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Sunan Abi Dawud
كتاب الكهانة و التطير
Divination and Omens (Kitab Al-Kahanah Wa Al-Tatayyur)
" الْعِيَافَةُ وَالطِّيَرَةُ وَالطَّرْقُ مِنَ الْجِبْتِ "
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Augury from the flight of birds, taking evil omens and the practice of pressomancy pertain to divination. Tarq: It is used in the sense of divination in which women threw stones. 'Iyafah: It means geomancy by drawing lines.
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