Tatayyur — ill omens

التطير والفرع

Ill-omen belief is minor shirk the Prophet ﷺ abolished: the omen is nothing, and its best is the good word; whoever lets an omen turn him back has associated partners — the line between God's glad tiding and Satan's seed of weakness 1 2.

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Ill-omen belief is minor shirk the Prophet abolished: the omen is nothing, and its best is the good word; whoever lets an omen turn him back has associated partners — the line between God's glad tiding and Satan's seed of weakness 1 2.

People and things also explored

The wind that destroyed Aad· The questioning and punishment of the grave· Dreams (ahlam)· The prophets' dreams· The hereafter: the grave, resurrection and reckoning· Al-barzakh· Absolute unseen (al-ghayb al-mutlaq)· The Basin (al-Hawd) of the Prophet on the Day of Resurrection

Sources

  1. Sunan Abi Dawud
  2. Sahih al-Bukhari
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