Sunan Abu Dawud #3916
Divination and Omens (Kitab Al-Kahanah Wa Al-Tatayyur)
I asked Muhammad b. Rashid about the meaning of the word hamah. He replied: The pre-Islamic Arabs used to say: When anyone dies and is buried, a bird comes forth from his grave. I asked: What did he mean by safar ? He said: I heard that the pre-Islamic Arabs used to take evil omen from safar. So the Prophet (ﷺ) said: There is no safar. Muhammad (b. Rashid) said: We heard someone say: It is a pain in the stomach. They said that it was infection. Hence he said: There is no safar.
Narrated by Muhammad b. al-Musaffa said to us on the authority of Baqiyyah. He said:
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