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