performing that particular action and rely upon Allah Almighty. (Al-Kamil, Fi Zu’afa Ar-Rijaal,, vol. 5, pp. 509)

٭ Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: Three things will definitely remain in my Ummah: Bad omen, jealousy and evil-presumption.

One companion رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ humbly asked: ‘Ya Rasoolallah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! The one who possesses these three traits, how can he cure them?’ He صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم replied: ‘When you have jealousy, then seek forgiveness from Allah Almighty; when you engage in an ill-assumption, then do not stick to it; and when you develop a bad omen, then end up doing that very action.

(Mu’jam-e-Kabeer, vol. 3, pp. 228, Hadees. 3227)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب           صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

I was superstitious in being bad omened

A person relates that once, I became so poor that I had to eat soil in order to satiate my hunger, but yet, I still remained hungry. I thought to myself that only if! I find such a person who feeds me. Therefore, in search of such person, I left for Ahvaz, a city in Iran, despite not knowing anyone over there. When I reached at the bank of the river, there was no boat over there. I presumed it to be a bad omen. Then, I saw a boat but there was a hole in it. This was the second bad omen. I asked the boatman’s name. He said it’s ‘Daywzadah’ (which translates as Satan in Arabic). This was the third bad omen. Anyhow, I boarded that boat. When I reached across the other shore of the river, I proclaimed: ‘O the weightlifting labourer! Pick up my belongings and let’s go.’ At that time, I had an old quilt and some necessary provisions with me. The labourer that replied me was a one-eyed person. I thought to myself that this is a fourth bad omen. I thought to myself that wellbeing lies in returning from here. But then thinking of my need made me abandon the plan of returning. As I reached the inn and was thinking what to do, meanwhile, somebody knocked on the door. I asked: ‘Who is it?’ Somebody replied, ‘I want to meet you.’ I asked, ‘do you know who I am?’ He replied, ‘Yes’. I thought to myself that ‘either he is an enemy or a bearer of the king.’ After thinking for a while, I opened the door. That person said: ‘So