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Sahih al-Bukhari 6213 (Book 78, Hadith 237) #5966
The Falsehood of Foretelling

SUMMARY: People should not believe in foretellers as they are liars and whatever truth they tell is stolen from jinns.

Narrated 'Aisha: Some people asked Allah's Messenger about the fore-tellers. Allah's Messenger said to them, "They are nothing (ie, liars)". The people said, 'O Allah's Messenger ! Sometimes they tell something which comes out to be true". Allah's Messenger said, "That word which comes to be true is what a jinx snatches away by stealing and then pours it in the ear of his fore-teller with a sound similar to the cackle of a hen, and then they add to it one-hundred lies".
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عُرْوَةَ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُرْوَةَ، يَقُولُ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ سَأَلَ أُنَاسٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَنِ الْكُهَّانِ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ لَيْسُوا بِشَىْءٍ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّهُمْ يُحَدِّثُونَ أَحْيَانًا بِالشَّىْءِ يَكُونُ حَقًّا‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ تِلْكَ الْكَلِمَةُ مِنَ الْحَقِّ يَخْطَفُهَا الْجِنِّيُّ، فَيَقُرُّهَا فِي أُذُنِ وَلِيِّهِ قَرَّ الدَّجَاجَةِ، فَيَخْلِطُونَ فِيهَا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِائَةِ كَذْبَةٍ

TOPICS
foretelling  *  lies  *  cackle  *  tadween  *  jinnee  *  kadhib  *  hazhazha  *  jinn

QUICK LESSONS:
Do not trust anyone who claims to have knowledge about the unseen
EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith explains that people should not believe in foretellers as they are liars and whatever truth they tell is stolen from jinns. Allah's Messenger said that the word which comes to be true is what a jinx snatches away by stealing and then pours it in the ear of his fore-teller with a sound similar to the cackle of a hen, and then they add to it one-hundred lies. This hadith teaches us that we should not trust anyone who claims to have knowledge about the unseen, as only Allah knows what will happen in future. We must also be careful about believing any news or information without verifying its authenticity first.

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