The Condemnation of Various types of Shirk

 Imam Ahmad (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Muhammad bin Ja'far narrated from 

Auf, from Haiyan bin Al- `Ala', from Qatan bin Qabisah, from his father that he heard the 

Prophet (May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) say: 

"Verily, Al-'lyafah (letting birds fly to foretell events) and At-Tarq (drawing lines on earth to 

predict events) and At-Tiyarah (taking sight on some object as a bad omen) are Al-Jibt

(sorceries/magic)." 

`Auf (May Allah be pleased with him) said, "Al-'lyafah is letting a bird's flight foretell events 

while At-Tarq is drawing line on earth." Hasan Basri (May Allah be pleased with him) said, "AlJibt is the scream of Satan (devil)." The above Hadith has been narrated through good chain of 

narrators and collected by Abu Dawud, An-Nasa'i and Ibn Hibban. 

Abu Dawud reported in his book with Sahih lsnad that Ibn Abbas (May Allah be pleased with 

him) narrated that Allah's Messenger (P.B.UH) said: 

"Whoever learns a part of astrology (drawing knowledge from stars) has learned a part of 

sorcery (magic). Those who learn more are getting that much more (sin to their credit)." 

Muslim recorded in his Sahih, from some of the wives (Hafsah) of the Prophet (May the 

peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) that he said: 

"Whoever goes to a fortuneteller and asks him something and believes in his words, will have 

his prayer (Salat) rejected for forty days." 

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (May the peace and 

blessing of Allah be upon him) said: 

"Whoever visited a soothsayer and believed in his words, has denied the Revelation to 

Muhammad (May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) (i.e. Qur'an)." 

(Abu Dawud) 

The other four Hadith collectors and AI-Hakim equally reported this Hadith (of Abu 

Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him)) and classified it as Sahih (sound): 

"Whoever visits a fortuneteller or a soothsayer and believes in his words, has disbelieved in 

what was revealed to Muhammad (May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) ." 

Ibn Al-Qaiyim (May Allah be pleased with him) wrote that An-Nushrah is removing the 

effects of sorcery/spell from the affected one, and it is of two types: 

1) The use of magic (sorcery) to remove the effects of another magic and it is an act of Satan 

to which the comment of Imam Al-Hasan (Al-Basri (May Allah be pleased with him) ) applies 

i.e., that the one who performs sorcery and the patient, both get closer to Satan by that which he 

loves. Satan then removes the effects of magic from the afflicted. 

2) The effects of magic can be removed by making recitation of Qur'anic verses; by offering 

legitimate prayers (Ruqyah) as well as by using pharmaceutical preparations. This type of 

Nushrah is permissible. 

Narrated Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) that Allah's Messenger (May the 

peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) said: 

"(There is) no 'Adwa (contagion of disease without Allah's Permission), nor is At-Tiyarah 

(any bad omen from birds), nor is there any Hamah (the omen of the night bird i.e., owl), nor is 

there (any bad omen in the month of) Safar." 

In Muslim's Sahih the following words are added: 

"... and no Naw' (constellation) and no Ghul (ghost etc.)

Imam Al-Bukhari recorded in his Sahih that Qamdah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: 

"Allah created the stars for three purposes: (1) As ornaments of the heavens; (2) As missiles 

against the devils; (3) As signposts for the guidance of travelers. Whoever interprets otherwise is 

mistaken. Such a person is to lose his Teward (on the Day of Resurrection), and takes upon 

himself that which is outside his knowledge."

Abu Musa (May Allah be pleased with him) is reported to have said that Allah's Messenger 

(May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) said: 

"Three (types of people) will not enter Paradise: (1) The habitual wine (alcohol) drinker; (2) 

The believer in sorcery (and astrology is among it); (3) The one who severs blood relations." 

[Ahmad, and Ibn Hibban has mentioned this Hadith in his Sahih]

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