Narrated ‘Amr b. ash-Sharid told on his father’s authority that there was a man with tubercular leprosy in the deputation of Thaqif and the Prophet sent to him a message:
"We have taken your oath of allegiance, so go home."
Narrated 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 Jabir told that he heard the Prophet say:
“There is no infection, no serpent in a hungry belly, and no ghoul.”*
Muslim transmitted it.
* I have used the English word derived from the Arabic ghul. It was used of a creature which was a type of jinni or devil which was believed to appear to people in various forms and lead them astray in the desert and cause their destruction.
