Mishkat al-Masabih #4386
Medicine and Spells
Qatan b. Qabisa told on his father’s authority that the Prophet said: "Augury from the flight of birds, the practice of pessomancy,* and taking evil omens pertain to divination."**
Abu Dawud transmitted it.
* Tarq. It is used of the practice of divinantion in which women threw stones. It is also used of geomancy by drawing lines.
** Min al-jibt. Jibt means devil and also divination. An alternative translation would be that these practices come from the devil.
Narrated by Qatan b. Qabisa told on his father’s authority that the Prophet said:
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This hadith is #4386 from Mishkat al-Masabih, in the Book of Medicine and Spells and narrated by Qatan b. Qabisa told on his father’s authority that the Prophet said:. Mishkat al-Masabih contains 4,428 hadiths across 25 books.