammed Salih
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