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- Pre-Islamic Arabia
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Overview
Al-Masudi relates that the barren wind came upon 'Ad on a Wednesday, so that no one of them survived before the following Wednesday. For this reason, in his account, people disliked Wednesday. 2
What is not recorded here: the position of Muslim scholars on ill omen from days. It needs a further source.
People and things also explored
The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings· Intellectual invasion (al-ghazw al-fikri) in the Sheikh's view· Islamic management· Media and the responsibility of its producers· al-Anwāʾ (Star Rains)· Jahiliyya names of days and months· The ill-omened days· Divining Arrows
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 457
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.457
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islam.museum contributors. “The ill-omened Wednesday”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/wednesday-ill-omen/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.