Medicine and Spells

Mishkat al-Masabih #4386

كتاب الطب والرقى

وَعَن قَطن بن قَبيصةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «الْعِيَافَةُ وَالطَّرْقُ وَالطِّيَرَةُ مِنَ الْجِبْتِ». رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد

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.

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