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Tiyara (Ill Omen)

التطير والتشاؤم

Tiyara: ill-omen beliefs in days, houses, women and horses — Islam negated it: ‘no contagion, no omen’.

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Tradition versus culture

Overview

Tatayyur: taking omens from birds, days, houses, a woman or a horse; among the Jahiliyya beliefs Islam abolished.

The story

They used to take omens from birds when they startled them, and from days, towns, houses, a woman, a horse and a slave; tiyara is part of shirk 1.

Islam came declaring: "No contagion and no tiyara", while liking the good omen, which is the good word 1.

For young visitors

They believed a bird or a day could bring ill luck; Islam taught them this is of shirk, and that the good omen is good.

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Sources

  1. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
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islam.museum contributors. “Tiyara (Ill Omen)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/tiyara/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.

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