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