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Sunan Abi Dawud 3915 (Book 30, Hadith 12) #24205
The Meaning of Safar in Islam

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the Prophet ﷺ explaining that there is no such thing as safar, which was a pre-Islamic belief of taking evil omen from safar.

Muhammad b. al-Musaffa said to us on the authority of Baqiyyah. He said: I asked Muhammad b. Rashid about the meaning of the word hamah. He replied: The pre-Islamic Arabs used to say: When anyone dies and is buried, a bird comes forth from his grave. I asked: What did he mean by safar ? He said: I heard that the pre-Islamic Arabs used to take evil omen from safar. So the Prophet said: There is no safar. Muhammad (b. Rashid) said: We heard someone say: It is a pain in the stomach. They said that it was infection. Hence he said: There is no safar.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُصَفَّى، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لِمُحَمَّدٍ - يَعْنِي ابْنَ رَاشِدٍ - قَوْلُهُ ‏"‏ هَامَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ كَانَتِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةُ تَقُولُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يَمُوتُ فَيُدْفَنُ إِلاَّ خَرَجَ مِنْ قَبْرِهِ هَامَةٌ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ فَقَوْلُهُ صَفَرَ ‏.‏ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَسْتَشْئِمُونَ بِصَفَرَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ‏"‏ لاَ صَفَرَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ وَقَدْ سَمِعْنَا مَنْ يَقُولُ هُوَ وَجَعٌ يَأْخُذُ فِي الْبَطْنِ فَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ هُوَ يُعْدِي فَقَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ صَفَرَ

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omen  *  safar  *  arabs  *  rashid

QUICK LESSONS:
Rely on scientific explanations for things we don't understand yet .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith explains the meaning of safar in Islam. In pre-Islamic times, people believed that when someone dies and is buried, a bird comes forth from his grave and they took this as an evil omen or bad sign. However, Prophet Muhammad explained that there is no such thing as safar and it was just an infection in the stomach instead. This hadith teaches us to not take superstitious beliefs seriously but rather to rely on scientific explanations for things we don't understand yet. It also teaches us to be wary of superstitions and not let them control our lives or decisions we make because they are usually false beliefs with no basis in reality or truth.

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