Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 4583
Good and Evil Omens - Section 2
Arabic hadith text
وَعَن قَطن بن قَبيصةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «الْعِيَافَةُ وَالطَّرْقُ وَالطِّيَرَةُ مِنَ الْجِبْتِ» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد
Translation
Qatan b. Qabisa told on his father’s authority that the Prophet said
"Augury from the flight of birds, the practice of pessomancy,* and taking evil omens pertain to divination."**Abu Dawud transmitted it.* Tarq. It is used of the practice of divinantion in which women threw stones. It is also used of geomancy by drawing lines.** Min al-jibt. Jibt means devil and also divination. An alternative translation would be that these practices come from the devil.