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Sunan Ibn Majah 3726

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whoever learns about the stars, he learns a branch of magic; the more he learns (of the former) the more he learns (of the latter).”

Ibn Abbasnarrated it
Hasangraded hasan by Al-Albani
7names in the chain
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الأَخْنَسِ، عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنِ اقْتَبَسَ عِلْمًا مِنَ النُّجُومِ اقْتَبَسَ شُعْبَةً مِنَ السِّحْرِ زَادَ مَا زَادَ»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whoever learns about the stars, he learns a branch of magic; the more he learns (of the former) the more he learns (of the latter).”

ইবনে আব্বাস (রাঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বলেছেনঃ যে ব্যক্তি জ্যোতিষ বিদ্যার কিছু শিক্ষা করলো, সে যেন যাদু বিদ্যার একটা শাখা আয়ত্ত করলো, এখন তা যত বাড়ায় বাড়াক।

عبداللہ بن عباس رضی اللہ عنہما کہتے ہیں کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا: جس نے علم نجوم میں سے کچھ حاصل کیا، اس نے سحر ( جادو ) کا ایک حصہ حاصل کر لیا، اب جتنا زیادہ حاصل کرے گا گویا اتنا ہی زیادہ جادو حاصل کیا ۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Bakar] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Yahya bin Sa'id] dari ['Ubaidullah bin Al Akhnas] dari [Al Walid bin Abdullah] dari [Yusuf bin Mahak] dari [Ibnu Abbas] dia berkata; Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Barang siapa mengambil ilmu perbintangan, berarti ia telah mengambil satu cabang dari ilmu sihir, (yang) selalu bertambah selagi dia menambah

İbn-i Abbâs (r.a.)'dan rivayet edildiğine göre Resulullah (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem) şöyle buyurdu, demiştir: «Kim yıldızlardan bir ilim alırsa, sihir'den bir dal almış olur. Yıldızlar ilmini artırdıkça sihir ilmini artırmış olur.»

Sunan Ibn Majah 3726, Book 33, Etiquette, Hadith 70. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) points out that if a person acquires knowledge of the stars and planets and uses their movements and entry and exit as guidance for earthly events, like the birth of someone or his demise or illness, or any other future incident, he has thus learned part of magic, and the more he acquires of it, the more magic he learns.

What it teaches

  • The Hadīth prohibits astrology, which is telling about the future based on the conditions of the stars, for this falls under the claim of knowing the unseen.
  • The prohibited astrology belongs to the types of sorcery that contradict monotheism. But it is permissible to look at the stars to determine the directions, the Qiblah, or the commencement of seasons and months.
  • The more a person learns about astrology, the more branches of magic he learns.
  • There are three benefits from the stars Allah has mentioned in His Book: an adornment for the sky, signs to serve as guidance, and missiles for stoning the devils.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Ibn Majah back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Ibn MajahCompiler, died 273 AH
  2. 2أَبُو بَكْرٍTold us
  3. 3Yahya ibn Said al-QattanTold us, Third generation, died 198 AH
  4. 4Ubaydullah ibn al-AkhnasFrom, Successor, died 141 AH
  5. 5Al-Walid ibn AbdullahFrom, Successor
  6. 6Yusuf ibn MahakFrom, Successor, died 103 AH
  7. 7Ibn AbbasFrom, Companion, died 65 AH

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