Sunan Abi Dawud
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Chapter 30 · Divination and Omens (Kitab Al-Kahanah Wa Al-Tatayyur)حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُصَفَّى، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ قال: قُلْتُ لِمُحَمَّدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ رَاشِدٍ، قَوْلُهُ هَامَ، قَالَ: كَانَت الْجَاهِلِيَّةُ تَقُولُ: لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يَمُوتُ، فَيُدْفَنُ، إِلَّا خَرَجَ مِنْ قَبْرِهِ هَامَةٌ، قُلْتُ: فَقَوْلُهُ صَفَرَ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَسْتَشْئِمُونَ بِصَفَرَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: لَا صَفَرَ ، قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: وَقَدْ سَمِعْنَا مَنْ يَقُولُ هُوَ وَجَعٌ يَأْخُذُ فِي الْبَطْنِ، فَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ هُوَ يُعْدِي، فَقَالَ: لَا صَفَرَ .
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The Arabic text and the translations come from our previous collection: English from hadithapi.com, German and Turkish machine-translated (Gemini) and unreviewed. A new translation from the Arabic with the chain of narration will follow.
I asked Muhammad bin 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.