Luton Muslim Journal Safar 1438 | November 2016
Luton Muslim Journal Safar 1438 | November 2016
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Safar— Good luck & Bad luck in Islam... Continued
Allah, what if a camel has mange( skin disease) and another camel gets mange from it?’ He said:‘ That is the Divine decree. Who causes the mange in the first one?’”( Sunan Ibn Majah)
There are several beliefs mentioned in the above narrations 1. Laa Adwa- No contagious disease The explanation of contagious illness is that it is Allah alone who causes the actual transfer of illness from one to another. To believe that they can pass on their own is incorrect. The hadeeth below shows that the Prophet ordered people to stay away from a leper because of its contagious nature. This is how the both hadeeth are reconciled.
2. Laa Tiyarah – No bad luck This has been explained above.
Allah dismisses Tiyarah( Bad Luck) Allah, the Al-Mighty says;“ When good times came to them, they said,“ This is our right.” And if an evil touched them, they took it as an ill omen of Musa and those with him. Listen, their ill omen lies with Allah only, but most of them do not know”.( Al-A’ araf 7:131)“ They( the People of the Town) said,“ We take you as a bad omen for us. If you do not desist, we will certainly stone you and you will be afflicted by a painful punishment from us.”( 18) They said,“ Your bad omen is with yourselves.( Do you take it as bad omen) if you are given a good counsel? Rather, you are a people who cross all limits”.( Yaseen 36: 18-19)
In the above verses the disbelievers understood the Prophets to be a reason for bad luck. The Prophet dismissed the assumption of bad luck because their mere presence has nothing to do with any future misfortune or calamity.
3. Laa Haamah( No Haamah) Haamah is an owl which the Arabs used to consider it as being a cause of bad luck.
4. Laa Safara There is no bad luck in the month of Safar. The pre-islamic Arabs used to believe that Safar was a bad luck month.
luck Fa’ l- Good Narrated by Anas: That the Messenger of Allah( May Allah bless him) said: " There is no ' Adwa and no Tiyarah, and I like Fa ' l." They said: " O Messenger of Allah! What is Fa ' l?" He said: " A good statement."( Jami Tirmidhi) Fa’ l is similar to barakah. Which means in some good words and actions Allah puts more goodness in it, for example keeping good names. ' Urwah bin ' Amir( May Allah be pleased with him) said: When talking of omens was mentioned in the presence of the Messenger of Allah( May Allah bless him) he said, " The best type of omen is the good omen." He added, " A Muslim should not refrain from anything because of an omen." He( May Allah bless him) told them, " When any of you sees anything which he dislikes, he should say: ' Allahuma la ya ' ti bil-hasanati illa Anta, wa la yadfa ' us- sayyi ' ati illa Anta, wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa Bika( O Allah! You Alone bring good things; You Alone avert evil things, and there is no might or power but in You)."( Abu Dawood)
Summary It is Allah alone who causes good and bad to come in effect. As Muslims we must be superstitious whatsoever but rather believe every goodness or calamity to be from Allah for reasons that we may comprehend or not. To keep good names or say good things hoping Allah will bring about goodness because of it is Sunnah and rewarding.
By Mawlana Muhammad Rayhan