التطير من سنة 2020 Being Superstitious of 2020 Sheikh Abu-Salah Al-Tahiri

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التطير من سنة 2020 وأنها سنة الكوارث والاوبئة Being superstitious of the year 2020, and it is the year of disasters and epidemics الحمدلله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله وبعد Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the messenger of Allah. فإن التطير والتشاؤم من الأيام أو من الشهور أو من السنوات والدهور Being pessimistic and superstitious of days, months, or from years and periods of time هذا من عمل الجاهلية is part of what people did in Jahiliya (the time of ignorance before Islam). ولهذا قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: ليس منا من تَطَيَّر أو تُطُيِّر له Therefore, the Prophet peace be upon him said “He is not one of us who seeks omens or has omens interpreted for him.” وقال صلى الله عليه وسلم: "لا رجب ولا عتيرة" He also said, peace be upon him, “there is neither Rajab nor Atirah”. (The Atirah is an animal that would be slaughtered during Rajab to honor the month of Rajab of the lunar calendar) وقال صلى الله عليه وسلم: "لا هامة ولا صفَر" And he, peace be upon him, said: “there is no evil omen in the owl whatsoever nor is there any bad omen in the month of Safar (lunar calendar).” والمقصود بصفَر هنا وبرَجَب هو التطير الذي كان يعمله الجاهليون The meaning of Safar here and Rajab is what people of Jahiliya used to do concerning omens. وكانوا يتطيرون بشهر صفَر They used to be pessimistic in Safar (i.e. because for them the month is a bad omen). ومنهم من يتطير بشهر رجَب فهذا من أعمال الجاهلية And some of them used to be pessimistic in the month of Rajab. This is part of what people did in the days of Jahiliya (the time of ignorance before Islam); أن يُقال تلك السنة سنةٌ يُتَطيَّر منها وتلك السنة سنة سيئة That is to say one should be pessimistic of that year, and that year is a bad year. لأن الأيام والشهور والسنين بيد الله عز وجل يفعل فيها ما يشاء Because the days, months, and years are in Allah’s Hands the Mighty and Sublime, he does whatever he wills with it. ولا يجوز التكلم في هذه الأيام والسنين والشهور It is totally unacceptable to talk about these day, months, and years (i.e. in this manner). لأن كل ما يجري بقضاء الله وقدَره والطعن والكلام والتطير بهذه الأيام Because everything that happens is by Allah’s divine decree, and being superstitious and slandering these days هو التطير بقضاء الله وقدَر Is being superstitious and pessimistic about Allah’s divine decree. والمؤمن لابد أن يكون راضياً بقضاء الله وقدَره A believer must be satisfied with Allah’s divine decree. وألا يتطير وألا يتشاءم فإن هذه ليست من أوصاف المؤمنين He must not be superstitious or pessimistic because these are not the attributes of the believers.