In the name of Allah most gracious most merciful
Assalaamuaalikum wa rahmatuallahi wa barakatahu
Are women Ill Omen?
The following text of it contained in the sixth volume of Imam Ahmad Ibn Hambal’s Musnad presents the true picture in this regard:
Abu-Hassan reports that two people came to A’ishah and said to her that Abu Hurayrah narrates that the Prophet used to say that bad luck is to be found
only in women, horses and houses. At this A’ishah replied: By the God who revealed the Qur’an to the Prophet! The Prophet never said this; what he did
say was that the People of the Jahilliyyah hold this opinion… It is evident from this text of the Hadith that this saying has been
erroneously attributed to the Prophet (sws). He had actually quoted the views held by the people of Jahilliyyah (age of ignorance).
The following Ahadith deals with the topic.
Sahih Al-Bukhari HadithHadith 8.479 Narrated byIbn Abbas
Allah's Apostle said, "Seventy thousand people of my followers will enter Paradise without accounts, and they are those who do not practice Ar-Ruqya
and do not see an evil omen in things, and put their trust in their Lord.
Sunan of Abu-DawoodHadith 3911 Narrated bySa'd ibn Malik
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: There is no hamah, no infection and no evil omen; if there is in anything an evil omen, it is a house, a horse, and
a woman.
Sahih Al-Bukhari HadithHadith 7.30 Narrated byAbdullah bin Umar
Allah's Apostle said, "Bad omen is in the women, the house and the horse."
Sahih Al-Bukhari HadithHadith 7.666 Narrated byAbdullah bin Umar
Allah's Apostle said, "There is neither 'Adha nor Tiyara, and an evil omen is only in three: a horse, a woman and a house." (See the foot-note of
Hadith No. 649)[Tiyara means omens from birds]
Sahih Al-Bukhari HadithHadith 7.649 Narrated byAbdullah bin Umar
Allah's Apostle said, "There is neither 'Adha (no contagious disease is conveyed to others without Allah's permission) nor Tiyara, but an evil omen
may be in three a woman, a house or an animal."
Sahih Muslim HadithHadith 5514 Narrated byJabir ibn Abdullah
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: There is no transitive disease, no ill omen, no ghoul(An evil spirit or ghost)
Sahih Al-Bukhari HadithHadith 7.652 Narrated byAnas
The Prophet said, "No 'Adha (no contagious disease is conveyed to others without Allah's permission), nor Tiyara, but I like the good Fal, i.e., the
good word."
Sahih Al-Bukhari HadithHadith 7.608 Narrated byAbu Huraira
Allah's Apostle said, -(There is) no 'Adwa (no contagious disease is conveyed without Allah's permission), nor is there any bad omen (from
birds), nor is there any Hamah, nor is there any bad omen in the month of Safar, and one should run away from the leper as one runs away from a
lion.''
Sahih Al-Bukhari HadithHadith 7.653 Narrated byAbu Huraira
The Prophet said, "There is no 'Adha, nor Tiyara, nor Hama, nor Safar."
RUQYA-INCANTATION
Sahih Muslim HadithHadith 5457 Narrated byAwf ibn Malik Ashja
We practised incantation in the pre-Islamic days and we said: Allah's Messenger, what is your opinion about it? He said: Let me know your
incantation and said: There is no harm in the incantation which does not smack of polytheism.
Sahih Al-Bukhari HadithHadith 7.633 Narrated byIbn Abbas
Some of the companions of the Prophet passed by some people staying at a place where there was water, and one of those people had been stung by a
scorpion. A man from those staying near the water, came and said to the companions of the Prophet, "Is there anyone among you who can do Ruqya as
near the water there is a person who has been stung by a scorpion." So one of the Prophet's companions went to him and recited Surat-al-Fatiha for a
sheep as his fees. The patient got cured and the man brought the sheep to his companions who disliked that and said, "You have taken wages for
reciting Allah's Book." When they arrived at Medina, they said, -O Allah's Apostle! (This person) has taken wages for reciting Allah's Book." On that
Allah's Apostle said, "You are most entitled to take wages for doing a Ruqya with Allah's Book."
HAMAH OR HAMA-ADWA:-TRANSITIVE DISEASE.
Sahih Al-Bukhari HadithHadith 7.608 Narrated byAbu Huraira
Allah's Apostle said, -(There is) no 'Adwa (no contagious disease is conveyed without Allah's permission), nor is there any bad omen (from
birds), nor is there any Hamah, nor is there any bad omen in the month of Safar, and one should run away from the leper as one runs away from a
lion.''* Note:Run away if one knows not the cure for helping the people in distressed as being with them may lead them to catching up the same disease
Sahih Al-Bukhari HadithHadith 7.665A Narrated byAbu Huraira
The Prophet said, -No 'Adwa (i.e. no contagious disease is conveyed to others without Allah's permission); nor (any evil omen in the month of)
Safar; nor Hama." A bedouin said, "O Allah's Apostle! What about the camels which, when on the sand (desert) look like deers, but when a mangy camel
mixes with them they all get infected with mange?" On that Allah's Apostle said, "Then who conveyed the (mange) disease to the first (mangy) camel?"
camel?"
Sahih Al-Bukhari HadithHadith 7.648 Narrated byIbn Abbas
The Prophet once came out to us and said, "Some nations were displayed before me. A prophet would pass in front of me with one man, and another
with two men, and another with a group of people. and another with nobody with him. Then I saw a great crowd covering the horizon and I wished that
they were my followers, but it was said to me, 'This is Moses and his followers.' Then it was said to me, 'Look.' I looked and saw a big gathering
with a large number of people covering the horizon. It was said, 'Look this way and that way.' So I saw a big crowd covering the horizon. Then it was
said to me, 'These are your followers, and among them there are 70,000 who will enter Paradise without (being asked about their) accounts.' " Then the
people dispersed and the Prophet did not tell who those 70,000 were. So the companions of the Prophet started talking about that and some of them said,
"As regards us, we were born in the era of heathenism, but then we believed in Allah and His Apostle. We think however, that these (70,000) are our
offspring." That talk reached the Prophet who said, "These (70,000) are the people who do not draw an evil omen from (birds) and do not get treated by
branding themselves and do not treat with Ruqya, but put their trust (only) in their Lord." Then 'Ukasha bin Muhsin got up and said, "O Allah's Apostle!
Am I one of those (70,000)?" The Prophet said, "Yes." Then another person got up and said, "Am I one of them?" The Prophet said, " 'Ukasha has
anticipated you."
Allah knows best.
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