comes into your mind, do not act upon it. It is only the manner of Hindus. On such occasions, Muslims should recite ‘اَللّٰہُمَّ لَاطَیْرَ اِلَّا طَیْرُکَ ،وَلَا خَیْرَ   اِلَّا خَیْرُکَ، وَلَا اِلٰہَ غَیْرُکَ’ and should go to their work after trusting their Lord عَزَّوَجَلَّ; they must not stop at all, nor should they come back.وَاﷲُ تعالٰی اَعْلَمُ(Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 29, pp. 641)

Dear Islamic brothers! The religion Islam condemns such kinds of superstitions and thoughts which hurt someone’s feelings. Therefore practising Islamic teachings, we should avoid ill omens and superstition. Let’s listen to the definition and kinds of ill omen.

Definition of omen

‘The definition of omen is to consider a particular object, person, act, sound or time to be good or bad for you.’ There are basically two types of omens: (1) Good omen (2) Bad omen.

‘Allamah Muhammad Bin Ahmad Ansari Qurtubiرَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْهhas written in Tafseer Qurtubi: A good omen is when you receive good impression about the act you intend to perform after hearing something about it. It applies when the thing you have heard is good, but if it is bad, it is an ill omen. Shari’ah has commanded that we should be happy with good omen and finish our work happily, but if we hear something evil, then we should not pay attention to it, nor should we stop our work due to it. (Tafseer Qurtubi, vol. 8, pp. 132, Juz: 16)

Difference between good and bad omen

Dear Islamic brothers! Understand the difference between good and bad omens. Both of them have a basic difference. Bad omen is prohibited by Shari’ah and good omen is Mustahab (preferable). In addition, taking good omen is a blessed manner of our Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, whereas bad omen is the manner of non-Muslims. One can expect goodness from the mercy and blessing of Allahعَزَّوَجَلَّby taking good omen, whereas hopelessness breeds bad omen. Good omens bring about comfort and pleasure to the heart which are necessary for the struggle and accomplishment of every work,