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Sahih Muslim 2228a

Chapter: The Prohibition Of Soothsaying And Going To Soothsayers

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 2228a

Narrator:Ā’ishah

وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، بْنِ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الْكُهَّانَ كَانُوا يُحَدِّثُونَنَا بِالشَّىْءِ فَنَجِدُهُ حَقًّا قَالَ ‏"‏

تِلْكَ الْكَلِمَةُ الْحَقُّ يَخْطَفُهَا الْجِنِّيُّ فَيَقْذِفُهَا فِي أُذُنِ وَلِيِّهِ وَيَزِيدُ فِيهَا مِائَةَ كَذْبَةٍ ‏"

'A'isha reported:

I said: Allah's Messenger, the kahins used to tell us about things (unseen) and we found them to be true. Thereupon he said: That is a word pertaining to truth which a jinn snatches and throws into the ear of his friend, and makes an addition of one hundred lies to it.

Reported by Muslim (No. 2228a).

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Classical commentary

An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْله صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : ( تِلْكَ الْكَلِمَة الْحَقّ يَخْطَفهَا الْجِنِّيّ , فَيَقْذِفهَا فِي أُذُن وَلِيّه , وَيَزِيد فِيهَا مِائَة كَذْبَة ) أَمَّا ( يَخْطَفهَا ) فَبِفَتْحِ الطَّاء عَلَى الْمَشْهُور , وَبِهِ جَاءَ الْقُرْآن , وَفِي لُغَة قَلِيلَة كَسْرهَا , وَمَعْنَاهُ اِسْتَرَقَهُ وَأَخَذَهُ بِسُرْعَةٍ. وَأَمَّا ( الْكَذْبَة ) فَبِفَتْحِ الْكَاف وَكَسْرهَا وَالذَّال سَاكِنَة فِيهِمَا. قَالَ الْقَاضِي : وَأَنْكَرَ بَعْضهمْ الْكَسْر إِلَّا إِذَا أَرَادَ الْحَالَة وَالْهَيْئَة , وَلَيْسَ هَذَا مَوْضِعهَا. وَمَعْنَى ( يَقْذِفهَا ) يُلْقِيهَا.…

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