if you want to return from here, then here are 30 Dinars. Spend them on your needs and you may leave. We understand your compulsion.’ That person relates that before this I had never had possession of 30 Dinars, and it became apparent upon me that bad omen is baseless. (Ruh-ul-Bayan, vol. 1, pp. 304)

Dear Islamic brothers! We find out from this narration that bad omen has no base at all. That person fell prey to bad omen during his journey according to his intellect and thought to himself that wellbeing lies in abandoning the journey and returning back. As according to him, it was impossible for his need to be fulfilled after encountering so many bad omens. But his need was severe. Hence, he did not abandon his journey. When he reached there, he unexpectedly received so much money that he had not even seen before. After his need being fulfilled in such a manner, he developed a mindset that bad omen has no base.

Types of omens

Dear Islamic brothers! Omen means to predict something; i.e. considering something, someone, an action, a sound or time to be either good or bad for you. It basically has two types. 1. Bad omen and 2. Good omen. Therefore, while explaining the same very fact, ‘Allamah Muhammad Bin Ahmad Ansari رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated: A good Omen refers to the fact that when a person intends to perform a certain action, then after listening to a certain thing regarding it, he considers it to be a proof for it. This refers to it when whatever he hears is good. If it is not good, then it is a bad omen. Shari’ah has commanded one to happily accept the good omen and accomplish his task happily. Whereas, when he hears something bad, he shall not pay too much attention towards it and nor shall he refrain from performing his task due to it. (Al-Jami’ Li-Ahkaam-il-Quran, Lil-Qartabi, Part. 26, Taht-al-Ayah. 4, vol. 8, pp. 132)

Hakeem-ul-Ummah, Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه states: taking righteous omen in Islam is permissible, whereas having bad omen is ‘Haraam.

(Tafseer-e-Na’eemi, vol. 9, pp. 119)

Dear Islamic brothers! We came to know that taking righteous omen by looking at something is permissible. For example, we are going for a certain