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Sunan Abi Dawud 3905

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: If anyone acquires any knowledge of astrology, he acquires a branch of magic of which he gets more as long as he continues to do so.

Ibn Abbasnarrated it
Hasangraded hasan by Al-Albani
8names in the chain
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَمُسَدَّدٌ، (الْمَعْنَى) قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الأَخْنَسِ، عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنِ اقْتَبَسَ عِلْمًا مِنَ النُّجُومِ اقْتَبَسَ شُعْبَةً مِنَ السِّحْرِ زَادَ مَا زَادَ»

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: If anyone acquires any knowledge of astrology, he acquires a branch of magic of which he gets more as long as he continues to do so.

ইবনু আব্বাস (রাঃ) সূত্রে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বলেছেনঃ যে ব্যক্তি জ্যোতিষীর জ্ঞান শিক্ষা করলো সে যাদু বিদ্যার একটা শাখা শিক্ষা করলো। তা যতো বৃদ্ধি পাবে যাদুবিদ্যাও ততো বাড়বে।[1] হাসান।

عبداللہ بن عباس رضی اللہ عنہما کہتے ہیں رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا: جس نے علم نجوم کا کوئی حصہ اخذ کیا تو اس نے اتنا ہی جادو اخذ کیا، وہ جتنا اضافہ کرے گا اتنا ہی اضافہ ہو گا ۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Bakr bin Abu Syaibah] dan [Musaddad] secara makna, mereka berkata; telah menceritakan kepada kami [Yahya] dari ['Ubaidullah bin Al Akhnas] dari [Al Walid bin Abdullah] dari [Yusuf bin Mahik] dari [Ibnu Abbas] ia berkata, "Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Barangsiapa mempelajari ilmu nujum, maka ia telah mempelajari bagian dari sihir." Beliau menambah celaannya dengan apa yang beliau tambahkan

İbn Abbas'dan rivayet olunduğuna göre; Rasûlullah (s.a.v.): "- Yıldızlardan bir ilim alan kimse sihirden bir bölüm almış olur. (Yıldızlardan aldığı bilgiler) arttıkça (sihirle olan ilgisi de) artmış olur" buyurmuştur. Bu hadis İbn Mâce, edeb; Ahmed b. Hanbel, I, 227, 311. de de var. İzah, 3906 da

Sunan Abi Dawud 3905, Book 30, Divination and Omens (Kitab Al-Kahanah Wa Al-Tatayyur), Hadith 2. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) points out that if a person acquires knowledge of the stars and planets and uses their movements and entry and exit as guidance for earthly events, like the birth of someone or his demise or illness, or any other future incident, he has thus learned part of magic, and the more he acquires of it, the more magic he learns.

What it teaches

  • The Hadīth prohibits astrology, which is telling about the future based on the conditions of the stars, for this falls under the claim of knowing the unseen.
  • The prohibited astrology belongs to the types of sorcery that contradict monotheism. But it is permissible to look at the stars to determine the directions, the Qiblah, or the commencement of seasons and months.
  • The more a person learns about astrology, the more branches of magic he learns.
  • There are three benefits from the stars Allah has mentioned in His Book: an adornment for the sky, signs to serve as guidance, and missiles for stoning the devils.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Abu Dawud back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Abu DawudCompiler, died 275 AH
  2. 2Abu Bakr ibn Abi ShaybahTold us, Fourth generation, died 235 AH
  3. 3Musaddad ibn MusarhadWith, Fourth generation, died 228 AH
  4. 4Yahya ibn Said al-QattanTold us, Third generation, died 198 AH
  5. 5Ubaydullah ibn al-AkhnasFrom, Successor, died 141 AH
  6. 6Al-Walid ibn AbdullahFrom, Successor
  7. 7Yusuf ibn MahakFrom, Successor, died 103 AH
  8. 8Ibn AbbasFrom, Companion, died 65 AH

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