Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1993
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ الْكَلْبِيُّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ جَابِرٍ، عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ، مِخْمَرِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ " لاَ شُؤْمَ وَقَدْ يَكُونُ الْيُمْنُ فِي ثَلاَثَةٍ فِي الْمَرْأَةِ وَالْفَرَسِ وَالدَّارِ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Hisham ibn ʿAmmar narrated to us: Ismaʿil ibn ʿAyyash narrated to us: Sulayman ibn Sulaym al-Kalbi narrated to me, from Yahya ibn Jabir, from Hakim ibn Muʿawiyah, from his paternal uncle, Mikhmar ibn Muʿawiyah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah say, ‘There is no ill omen, though good fortune may be found in three things: a woman, a horse, and a house.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The narration denies ill omen generally and then identifies three things in which good fortune (yumn) may be found.
مِخْمَرِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ " لاَ شُؤْمَ وَقَدْ يَكُونُ الْيُمْنُ فِي ثَلاَثَةٍ فِي الْمَرْأَةِ وَالْفَرَسِ وَالدَّارِ " .
The contrast between لا شؤم (‘no ill omen’) and وقد يكون اليمن (‘good fortune may be’) may be read as a qualification, though the Arabic uses different terms.
Does ‘There is no ill omen, though good fortune may be found in…’ retain the contrast without implying superstition?