May Allah Almighty have mercy upon our state. These are all baseless notions, and it is necessary to avoid such matters. Whenever some difficulty or hardship arises, when things do not go right, when no customers come to the shop, if you were unable to carry out your work properly in the office, if you fall ill, if something of yours is stolen, then place your trust in Allah Almighty, have patience, recite اِنَّا لِلّٰہِ وَاِنَّا اِلَیْہِ رَاجِعُوْن, and earn reward.

Taking a bad omen will achieve nothing. The hardship is already here, so if we take a bad omen from it, not only will we be deprived of the reward of reciting اِنَّا لِلّٰہِ  and being patient, we will also be sinful, as taking a bad omen from something is forbidden and an act which leads to Hell.

Four statements of the beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم about taking bad omens

1.   The beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: لَیْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ تَطَیَّرَ أَوْ تُطَیَّرَ لَہٗ – “The one who took a bad omen or the one for whom a bad omen was taken; he is not from us.” ^[1]

2.   The final Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم stated, “Whosoever engaged in soothsaying, took an omen from arrows or returned from a journey due to a bad omen, he can never reach high stations.” ^[2]

3.   The noble Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم declared 3 times: اَلطِّیَرَۃُ شِرْکٌ، اَلطِّیَرَۃُ شِرْکٌ، اَلطِّیَرَۃُ شِرْکٌ – “Taking a bad omen is shirk, taking a bad omen is shirk, taking a bad omen is shirk.” Then he صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, “Each one of us is affected by such thoughts (of taking bad