Chapter 30: Divination and Omens (Kitab Al-Kahanah Wa Al-Tatayyur)

Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: There is no infection, no evil, omen or serpent, in a hungry belly and no hamah. A nomadic Arab asked: How is it that when camels are in the sand as if they were gazelles and a mangy camel comes among them and it gives them mange ? He replied: Who infected the first one ?Ma' mar, quoting al-Zuhri said: A man told me that Abu Hurairah narrated to him saying that he heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say: A diseased camel should not be brought with a healthy camel to drink water. He said: The man then consulted him and said: Did you not tell us that Prophet (ﷺ) had said: There is no infection, no serpent in a hungry belly and no hamah? He replied: I did not transmit it to you. Al-Zuhri said: Abu Salamah said: He had narrated it and I did not hear that Abu Hurairah had ever forgotten any tradition except this one. Note: The majority of scholars interpret this to mean that these things in and of themselves do not transmit or cause harm through supernatural or hidden means but that Allah is ultimately in control and any fearful superstition around these is false.
Sunan Abi Dawud 3911
Chapters
1 Purification (Kitab Al-Taharah) 2 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat) 3 The Book Of The Prayer For Rain (Kitab al-Istisqa') 4 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Rules of Law about the Prayer during Journey 5 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers 6 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Ramadan 7 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Prostration while reciting the Qur'an 8 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr 9 Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat) 10 The Book of Lost and Found Items 11 The Rites of Hajj (Kitab Al-Manasik Wa'l-Hajj) 12 Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah) 13 Divorce (Kitab Al-Talaq) 14 Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam) 15 Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad) 16 Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya) 17 Game (Kitab Al-Said) 18 Wills (Kitab Al-Wasaya) 19 Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) 20 Tribute, Spoils, and Rulership (Kitab Al-Kharaj, Wal-Fai' Wal-Imarah) 21 Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz) 22 Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur) 23 Commercial Transactions (Kitab Al-Buyu) 24 Wages (Kitab Al-Ijarah) 25 The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah) 26 Knowledge (Kitab Al-Ilm) 27 Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah) 28 Foods (Kitab Al-At'imah) 29 Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) 30 Divination and Omens (Kitab Al-Kahanah Wa Al-Tatayyur) 31 The Book of Manumission of Slaves 32 Dialects and Readings of the Qur'an (Kitab Al-Huruf Wa Al-Qira'at) 33 Hot Baths (Kitab Al-Hammam) 34 Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas) 35 Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul) 36 Signet-Rings (Kitab Al-Khatam) 37 Trials and Fierce Battles (Kitab Al-Fitan Wa Al-Malahim) 38 The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi) 39 Battles (Kitab Al-Malahim) 40 Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud) 41 Types of Blood-Wit (Kitab Al-Diyat) 42 Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah) 43 General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)