Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 3919

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ الْمَعْنَى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، - قَالَ أَحْمَدُ الْقُرَشِيُّ - قَالَ ذُكِرَتِ الطِّيَرَةُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَحْسَنُهَا الْفَأْلُ وَلاَ تَرُدُّ مُسْلِمًا فَإِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ مَا يَكْرَهُ فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ لاَ يَأْتِي بِالْحَسَنَاتِ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ وَلاَ يَدْفَعُ السَّيِّئَاتِ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us—the meaning is the same. They said: Wakiʿ narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, from ʿUrwah ibn ʿAmir—Ahmad said al-Qurashi—who said: Omens were mentioned in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: “The best of them is a good omen, and it does not turn a Muslim back. If one of you sees something he dislikes, let him say: «O Allah, none brings good things except You, none averts evil things except You, and there is no might or power except through You.»”