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 ‘Abdallah b. Mas'ud reported God’s messenger as saying:
"Taking evil omens is polytheism (saying it three times). None of us fails to be affected by it, but God removes such influence by trust in Him."
Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi transmitted it.
Tirmidhi told that he heard Muhammad b. Isma'il* say that Sulaiman b. Harb used to say about this tradition that in his opinion "None of us fails to be affected by it, but God removes such influence by trust in Him" are Ibn Mas'ud’s words.
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."
