Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 909
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ الْفَضْلُ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: الطِّيَرَةُ شِرْكٌ، وَمَا مِنَّا، وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ يُذْهِبُهُ بِالتَّوَكُّلِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Nu‘aym al-Fadl related to us, from Sufyan, from Salama ibn Kuhayl, from ‘Isa ibn ‘Asim, from Zirr ibn Hubaysh, from ‘Abdullah, who said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “Belief in omens is shirk. None of us is entirely free of it, but Allah dispels it through reliance upon Him.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The brief phrase وَمَا مِنَّا is elliptical; rendered as an acknowledgment that people may experience the impulse to heed omens, which reliance on Allah dispels.
وَمَا مِنَّا، وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ يُذْهِبُهُ بِالتَّوَكُّلِ
The Arabic elliptical phrase is more naturally read as “none of us is free of it,” followed by Allah dispelling it through reliance; the witness instead renders it as a denial of association.
Should the elliptical clause be checked against a reliable commentary?