to bad omen will consider misfortune as the reason for her failure and hence, remains deprived of her own reformation. Because she does not realize her own shortcomings and makes any black cat or dog responsible for every shortcoming of her.

 ٭At times, relationships break due to bad omen and then, having strained relations make life unpleasant.

٭ Those who fall prey to bad omen, everything seems to be inauspicious to them. If they leave the house for a certain task and a black cat crosses them, then they develop the mindset that now we will not succeed in our task and return home. A person goes to open her shop early in the morning. An accident takes place on the way. She establishes that today is an unfortunate day for me. Therefore, I will suffer a loss today. This way, their daily life routine gets completely destroyed. (Bad Shuguni, pp. 18-24)    

Dear Islamic sisters! Keep these harmful effects of bad omen in your mind. Whenever you face a risk of falling prey to bad omen, then think about these harmful effects and try to develop a mindset in such a way that it is an act of sin to fall prey to bad omen and it is harmful to me in this world and the Hereafter. When we will develop such mindset, then (اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ) we will abandon this ill habit. Another way of refraining from bad omen is that one shall ponder upon its causes and also try to cure it. Let’s listen to some causes of bad omen and its cures, and make an intention to act upon them.

6 Causes of bad omen and its cure

1. The first cause of bad omen is the unawareness of the Islamic beliefs. The cure for this is that a person should believe in taqdeer (destiny) that every goodness and calamity has been destined for her by Allah Almighty through His everlasting Divine knowledge. Allah Almighty inscribed through His knowledge what was going to happen and what anyone was going to do. Then, no element of bad omen will remain in the heart because whenever a person will face any loss, she would have the